Sumeet Shah
Founder and Managing Partner @ VHS Ventures
VHS Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on the next generation of Consumer Founders. The firm invests in the Seed and Series A (and some Pre-Seed) rounds of Consumer Brands (Tangible Products) and Consumer Infrastructure (Tech-enabled Platforms) startups, utilizing a circular financing strategy to strengthen its portfolio (e.g., the Infrastructure and Brand Founders work together to help each other succeed).
The firm's debut fund (June 2023 vintage) invested in 20 companies.
Sumeet Shah is the Founder & Managing Partner of VHS Ventures. He has spent the last 16+ years across the early- and later-stage consumer investing and operating worlds. Sumeet spent the first 5 years of his career working with private equity firms and their portfolio companies with pre- and post-deal operations improvements. He recently spent the last 11.5 years helping to launch, manage, and grow two early-stage consumer venture funds (Brand Foundry Ventures and Swiftarc Ventures), building their sourcing strategies (as well as Swiftarc's fundraising, platform, and operations arms).