About me

Neil Shroff

(This picture is from 2022, I probably look a little different today)

I'm an early stage operator, newbie investor and a former lawyer.

From 2021 to 2025, I worked at Solana Foundation where I helped run Superteam, launching and scaling Solana to 25+ countries worldwide.

Some of my current side-quests:

  • helping my friends startup and do their life's work
  • learning to build software for family, factories & govts
  • angel investing in deep-tech, hardware & crypto cos ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ/๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • organizing Basedcon, a big ideas conference series ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
  • hosting Bangerlore (parties that I'd have loved to attend) ๐ŸŽ‰
  • looking to make new friends in London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

If you want to work on something together, need any help, or just want to say hi, DM me or shoot me an email.

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๐Ÿ“‰โ€‚This time is not differentMar 8, 2024๐Ÿ”—โ€‚Part 0: What really is crypto?Apr 5, 2023โš–๏ธโ€‚From law to techAug 18, 2022โœ๏ธโ€‚Why write?May 29, 2022๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโ€‚Remembering ShaktiJun 12, 2021๐Ÿซ•โ€‚Hotbeds: DelhiFeb 15, 2020๐Ÿœโ€‚Finding authentic restaurantsJun 19, 2019

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Includes small angel checks written personally, slightly larger investments from a fund I run with Raymond, as well as investments made indirectly via SPVs, etc.

๐Ÿ†โ€‚Sharang Shakti (exited)C-UAS, acq. by LAT Aero๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2024๐ŸŽฏโ€‚Armoryindigenous Indian counter-UAS๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿฆพโ€‚Armatrixrobotic arms for hazardous inspection๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025โ›“๏ธโ€‚Asgardstructured crypto trades platform๐ŸŒŽโ€‚2025โœˆ๏ธโ€‚Asperaautonomous amphibious aircrafts๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿš™โ€‚Blinqbattery-swappable electric taxi fleet๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽคโ€‚Clankfully interactive ai storytelling๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2026๐Ÿ“โ€‚Commendaglobal compliance OS for startups๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2021๐Ÿ—บ๏ธโ€‚Dirac Labsquantum navigation system for all terrains๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2025๐Ÿ’ธโ€‚Dodo Paymentsmerchant of record for Indian SaaS๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿ›’โ€‚Dukaanno-code shopify for Indian SMEs๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2021๐Ÿค–โ€‚Fafffull service life assistant๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿงโ€‚GoBanklessafrican cash mobility network๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€‚2025๐Ÿ’นโ€‚Hyperflashunified perps trading interface๐ŸŒŽโ€‚2024โ™ป๏ธโ€‚Item Farmcreating plastic recycling microfactories๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2024
๐Ÿงชโ€‚Interactive Intelligencestealth applied ai lab๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2026
๐Ÿ“กโ€‚KuboCareAI monitoring device for senior living๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2025
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธโ€‚Mosaic Defensestealth indian defense co๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2026
โ˜•โ€‚Mocha Tradeleveraged US stocks for india๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2026
๐Ÿคฟโ€‚Neocambrianscaling data for physical AI๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿ…โ€‚Oroyield-bearing digital gold๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‚2025๐Ÿ๏ธโ€‚Plutosmall covered EVs for last-mile delivery๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿ’Šโ€‚Raazviagra and mens health platform for rural India๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2023๐Ÿšขโ€‚Rekiseunmanned vessels & AI systems for naval ops๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025๐Ÿ’Žโ€‚Volantisphotonic chip manufacturing๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2025๐Ÿ’ธโ€‚Warpmodern payroll and compliance platform๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2023๐Ÿ›๏ธโ€‚Zamanapersonal shopping agent on imessage๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2025
๐Ÿ‘ผโ€‚DaosFunagentic internet capital markets๐ŸŒŽโ€‚2025
๐Ÿ‘ผโ€‚Dubsocial-first memecoin launcher๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2024
๐Ÿ‘ผโ€‚GumSDK to build sticky social apps with ease๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2022
๐Ÿ‘ผโ€‚OneUPIpayments platform for high-risk payments๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‚2022
๐Ÿ‘ผโ€‚Poasteranonymous consumer social app๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‚2022