Number of Portfolio Companies 8
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title President & COO
  • Primary Organization 
    Zumper
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
  • Number of Exits 

Vish Makhijani is President & COO of Zumper. Prior to joining Zumper, Vish was CEO of Udacity where he oversaw all company operations to democratize education around the world. He had been instrumental in the development of Udacity's Nanodegree program. Vish has held leadership positions at high-growth companies, including Zynga and

Yandex, where he scaled the business to millions of users. He was also senior vice president of Yahoo's Search and Marketplace businesses, and general manager at Inktomi until it was acquired by Yahoo. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the New York and Silicon Valley offices, serving Fortune 500 and startup clients.

Vish is currently on the boards of both Prosperworks and Pepperdata.

Number of Investments 8
Vishal Makhijani has made 8 investments. Their latest investment was Convertible Note - Shabodi on Jan 15, 2021, when Shabodi raised
$200K
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 15, 2021
Shabodi
Convertible Note - Shabodi
$200K
Oct 24, 2017
Trimian
Venture Round - Trimian
$3M
Aug 1, 2015
Instawork
Seed Round - Instawork
$1.8M
Jan 8, 2014
Amitree
No
Seed Round - Amitree
$2.7M
May 1, 2013
Copper
Seed Round - Copper
$2.5M
Jan 16, 2013
LookSharp
Venture Round - LookSharp
$1.2M
Oct 1, 2011
Origami Labs
Debt Financing - Origami Labs
$1.5M
Sep 1, 2009
Lexity
Seed Round - Lexity
$1.2M
Number of Exits 
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Vishal Makhijani has exits. Their most notable exits are TrimianOrigami Labs, and LookSharp.
  • Trimian Trimian is a company dedicated to creating new tools for professionals on the go.
  • Origami Labs Origami provides families with a private, customizable website for sharing daily updates and memories like photos, videos, quotes, and more.
  • LookSharp LookSharp helps every student launch their career and employers to achieve their recruitment goals.
  • Lexity Lexity is a PaaS-based e-commerce cloud platform providing an own app store for online retailers to manage information with a single click.
  • Amitree Amitree transforms the chaos of business email into an AI-powered deal organizer, project manager, and virtual assistant.
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 3
Vishal Makhijani has 2 current jobs as President & COO at Zumper and Team Member at Zynga. Additionally, Vishal Makhijani has had 3 past jobs including CEO at Udacity.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Udacity
CEOApr 2016Oct 2018
Yandex
President & CEO, Yandex Labs
Yahoo
GM & SVP, Yahoo! Search
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Vishal Makhijani is the Advisor at Dapper.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Copper
Board MemberJul 2012Jun 2019
Pepperdata
Advisor