Backing outlier founders at the earliest stages.

Backing outlier founders at the earliest stages.

Backing outlier founders at the earliest stages.

We are a small, tight-knit team of investors. We work internally with a high degree of interoperability and aspire to be trusted early partners to founders.

We are a small team of investors grateful to be partnered with a network of limited partners, founders, operators, and industry friends.

We are a small team of investors grateful to be partnered with a network of limited partners, founders, operators, and industry friends.

Founding Partner

Semil

Shah

Semil founded Haystack in 2013 and has been a prolific early stage investor over the last decade, including early investments in companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, Hashicorp, and Applied Intuition. Prior to investing, Semil held various product and operational roles at early-stage startups, the most recent startup being acquired by Apple. Semil was named to Midas List for Seed Investors by Forbes in 2022, 2023, and again in 2024.

Outside Work

Partner

Aashay

Sanghvi

Aashay works on all investment activity at Haystack, from identifying new companies to helping founders scale post-investment. Prior to Haystack, Aashay was an undergraduate at Harvard, where he studied economics and history.

Outside Work

Principal

Divya

Dhulipala

Divya invests across stages at Haystack. She is also in charge of capital formation and The Alignment Summit. Prior to investing, Divya studied economics at Duke.

Outside Work

Founding Partner

Semil

Shah

Semil founded Haystack in 2013 and has been a prolific early stage investor over the last decade, including early investments in companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, Hashicorp, and Applied Intuition. Prior to investing, Semil held various product and operational roles at early-stage startups, the most recent startup being acquired by Apple. Semil was named to Midas List for Seed Investors by Forbes in 2022, 2023, and again in 2024.

Outside Work

Partner

Aashay

Sanghvi

Aashay works on all investment activity at Haystack, from identifying new companies to helping founders scale post-investment. Prior to Haystack, Aashay was an undergraduate at Harvard, where he studied economics and history.

Outside Work

Principal

Divya

Dhulipala

Divya invests across stages at Haystack. She is also in charge of capital formation and The Alignment Summit. Prior to investing, Divya studied economics at Duke.

Outside Work

Founding Partner

Semil

Shah

Semil founded Haystack in 2013 and has been a prolific early stage investor over the last decade, including early investments in companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, Hashicorp, and Applied Intuition. Prior to investing, Semil held various product and operational roles at early-stage startups, the most recent startup being acquired by Apple. Semil was named to Midas List for Seed Investors by Forbes in 2022, 2023, and again in 2024.

Outside Work

Partner

Aashay

Sanghvi

Aashay works on all investment activity at Haystack, from identifying new companies to helping founders scale post-investment. Prior to Haystack, Aashay was an undergraduate at Harvard, where he studied economics and history.

Outside Work

Principal

Divya

Dhulipala

Divya invests across stages at Haystack. She is also in charge of capital formation and The Alignment Summit. Prior to investing, Divya studied economics at Duke.

Outside Work

Newsletter

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Newsletter

Provisions is our collective effort to curate content for founders.

Newsletter

Provisions is our collective effort to curate content for founders.

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© 2024 Haystack Management Company, LLC. All rights reserved.

© 2024 Haystack Management Company, LLC. All rights reserved.