Shivaas Gulati
Shivaas Gulati is the founder and CEO at Arkero and an angel investor at several startups. He previously co-founded Remitly, which went public, and Bazaar Media. His expertise includes technology entrepreneurship, product development, and scaling companies.
Vamsi Narla announces Arkero is helping Bolton Wanderers boost engagement, revenue and cut admin using transparent agent platform
Arkero announced it is helping Bolton Wanderers Football Club improve supporter engagement, create new revenue, and reduce administrative work by deploying an agent platform that integrates club data and exposes transparent, easy-to-configure workflows without engineering. The company highlights its agent product's trust-building features — agents that show step-by-step reasoning and can be set up by non-engineers — and credits its team for the implementation.
Arkero signs Bolton Wanderers for three-month AI project to build club intelligence layer after $6M funding
Seattle startup Arkero, founded last fall and backed by $6 million in funding, signed Bolton Wanderers FC to a three-month project to rebuild the club’s data infrastructure and create a custom AI-powered “club intelligence layer” to centralize data and workflows. Arkero already serves several U.S. and U.K. clubs, and CEO Shivaas Gulati emphasizes that AI transformation starts with organizing a club’s data, systems, knowledge and workflows.
Temporal, $5 Billion Bellevue Startup, Named Crystal Palace Front-of-Shirt Sponsor for 2026/27 EPL Season
Temporal, a Bellevue-based developer tools startup valued at $5 billion, will be the front-of-shirt sponsor for Crystal Palace Football Club starting in the 2026/27 English Premier League season. This sponsorship deal aligns with the Premier League's new ban on gambling company logos on shirts, opening opportunities for new sponsors like Temporal.
Matt Oppenheimer Steps Down as CEO of $7B Remitly After 15 Years, Moves to Chairman Role
Matt Oppenheimer led Remitly for nearly 15 years, growing it from a three-person startup to a $7 billion public fintech company with over 9 million users, before transitioning to chairman. Remitly reported $442.2 million revenue in Q4 with its first profitable year in 2025 under new CEO Sebastian Gunningham.
Arkero raises $6M pre-seed led by Game Changers Ventures’ Roger Ehrenberg; investors include Alexis Ohanian and Adrian Hanauer
Arkero raised a $6M pre-seed round led by Roger Ehrenberg and signed four football clubs as initial clients, using AI to centralize and automate team operations and reporting over 50% matchday planning efficiency gains for Sounders and Reign FC.
Arkero Raises $6M to Use AI in Managing Operations for Pro Soccer Teams, Led by Remitly Co-Founder Shivaas Gulati
Arkero, a Seattle startup founded by Remitly veterans including CEO Shivaas Gulati, raised $6 million in pre-seed funding to use AI for improving sports teams' business operations. The platform integrates with existing tools to help pro soccer clubs like Seattle Sounders FC and San Diego FC optimize matchday planning and season ticket renewals.
Remitly Co-founder Shivaas Gulati Launches Arkero AI to Leverage Artificial Intelligence in Sports and Live Events in Seattle
Shivaas Gulati, co-founder of Remitly, is launching Arkero AI in Seattle to help sports and live event organizations leverage artificial intelligence. Drawing from his experience with Southend United and Seattle Sounders FC, he aims to create business value with AI in these industries.
Aviel Ginzburg and Team Launch Foundations to Foster Seattle’s Startup Community with In-Person Support Network
Foundations, a new startup community group led by Aviel Ginzburg and others in Seattle, aims to create a supportive 'serendipity factory' for early-stage founders by fostering in-person connections among entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors. The group hosted a launch party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood to build a vibrant local tech startup ecosystem.
Remitly prices IPO at $43, values company near $7B and raises $300M+ as shares debut on NASDAQ
Remitly, a 10-year-old mobile remittance company, priced its IPO at $43 per share valuing the firm near $7 billion and raised over $300 million in net proceeds as it began trading on NASDAQ; shares opened at $53 and closed at $48.45 on debut. CEO Matt Oppenheimer framed the IPO as a step in the company’s mission to simplify cross-border money transfers for immigrants and their families.
Techstars Seattle 2011 cohort produced three unicorns (30% rate), making it arguably the accelerator world's most successful class
Techstars Seattle’s 2011 accelerator cohort produced three unicorns — a 30% unicorn-rate — making it likely the most successful accelerator class ever, despite founders facing near-death challenges and a low representation of women among its ten startups.
Remitly files to raise up to $332.6M in IPO at roughly $6.5B valuation with $38–$42 price range
Remitly set IPO terms expecting to raise $284.6 million (up to $332.6 million with overallotment) at $38–$42 a share, valuing the Seattle fintech about $6.5 billion. The company reported $202M revenue and a $9.2M net loss in the first half of the year and competes with firms like Wise and Zepz.
Remitly files S-1 ahead of IPO after 2020 revenue doubles to $257M and $1.5B valuation
Remitly filed an S-1 ahead of a conventional IPO, reporting $257M revenue and a $32.5M net loss for 2020 and $202M revenue with a $9.2M loss in H1 of the current year, with a $1.5B valuation from a July funding round and roughly $16.1B in trailing 12-month send volume.
Heard raises $1.3M seed to help mental‑health clinicians manage bookkeeping, taxes and payroll
Seattle startup Heard, which builds bookkeeping, tax and payroll software for mental-health clinicians running private practices, raised $1.3 million in seed funding to address growing pandemic-driven demand for practice management tools.
Seattle Reaches 10 Unicorns Worth $1B+, Mostly Enterprise Software Firms with Microsoft Links
Seattle now has 10 unicorn startups valued at $1 billion or more, many concentrated in enterprise software/cloud computing and driven by rapid digital transformation and strong revenue run rates. Most have immigrant founders and Microsoft ties, but none have female co-founders or CEOs.
Remitly raises $85M, reaches $1.5B valuation as digital remittance demand spikes during COVID-19
Remitly, a Seattle-based digital remittance platform, raised $85 million in new funding, valuing the company at $1.5 billion as customer growth surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizations
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Arkero founder and CEO 2025–present · current
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ClubDNA Angel Investor 2024–present · current
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Southend United Football Club Co-Owner, Director 2024–present · current
Education
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Carnegie Mellon University MSIT, eBusiness Technology · 2009–2010
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Wilkes University B.S., Computer Science · 2008–2009
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Inderprastha Engg. College B.Tech, Information Technology · 2005–2008
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Mount St. Mary's School 1992–2004
