Investing Profile

Shalini Rao

VCInvestor
Partner, Head of Growth Fund at Headline
tcv.com/team/shalini-rao/San Francisco, California
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Networks Shalini is a member of
JPMorganChase Network
148 CONNECTIONS
TCV Network
94 CONNECTIONS
Headline Network
43 CONNECTIONS
Harvard Kennedy School Network
21 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Headline (formerly e.ventures) Partner
Investment Range
$10.0M - $30.0M
Sweet Spot
$20.0M
Investments On Record
11
Current Fund Size
$230M

Shalini Rao is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Shalini Rao's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Owner
Series CMay 2025$120M
$180M
Co-investors: Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX Ventures), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Alex Kurland (Meritech Capital Partners), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Max Mullen (Instacart), Max Altman (Saga), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Scott Belsky (A24), Zach Perret (Mischief Venture Capital), Siqi Chen (Xtripe Angels), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments), Sean Rad (Rad Fund), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Joshua Browder (Wander), Joshua Reeves, Dylan Field, Parker Conrad, Jason Lemkin, Justin Mateen, Guillermo Rauch, Julian Shapiro, Fidji Simo, Christina Cacioppo, Jonathan Neman, Dharmesh Shah
Buk
Series BJan 2025$50M
$140M
Co-investors: Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Neil Mehta (Greenoaks Capital), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 (Base10 Partners) )
Gloat
Series DJun 2022$90M
$180M
Co-investors: Yahal Zilka (10D), Elie Wurtman (PICO Venture Partners), Philippe Botteri (Accel Partners), Aviv Refuah (Journey Ventures)
Back Market
Series EJan 2022$510M
Series DMay 2021$340M
$1B
Co-investors: Antoine Loison (AGLAÉ VENTURES), Thierry Petit (Ring Capital)
Vestiaire Collective
Series ISep 2021$210M
$510M
Co-investors: Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Bernard Liautaud (Balderton Capital)
Guideline
Series EJun 2021$200M
Series DJul 2020$80M
$340M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Patrick Chung (Xfund), Ryan Gilbert (Propel Venture Partners), Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Lindsay Fitzgerald (Vesey Ventures), Ed Phillips (Future Planet Capital), Aaron Goldman (General Atlantic), Patrick S. Chung
Asana
Series ENov 2018$50M
Series DJan 2018$75M
$210M
Co-investors: Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Cohler (Benchmark), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Zach Ware (Trust Ventures), Eric Ries (O'Reilly Media), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Brian Neider (Lead Edge Capital), Mitchell Green (Moving Capital), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Owen Van Natta (Prefix Capital), David Jeske (Hedgewood Inc), Jed Stremel, Adam D'Angelo, Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz, Roger McNamee, Justin Rosenstein
Toast
Series CJul 2017$100M
$900M
Co-investors: Kent Bennett (Bessemer Venture Partners), John Curtius (Tiger Global Management), David Jegen (F-Prime Capital Partners), Brian Neider (Lead Edge Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Julia Hang (Vesey Ventures), John Pepper (040 Capital), Pawan Deshpande, Rich Miner

Shalini Rao's Experience

International Arbitration A&O ShearmanPresent
Research Fellow Harvard Kennedy SchoolPresent
Associate JPMorganChasePresent
Partner Generation Investment ManagementPresent
General Partner TCVPresent
Partner, Head of Growth Fund HeadlinePresent

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