Venu Shamapant

Board Observer at UPTIQ

๐Ÿ“ Austin, Texas, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 7 investments๐Ÿ“… 20 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Sep 2025
VC๐ŸŒ United States
7
Total investments
2
Early stage
4
Mid stage
1
Late stage
20y
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Board Observer
Sep 2025
Founded by industry veterans, Uptiq is the ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก, ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌโ€” orchestrating your systems, processes, and teams without replacing what already works. This means no replacements, no disruption. Just intelligence layered over your existing systems, giving your people the power to do more with what they already have. Uptiq is everything your financial institution needs to automate decisions, coordinate workflows, and act on intelligence - without replacing a single system you already trust. ๐๐Ž๐‘๐„: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ Coordinates financial work across systems the way an experienced financial professional would - with governance built in. ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ Autonomous financial operators that execute complex workflows across systems - with precision, auditability, and human oversight. ๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ Pre-configured execution models that deliver measurable outcomes across lending, servicing, risk, and growth. Uptiq is Built Around How Financial Work Actually Gets Done. Our Pre-built operating suites that unlock speed, scale, and governance - without replacing core systems. Trusted by over 150 financial institutions, including Focus Financial Partners, Orion, Broadridge, and TransPecos Banks, Uptiq is the proven AI partner for highly regulated industries. With over $1 billion in transactions processed and more than $55M in equity funding, Uptiq isnโ€™t just shaping the future of AI in financial services โ€” itโ€™s leading it.
Investor
Jun 2020
Take Command is a start-up on a mission to improve the healthcare system, starting with health insurance. Pragmatically speaking, we help employers reimburse employees for individual insurance instead of offering a traditional one-size-fits-all group plan. We believe this model can empower employees (when they have the right support) to be savvy healthcare consumers and have a transformative impact on the entire healthcare system. Letโ€™s be honestโ€”health insurance is usually a confusing, frustrating, and even emotional experience for people. We want to fix that with a new model, great technology, and a superior user experience.
late stageInsurance
Seed Investor
Apr 2020
Conversational AI Shaping the Future of Restaurants. Answer Limitless Phone Calls. Speed Up Drive-Thru Lines. Outsmart the Labor Shortage.
Investor
Feb 2020
RidersShare is an online marketplace for street legal motorcycle rentals. Rent from a neighbor near you and save money compared to traditional rental companies. If you own a motorcycle, list it on Riders-Share.com to make $50 - $250 per day. We screen prospective renters and facilitate insurance to make it a trustworthy transaction. Thats how we bring motorcycles into the sharing economy.
Seed Investor
Aug 2019
We enable law firms to hire the best faster & support law schools in helping law students land jobs.
Investor
Jan 2016
data.world is the data catalog platform built for your AI future. Its cloud-native SaaS platform combines a consumer-grade user experience with a powerful knowledge graph to deliver enhanced data discovery, agile data governance, and actionable insights. Get fast, trusted access to your companyโ€™s knowledge when you create AI-powered data experiences with the AI Context Engineโ„ข. data.world is a Certified B Corporation and public benefit corporation and home to the worldโ€™s largest collaborative open data community with more than two million members, including ninety percent of the Fortune 500. Our company has 76 patents and has been named one of Austinโ€™s Best Places to Work eight years in a row.
Board Observer
2006
VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon, 688521.SH) is committed to providing customers with platform-based, all-round, one-stop custom silicon services and semiconductor IP licensing services leveraging its in-house semiconductor IP. Under the unique "Silicon Platform as a Service" (SiPaaS) business model, depending on the comprehensive IP portfolio, VeriSilicon can create silicon products from definition to test and package in a short period of time, and provides high performance and cost-efficient semiconductor alternative products for fabless, IDM, system vendors (OEM/ODM), large internet companies and cloud service provider, etc. VeriSilicons business covers consumer electronics, automotive electronics, computer and peripheral, industry, data processing, Internet of Things (IoT) and other applications. VeriSilicon presents a variety of customized silicon solutions, including high-definition video, high-definition audio and voice, in-vehicle infotainment, video surveillance, IoT connectivity, smart wearable, high-end application processor, video transcoding acceleration and intelligent pixel processing, etc. In addition, VeriSilicon has six types of in-house processor IPs, namely GPU IP, NPU IP, VPU IP, DSP IP, ISP IP and Display Processor IP, as well as more than 1,400 analog and mixed signal IPs and RF IPs. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, VeriSilicon has 7 design and R&D centers in China and the United States, as well as 11 sales and customer service offices worldwide. VeriSilicon currently has more than 1,200 employees.
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2025
Board Observer
Sep 2025
Founded by industry veterans, Uptiq is the ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก, ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌโ€” orchestrating your systems, processes, and teams without replacing what already works. This means no replacements, no disruption. Just intelligence layered over your existing systems, giving your people the power to do more with what they already have. Uptiq is everything your financial institution needs to automate decisions, coordinate workflows, and act on intelligence - without replacing a single system you already trust. ๐๐Ž๐‘๐„: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ Coordinates financial work across systems the way an experienced financial professional would - with governance built in. ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ Autonomous financial operators that execute complex workflows across systems - with precision, auditability, and human oversight. ๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ Pre-configured execution models that deliver measurable outcomes across lending, servicing, risk, and growth. Uptiq is Built Around How Financial Work Actually Gets Done. Our Pre-built operating suites that unlock speed, scale, and governance - without replacing core systems. Trusted by over 150 financial institutions, including Focus Financial Partners, Orion, Broadridge, and TransPecos Banks, Uptiq is the proven AI partner for highly regulated industries. With over $1 billion in transactions processed and more than $55M in equity funding, Uptiq isnโ€™t just shaping the future of AI in financial services โ€” itโ€™s leading it.
2020
Investor
Jun 2020
Take Command is a start-up on a mission to improve the healthcare system, starting with health insurance. Pragmatically speaking, we help employers reimburse employees for individual insurance instead of offering a traditional one-size-fits-all group plan. We believe this model can empower employees (when they have the right support) to be savvy healthcare consumers and have a transformative impact on the entire healthcare system. Letโ€™s be honestโ€”health insurance is usually a confusing, frustrating, and even emotional experience for people. We want to fix that with a new model, great technology, and a superior user experience.
late stageInsurance
Seed Investor
Apr 2020
Conversational AI Shaping the Future of Restaurants. Answer Limitless Phone Calls. Speed Up Drive-Thru Lines. Outsmart the Labor Shortage.
Investor
Feb 2020
RidersShare is an online marketplace for street legal motorcycle rentals. Rent from a neighbor near you and save money compared to traditional rental companies. If you own a motorcycle, list it on Riders-Share.com to make $50 - $250 per day. We screen prospective renters and facilitate insurance to make it a trustworthy transaction. Thats how we bring motorcycles into the sharing economy.
2019
Seed Investor
Aug 2019
We enable law firms to hire the best faster & support law schools in helping law students land jobs.
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