# Shishir Mehrotra: angel investments and portfolio

> Shishir Mehrotra is an angel. 3 investments on record, latest Mar 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Shishir Mehrotra

Last cheque observed Mar 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Angel

Seed Series B

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **4247** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Shishir Mehrotra highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Highfive](https://millionrounds.com/company/highfive)** Series B · US **$32M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Bento Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/bento-labs)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 7 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Lightbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightbox)** Seed · GB · eu.techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 10 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Lightbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightbox)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **Undisclosed** May 2012

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

## The cheque

Seed Series B

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2015
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2015

Often in the room with

- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**SV Angel** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)

## On podcasts

6 episodes naming Shishir Mehrotra in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 16 Feb 2026 · 8 min [Highlight] Shishir Mehrotra on Big Tech vs. Startup Careers and Building a World-Class Hiring Process Mentions [Shishir Mehrotra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shishir-mehrotra)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Ben Casnocha](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 28 Jan 2026 · 12 min [Highlight] Grammarly's Evolution into an AI Agent Platform with Shishir Mehrotra Mentions [Shishir Mehrotra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shishir-mehrotra) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 22 Jan 2026 · 8 min [Highlight] Shishir Mehrotra (Superhuman CEO) on Careers at Big Tech vs. Startups Mentions [Shishir Mehrotra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shishir-mehrotra) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 31 Oct 2025 · 3h 25m Marc Andreessen & Ilya Sutskever Host TBPN, Mag 7 Earnings Recap | Aydin Senkut, Dean Ball, Shreya Murthy, Lulu Meservey & Gaby Goldberg, Jakob Diepenbrock, Shishir Mehrotra, Karri Saarinen With [Gaby Goldberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/gaby-goldberg)[Ilya Sutskever](https://millionrounds.com/person/ilya-sutskever)[Karri Saarinen](https://millionrounds.com/person/karri-saarinen-2) Mentions [Aydin Senkut](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aydin-senkut)[Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen)[Shishir Mehrotra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shishir-mehrotra) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 30 Oct 2025 · 1h 39m Grammarly is now Superhuman! CEO Shishir Mehrotra explains the rebrand | E2201 Mentions [Shishir Mehrotra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shishir-mehrotra) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) 11 Aug 2025 · 1h 30m Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love Mentions [Shishir Mehrotra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shishir-mehrotra)[Susan Wojcicki](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susan-wojcicki) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 17 Oct 2026 · 1h 33m Flying Cars, OpenAI Spies, Why AI Isn’t Sticking (Superhuman CEO) Apple Podcasts
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 1 Jul 2025 · 1h 27m The Grammarly–Superhuman Megadeal, plus TWiST 500 chats with LabelBox and Apptronik's founders | E2146 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 19 Dec 2024 · 1h 10m Databricks' Record Raise, TikTok goes to the Supreme Court, and all about the Grammarly-Coda Deal | E2063 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 17 Nov 2021 · 22 min SaaStr 497: Founder Confidential, The Highs, and Lows of Fundraising From Founders That Raised $1B with Coda, Expensify, LaunchDarkly, Boast.Ai and SaaStr Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Shishir Mehrotra

### What does Shishir Mehrotra invest in?

Shishir Mehrotra invests most often at Seed and Series B (100% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Shishir Mehrotra?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2015.

### How big are Shishir Mehrotra's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M.

### Is Shishir Mehrotra investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2015.

### Who does Shishir Mehrotra invest alongside?

Most often SV Angel (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Shishir Mehrotra?

Shishir Mehrotra is an angel.

### Where does this information on Shishir Mehrotra come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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