Kabir Shahani
Kabir Shahani is currently Founder & Executive Chairman at Adora, Founder at Amp it Up Ventures, and Founder & CEO at Amperity. He previously founded Appature, which was acquired, and has held roles at Avanade, Blue Dot, IMS Health, and Mosaic.tech. He is a technology entrepreneur with expertise in founding and leading startups.
Steve Singh Joins Madrona Venture Group as Managing Director to Back Next-Gen Entrepreneurs
Steve Singh has joined Madrona Venture Group as a managing director, transitioning from a long entrepreneurial career to venture investing to support and mentor the next generation of entrepreneurs. He emphasizes Madrona's focus on backing people, thematic investing in next-phase computing—especially Intelligent Applications—and helping founders build lasting companies.
Founded and Funded Episode 2: Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani on Building Culture, Values and Management Lessons
The Founded and Funded podcast interviews Amperity founder and CEO Kabir Shahani about building company culture and values since the company's 2017 launch, including a practical one-hour exercise Shannon Anderson shares for founding teams to create core values. The episode also discusses Amperity's client work, a company-only book that inspired the podcast, and lessons Shahani learned about management and entrepreneurship.
Amperity raises $50 million Series C to expand ML-driven customer data platform for Starbucks, Gap and Planet Fitness
Seattle-based Amperity raised $50 million in a Series C to expand staff and products that use machine learning to unify customer data for brands like Starbucks, Gap Inc., and Planet Fitness. The customer data platform competes with startups such as mParticle and Segment and with marketing clouds like Adobe and Salesforce as marketers increasingly in-house analytics and data science.
Kabir Shahani
Kabir Shahani, rightfully so, was recently recognized as one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs. As a child, he got to travel the world playing violin and began attending summer college classes when he was only in sixth grade. Kabir co-founded his first company, Appature, at the age of 24 and successfully sold it in 2013. He is now the Co-founder and CEO of Amperity, which has received $37 million in funding in just three years. Kabir discusses Amperity’s values, how they hire, and the important role philanthropy plays in the company and his life. You’ll also…
Founders’ Co-op marks 10 years after launching in 2008 with $2.7M, raised $7.7M fund and brought Techstars to Seattle
Founders’ Co-op reflects on its first decade after launching in early 2008 with a $2.7M seed fund, helping regional startups through investments and by bringing Techstars to Seattle in 2010 while raising a second $7.7M fund.
Appature CEO Kabir Shahani, 30, Says Entrepreneurship Is a ‘Life Platform’ After $100M Exit and Past Flop
Appature CEO Kabir Shahani, a 30-year-old UW grad who sold a company to IMS Health for about $100M, spoke at the University of Washington Business Plan Competition about entrepreneurship as a life platform, sharing candid lessons from both failure and success.
Appature co-founder Kabir Shahani says lessons from failed startup helped him sell Appature to IMS Health for over $100M at 30
Kabir Shahani, co-founder of Appature, reflects on rebounding from an earlier failed startup and credits lessons learned and supportive peers for helping build a company that sold to IMS Health for over $100 million when he was 30.
Organizations
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Amperity Founder, Co-CEO, & Board of Directors 2026–present, Founder & Board of Directors 2016–present, Founder & CEO, Former CEO, Former Board Member · current
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University of Washington Affiliate Professor 2024–present · current
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Adora Founder & Executive Chairman 2023–present · current
Education
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University of Washington Bachelor of Science, Informatics · 2004
