Angels 16: Bhupen Shah

Shah is an entrepreneur-turned angel investor. Presently, he is the co-founder and CTO of Sling Media. Prior Sling Media, Bhupenco-founded Emuzed Inc. focused on mobile multimedia, with a large engineering team in Bangalore. Emuzed was acquired by Flextronics. Bhupen was also a key contributor and VP of Software at Dazzle, the first company to deliver video capture devices for the consumer market at retail level which was acquired by SCM Microsystems. He has also worked with large conglomerates like Philips, IBM, among others. Over his career, Bhupen has on four occasions successfully exited the companies he co-founded or joined at early stage.

A computer science and electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, he is currently on the board of directors of several start-ups as well as rapid-growth companies and advises them on business growth strategy and on how to harness technology for their operations.

Investments: Sift, Shoe Lovers, Giraffic, CultureAlley, Woxi Media, Whodini, Hachi, Qikwell, Vapore, Vuemix, GoHachi.com, Snap-Networks.