# Shervin Pishevar: angel investments and portfolio

> Shervin Pishevar is an angel based in United States. 38 investments on record, latest Aug 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/shervin-pishevar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Shervin Pishevar

Last cheque observed Aug 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Angel

Seed

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 38 on record

Since the last cheque **2629** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$16M** Rounds led **0 of 38** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **14 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## Shervin Pishevar highlights

- 01 38 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 81% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $90K
- 04 14 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **38 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Coinmine](https://millionrounds.com/company/coinmine)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** With 7 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Apartment List](https://millionrounds.com/company/apartment-list)** **$30M** With 19 others
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Hoodline](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoodline)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[Stem Disintermedia](https://millionrounds.com/company/stem-disintermedia)** Seed **Undisclosed** With 15 others
- **Apr** **[shots:)](https://millionrounds.com/company/shots)** Series A · US **$8.5M** With 11 others
- **2014** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Beepi](https://millionrounds.com/company/beepi)** Series B · US **$60M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[Omni](https://millionrounds.com/company/omni)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 23 others
- **Jul** **[Shyp](https://millionrounds.com/company/shyp)** Series A · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Apartment List](https://millionrounds.com/company/apartment-list)** Secondary · US **$6.0M** With 12 others
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Heyday](https://millionrounds.com/company/heyday)** Seed · US · pehub.com **$2.0M** With 19 others
- **Nov** **[shots:)](https://millionrounds.com/company/shots)** Seed · US **$2.7M** With 8 others
- **2012** 6 rounds
- **Oct** **[BlackJet](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackjet)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$2.1M** With 32 others
- **Aug** **[RockLive](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocklive)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[TaskRabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskrabbit)** Series C · US · techcrunch.com **$13M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Socialcam](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialcam)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 38 others
- **Apr** **[Brit + Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/brit-co)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.3M** With 10 others
- **Apr** **[Cherry](https://millionrounds.com/company/cherry)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$4.5M** With 4 others
- **2011** 5 rounds
- **Apr** **[Milk](https://millionrounds.com/company/milk)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.5M** With 24 others
- **Mar** **[Yobongo](https://millionrounds.com/company/yobongo)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.4M** With 9 others
- **Mar** **[GreenGoose!](https://millionrounds.com/company/greengoose)** Seed · US **$1.1M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[GreenGoose!](https://millionrounds.com/company/greengoose)** Seed · US · venturebeat.com **$100K** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Circle Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/circle-inc)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 13 others
- **2010** 10 rounds
- **Sept** **[Votizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/votizen)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$1.5M** With 11 others
- **Aug** **[Rapportive](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapportive)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 16 others
- **Jul** **[Tello](https://millionrounds.com/company/tello)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 11 others
- **Jul** **[Qwiki](https://millionrounds.com/company/qwiki)** Seed · US · partnerconnectevents.com **$1.5M** With 11 others
- **May** **[inEarth](https://millionrounds.com/company/inearth)** Seed · SV **$50K** Sole investor
- **May** **[Solve Media (An Adiant Company)](https://millionrounds.com/company/solve-media-an-adiant-company)** Series A · US · articles.businessinsider.com **$4.0M** With 6 others
- **May** **[NOWBOX](https://millionrounds.com/company/nowbox)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 11 others
- **Mar** **[Worldly Developments](https://millionrounds.com/company/worldly-developments)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$800K** With 13 others
- **Jan** **[Space Pencil](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-pencil)** Venture · US · sec.gov **$130K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Hitpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/hitpost)** Debt · US · markets.dispatch.com **Undisclosed** With 8 others
- **2009** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Gowalla](https://millionrounds.com/company/gowalla)** Series B · US · crunchbase.com **$8.3M** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[TaskRabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/taskrabbit)** Seed · US · xconomy.com **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Solve Media (An Adiant Company)](https://millionrounds.com/company/solve-media-an-adiant-company)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Sofa Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/sofa-labs)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 10 others
- **Aug** **[Fotomoto](https://millionrounds.com/company/fotomoto)** Series A · US **$323K** With 3 others
- **2008** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Aardvark](https://millionrounds.com/company/aardvark)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$5.3M** With 8 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **14 in all**

**[Votizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/votizen)** Bought by Brigade **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

