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.
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
