Keval Desai is a General Partner at InterWest Partners (having joined in 2011) and the Founder and Managing. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Keval Desai is a General Partner at InterWest Partners (having joined in 2011) and the Founder and Managing Director of the early-stage firm Shakti, with a background as Google’s former Director of Product Management and Digg’s VP of Product [1][3][4][8]. At InterWest, he focuses 80% on consumer internet and 20% on SaaS, while the firm invests diversely across technology and healthcare sectors including biotech, medical devices, and healthcare IT [1]. His personal investment thesis targets early-stage companies reimagining large consumer habits in commerce, media, and transportation, as well as enterprise software, AI, machine learning, and developer tools [1][2][5]. InterWest typically commits $8–$10 million over a company’s life for IT ventures and $10–$12 million for healthcare, and Desai usually takes a board seat excluding small seed deals [1]. Notable portfolio companies include Canva, The RealReal, Pipedrive, Optimizely, and Gatik AI, with early investments in Canva (2012), The RealReal (2013), and Pipedrive (2011) [2][4]. Desai distinguishes himself by investing in founders who reimagine “toothbrushes” (habitual products) with AI, leveraging three decades of Silicon Valley
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