**[Hitpost](https://millionrounds.com/company/hitpost)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[Qwiki](https://millionrounds.com/company/qwiki)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **$50M** Jul 2013

**[Fotomoto](https://millionrounds.com/company/fotomoto)** Bought by Bay Photo **Undisclosed** Jul 2013

**[Cherry](https://millionrounds.com/company/cherry)** Bought by [Lyft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lyft) **Undisclosed** Mar 2013

**[Votizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/votizen)** Bought by [Causes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/causes) **Undisclosed** Jan 2013

**[Fotomoto](https://millionrounds.com/company/fotomoto)** Bought by liveBooks **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[Tello](https://millionrounds.com/company/tello)** Bought by Urban Airship **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[Socialcam](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialcam)** Bought by [Autodesk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/autodesk) **$60M** Jul 2012

**[Milk](https://millionrounds.com/company/milk)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **Undisclosed** Mar 2012

**[Yobongo](https://millionrounds.com/company/yobongo)** Bought by Mixbook **Undisclosed** Mar 2012

**[Rapportive](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapportive)** Bought by [LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/linkedin) **$15M** Feb 2012

**[Gowalla](https://millionrounds.com/company/gowalla)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **Undisclosed** Dec 2011

**[Aardvark](https://millionrounds.com/company/aardvark)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$50M** Feb 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed

Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$90K**

Led 0 of 38 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2019
- **Exits:** 14 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *22*
- Series A *7*
- Venture *3*
- Series B *2*
- Secondary *1*
- Debt *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2008 2019

Often in the room with

- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 9
- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 6
- [Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois) 6
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 5
- [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) 5
- [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Shervin Pishevar. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**SV Angel** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Keith Rabois** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois)[**500 Global** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Ashton Kutcher** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher)[**Felicis** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Gary Vaynerchuk** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gary-vaynerchuk)[**CrunchFund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)[**Naval Ravikant** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)[**Paul Buchheit** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit)[**Auren Hoffman** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auren-hoffman)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Shervin Pishevar put money into.

[**Coinmine** $2.5M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/coinmine)[**Apartment List** $30M · Mar 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/apartment-list)

## On podcasts

3 episodes naming Shervin Pishevar in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 13 Jan 2026 · 3h 29m Siri Needs an App, Apple Preps for Post-Cook, Scott Nolan Truth Nuke | Shervin Pishevar, Horacio Rozanski, Glenn Fogel, JD Ross, Nick Fleisher, Rob Slaughter, Sajith Wickramasekara With [Glenn Fogel](https://millionrounds.com/person/glenn-fogel)[Horacio Rozanski](https://millionrounds.com/person/horacio-rozanski)[JD Ross](https://millionrounds.com/person/jd-ross) Mentions [Shervin Pishevar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shervin-pishevar)[Sherpa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpa-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 22 Sept 2025 · 3h 22m Inside ChatGPT’s Uses, NVIDIA Pours $100B into OpenAI | Kimbal Musk & Shervin Pishevar, John Shahidi, Laura Deming, Steven Glinert, Austin Petersmith, Ethan Barajas & Jamie Palmer With [Austin Petersmith](https://millionrounds.com/person/austin-petersmith)[John Shahidi](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-shahidi)[Kimbal Musk](https://millionrounds.com/person/kimbal-musk) Mentions [Shervin Pishevar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shervin-pishevar) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 13 Jan 2025 · 1h 13m 20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years Mentions [Shervin Pishevar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shervin-pishevar)[Travis Kalanick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/travis-kalanick)[Emil Michael](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-michael) *+3* Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) 7 Mar 2026 · 48 min Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Shervin Pishevar

### What does Shervin Pishevar invest in?

Shervin Pishevar invests most often at Seed and Series A (81% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Shervin Pishevar?

38 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2019.

### What has Shervin Pishevar invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Coinmine (Seed, Aug 2019) and Apartment List (Mar 2016).

### How big are Shervin Pishevar's cheques?

The median round it joins is $16M.

### Does Shervin Pishevar lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 38 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Shervin Pishevar invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is Shervin Pishevar investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2019.

### Who does Shervin Pishevar invest alongside?

Most often SV Angel (9 rounds together), Founders Fund (6 rounds together) and Keith Rabois (6 rounds together).

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