# Shoaib Makani, Co-Founder and CEO at Motive > Shoaib Makani, Co-Founder and CEO at Motive. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/shoaib-makani (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Angel # Shoaib Makani Co-Founder and CEO at [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 3 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 +1 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Khosla Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=shoaib-makani)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=shoaib-makani) ## The firm [**Khosla Ventures** VC firm · US **164** cheques in 12 months **1123** all time **54** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Baton](https://millionrounds.com/company/baton) - [Foody](https://millionrounds.com/startup/foody) - [Tango](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tango-4) - Tango Technology - Vartana ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Motive Technologies, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Keep Truckin, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Keep Truckin, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2015 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Khosla Ventures - [**Keith Rabois** Managing Director *65 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/keith-rabois) - [**Vinod Khosla** Partner *12 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/vinod-khosla) - [**Adms Chung** Corporate Mentor *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adms-chung) - [**Evan Moore** Board Member *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/evan-moore) - [**Samir Kaul** Founding General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/samir-kaul-2) - [**Shernaz Daver** Operating Partner and CMO *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/shernaz-daver) - [**Adina Tecklu** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adina-tecklu) - [**Alex Bentley** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-bentley) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 15 May 2023 · 1h 10m #138 CEO Motive, Shoaib Makani w/ Ilya Fushman: Powering the Physical Economy With [Ilya Fushman](https://millionrounds.com/person/ilya-fushman)[Shoaib Makani](https://millionrounds.com/person/shoaib-makani) About this episode Guest: Shoaib Makani, CEO of Motive “When we fail,” says Shoaib Makani, “it is because we have not understood the customer problem deeply and allowed them to guide us.” This wisdom is hard-won: Motive’s first product, an app for fleet management of trucks, idled for four years before becoming a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 7 Feb 2020 · 31 min 20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin With [Shoaib Makani](https://millionrounds.com/person/shoaib-makani) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) About this episode Shoaib Makani is the Co-Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin, the modern fleet management platform building solutions that make drivers and fleets safer, smarter, and more efficient. To date, Shoaib has raised over $229M from some of the world's leading investors including Index, GV, Greenoaks, IVP &… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Shoaib Makani in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 28 Aug 2023 · 42 min SaaStr 683: How To Live Your Values While Building A Unicorn with Notion, Motive, and Incredible Health Mentions [Base10 Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base10-partners)[Iman Abuzeid](https://millionrounds.com/person/iman-abuzeid)[Laura Weidman Powers](https://millionrounds.com/person/laura-weidman-powers)[Shoaib Makani](https://millionrounds.com/person/shoaib-makani) About this episode Discover how three breakout SaaS companies scaled from an idea to hundreds of employees and $1B+ valuations, all while living their values along the way. Notion COO Akshay Kothari, Motive CEO and Founder Shoaib Makani, and CEO and Co-Founder of Incredible Health Iman Abuzeid share the secrets of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=shoaib-makani). ## Find people like Shoaib Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)