Amit Shanbhag, Angel Investor

Amit Shanbhag is the Founder of RocketReach, a top 50 SaaS company by revenue and customers, serving Apple, Google, and Fortune 500 enterprises. Bootstrapped in 2016, RocketReach scaled rapidly with strong margins, becoming a global leader in contact intelligence. Previously, Amit held product leadership roles at Yahoo, where he built the world’s first behavioral ad targeting system and published 16 patents in data systems and computer vision. He also co‑founded startups, including Shocase and Cognitivematch (acquired by Magnetic), and began his career as a software engineer at Inmarsat. As an angel investor, Amit has made about 14 investments across SaaS, AI, healthtech, and consumer platforms. His portfolio includes BetterFeedback, Apideck, Bonfire Analytics, Taskade, Cache, and Texta.ai, reflecting his focus on scalable technology and data‑driven innovation.