New York City, US · Partner
Shardul Shah
The firm
Index VenturesVC firm · GB121cheques in 12 months1025all time62ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $2.5M
- Active
- 2017
Capsule8Seed$2.5MUSJoined · +2 investors
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCoalition, Inc.Directorsince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingGatsby Inc.Directoron 3 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingExpel, Inc.Directoron 4 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCastle Intelligence, Inc.Directorsince 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBrightback, Inc.Directorsince 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAttackIQ, Inc.Directoron 5 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingDatadog, Inc.Directoron 4 filings · since 2014
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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What’s next for cybersecurity, according to Index Ventures’ Shardul Shah
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As concern over AI safety and rogue agents continue to make headlines, it’s no surprise that cybersecurity stocks are rising, or that investors are pouring massive amounts of capital into startups trying to build the next generation of security for an AI-native world. We’re even seeing companies…
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Wiz is the largest venture-backed M&A in history: Shardul Shah, Partner at Index Ventures
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The $23B Wiz acquisition has become the largest venture-backed M&A in history, a milestone moment for the tech industry and the cybersecurity ecosystem. In this conversation, Shardul Shah, Partner at Index Ventures and an early backer of Wiz, reflects on the long relationship with the founders… More on the show's page
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Oracle Rips, Ellison's Tech-First Vision, Fertilizer Crisis | Apoorv Agrawal, Owen Jennings, Amjad Masad, Shardul Shah, Mike Blue, Brian Taylor, Ivan Soto-Wright
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Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:44) - Oracle Rips (12:36) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (15:32) - Larry Was the Anti-Bill Gates (25:41) - Ellison's Tech-First Vision (37:53) - Fertilizer Crisis (39:03) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (56:22) - Apoorv Agrawal, a Partner at… More on the show's page
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20VC: Index's Shardul Shah on Why Market Size is a Trap | Biggest Lessons on Pricing from Leading Rounds in Wiz & Datadog | Why Benchmarks & Averages in VC are BS | How Index Makes Decisions and Why Growth & Early are the Same Investing Style
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Shardul Shah is a Partner at Index Ventures and one of the greatest cyber security investors of the last two decades. Among his many wins, Shardul has led rounds in Datadog, Wiz, Duo Security, Coalition and more. Shardul is also the only Partner investing at Index to have worked in every single… More on the show's page
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374. Key Drivers in Cloud and Security, Wiz's Unconventional GTM Decision, Insights on Earnings Predictability, and Lessons from Datadog, Discord, Slack and Coalition (Shardul Shah)
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Shardul Shah of Index Ventures joins Nick to discuss Assessing an entrepreneur's imagination. What are the metrics and characteristics that demonstrate product market fit for Early-stage investing? (Shardul Shah). In this episode we cover: Outsourcing security risk and the need to outsource risk.… More on the show's page
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Saastr 004: Index's Shardul Shah on Why Reducing Time Distance To Value Is So Important and How To Sell To CSO's Effectively
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MentionsHarry Stebbings
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I am thrilled to welcome, Shardul Shah, Partner @ Index Ventures to the show today. Shardul is the sole member of the Index team to have worked in all Index's offices around the world in Geneva, London and SF. Now in SF, Shardul focuses on security, software and infrastructure with investments in… More on the show's page
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Wiz's first investor breaks down Google's $32B acquisition
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According to Index Ventures Partner Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “at the center of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend.” Those tailwinds powered what just became the largest venture-backed acquisition in history, Google's $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024…
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Index Ventures: Building a Firm for the Next Generation | 2024 Upfront Summit
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Wall Street Journal reporter Berber Jin interviews Index Ventures Partners Nina Achadjian and Shardul Shah about how the firm has built its track record, what VC Spring means for investors and founders, and the sectors that they're excited about. Recorded Feb 28, 2024 at the Upfront Summit. More on the show's page
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