Jigish Avalani

Builder | Operator | Turnarounds | Simply a complex human

📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2016
Operator-angel🌍 United States
6
Total investments
3
Early stage
1
Mid stage
1
Late stage
14y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Member
Nov 2016
Kasha is Africas leading platform for access to health and household goods with embedded finance offerings. A high growth business operating in Kenya and Rwanda, Kasha reaches the lower income high volume mass market customer segment and optimizes for women as the target customer.
early stageRetail
Investor, Board Member
Jun 2016
Dagne Dover creates problem-solving bags for all the problem-solving humans out there. Bags that keep up, stay organized, and look good doing it. We were founded by three women in 2013. Three women who come from different backgrounds but have similar drive and passion. When fate (and a lot of hustle and hard work) intervened, these three women formed Dagne Dover, a company aimed at making lives easier through empathy and good design. We love people, and we love making people happy. And we’re really happy you’re here. We are a small team, and we thoughtfully approach how we hire because we want to do what we do with the best people around us. Interested in joining our team? Check out dagnedover.com/pages/careers.
mid stageRetail
Board Member
Jul 2013
We are devoted to bringing international flavors, products and raw materials to supplement the innovative cook in every Indian household. We believe that each country has its own unique flavors and Indian families deserve to experience it in their homes. We offer to our customers - improved access to high quality products, better usability through service offerings and newness of the experience.
early stageRetail
Board Member
Jan 2012
Zealyst utilizes data and games to build strong employee relationships-- the building blocks of a healthy company culture. Zealyst's application analyzes data about employees'​ professional and personal interests, background, and needs in order to strategically match colleagues, and it facilitates new connections with fun, customized mobile games. The result is a stronger employee community that is more engaged and committed to their company, and rich employer analytics that provide insight into company culture. Zealyst has worked with several Fortune 1000 companies across North America, Europe, and Asia. Our offering is especially valuable to companies experiencing rapid growth, mergers or acquisitions, or building a geographically distributed workforce and seeking to establish a thriving company culture to retain and attract new talent.
Board Member
2012
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2016
Board Member
Nov 2016
Kasha is Africas leading platform for access to health and household goods with embedded finance offerings. A high growth business operating in Kenya and Rwanda, Kasha reaches the lower income high volume mass market customer segment and optimizes for women as the target customer.
early stageRetail
zentors
CEO, Founder
Sep 2016
Investor, Board Member
Jun 2016
Dagne Dover creates problem-solving bags for all the problem-solving humans out there. Bags that keep up, stay organized, and look good doing it. We were founded by three women in 2013. Three women who come from different backgrounds but have similar drive and passion. When fate (and a lot of hustle and hard work) intervened, these three women formed Dagne Dover, a company aimed at making lives easier through empathy and good design. We love people, and we love making people happy. And we’re really happy you’re here. We are a small team, and we thoughtfully approach how we hire because we want to do what we do with the best people around us. Interested in joining our team? Check out dagnedover.com/pages/careers.
mid stageRetail
2013
Board Member
Jul 2013
We are devoted to bringing international flavors, products and raw materials to supplement the innovative cook in every Indian household. We believe that each country has its own unique flavors and Indian families deserve to experience it in their homes. We offer to our customers - improved access to high quality products, better usability through service offerings and newness of the experience.
early stageRetail
2012
Board Member
Jan 2012
Zealyst utilizes data and games to build strong employee relationships-- the building blocks of a healthy company culture. Zealyst's application analyzes data about employees'​ professional and personal interests, background, and needs in order to strategically match colleagues, and it facilitates new connections with fun, customized mobile games. The result is a stronger employee community that is more engaged and committed to their company, and rich employer analytics that provide insight into company culture. Zealyst has worked with several Fortune 1000 companies across North America, Europe, and Asia. Our offering is especially valuable to companies experiencing rapid growth, mergers or acquisitions, or building a geographically distributed workforce and seeking to establish a thriving company culture to retain and attract new talent.
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2012–2016 · 6 investments
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