Twin Ventures

Twin Ventures is an AI-focused angel and pre-seed fund founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, that builds and fosters AI-first startups. The firm was created by brothers Swapnil and Snehal Shinde, who previously co-founded the AI travel assistant Mezi, where Swapnil was CEO and Snehal was Chief Product Officer and CTO, before its acquisition by American Express. Drawing on that operating background, Twin backs entrepreneurs building disruptive ventures that solve real-world problems and aim to define new markets and become category leaders through Applied AI, offering hands-on technical, product and operational expertise in areas such as natural language processing, neural networks, human-assisted AI, machine learning, personalization, AI analytics, chatbots and messaging. As an early-stage investor it typically writes cheques of around $100,000 with follow-on capacity of up to roughly $150,000, and it frequently partners and co-invests alongside larger venture firms in seed and Series A rounds. The firm has invested in approximately 19 companies across the United States, India and Israel, spanning enterprise applications, high tech, retail and other sectors. Its most notable investments include Flam, an AI-native mixed-reality and interactive-content platform whose $4.57 million seed round Twin co-led with Inventus Capital Partners, and Oddr, a legal-tech platform that raised a $2 million seed round led by Saama Capital and Twin Ventures in October 2022. By combining founder-operator experience with early AI conviction, Twin Ventures backs Applied-AI founders and co-invests alongside larger firms as their rounds come together.