We co-build AI‑native B2B companies to $10M ARR and beyond.

From strategy to execution, we co-build across GTM and Product, until you reach $10M ARR within 3 years.

Co-Build with Us
$100KARRCo-building$10MARRUnder 3 yearsAdvisory
Shifu Ventures
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We do it the Shifu way.

Hands-on, in the trenches, building alongside founders. Co-building is our primary value-add.
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Traditional Accelerators
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We are not traditional accelerators
Who just focus on high-level guidance, cohorts, and advisory-led support.
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Our Model

Co-building only 5 companies at a time

Every founder gets our whole team, not a sliver of it. A new company comes in only when one crosses $10M ARR and moves into advisory. No cohorts, no batches.

Co-building now
1 live 4 open
01 · Live
Photon Legal
AI-native legal tech
ARR$600K → $3.5M
Then Advisory

Past $10M ARR, founders lead and we step back. Their slot opens for the next founder.

Why Shifu

Not an accelerator. A venture studio.

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Shifu training Po, one on one
$10M ARR
$100K
B2BAI-nativeIndia → World
5 companies at a time.A new one comes in only when a slot opens.
Every one built to $10M ARR.Profitable and founder-owned.
Super-focused bets.B2B, AI-native, from India to the world. Only where all three meet.
Focused co-building.With every PortCo, hands-on, one on one.
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$1B
ConsumerD2CFintechWeb3EdtechGamingHealthSocial
100 companies in a quarter.A fresh cohort every three months.
Built for the one unicorn.A few stall, most die before they reach revenue.
Everything to everyone.Every category, every geography.
One advisor, many founders.High-level advice, shared across the cohort.
Our Investors

A carefully selected tribe of founders and operators, here to help you succeed.

We've been deliberate about who's on our cap table. Successful founders who've exited, operators who've built at top global companies, all actively engaged, making intros and advising across GTM, product, hiring, and beyond.

Raveen Sastry
Raveen Sastry
3× exited founder
Karthik Ramamoorthy
Karthik Ramamoorthy
Exited Numero to Zuora
Srini Gurrapu
Srini Gurrapu
Founder & CEO, YEC Ventures
Srihari BT
Srihari BT
Global VP Partnerships, Whatfix
Kesavan K
Kesavan K
Co-founder & CEO, Krita.ai
+ many more
Founders and operators
FAQ

Questions, answered.

Fit, focus, and what co-building actually means.

GTM and AI, hands-on, in the trenches.

We go deep where it moves the needle most, and stay close on everything else:

  • GTM: defining the ICP, nailing positioning, and getting the first customers
  • AI: embedding AI at the core of every company we co-build
  • Customer Success, HR & Talent, Finance & Legal: the support a company needs on the way to $10M ARR

Super-focused bets, where B2B, AI-native and India → World meet.

We only back companies at the overlap of all three:

  • B2B: enterprise buyers, complex sales, higher ACVs
  • AI-native: AI at the core of the product and the company
  • India → World: built in India, sold to the world

Our first is Photon Legal, an AI-native legal tech company.

B2B and AI-native, only.

We know complex sales cycles, higher ACVs and enterprise buyers deeply. We look for founders who:

  • Build with AI at the core, inside and out
  • Sell globally, from India to the world
  • Are full-time on the company
  • Have reached around $100K ARR, with real customers
  • Want to build to $10M ARR and beyond

No. We’re about execution, not capital.

We don’t invest in the companies we co-build. On a case-by-case basis, we can extend debt to help in the early days, or help you raise when the time is right.

If you’re looking for a cheque, a traditional VC is a better fit. Shifu is for founders who want a partner in the work, from $100K to $10M ARR and beyond.

Five slots, filled carefully.

Most founders come to us through referrals from operators, angels and other founders. Because it’s a high-conviction bet on both sides, we start with:

  1. Deep founder conversations
  2. A 3-month working pilot
  3. Alignment on ambition, incentives and the long-term vision

No cohorts, no batches, no demo days. We take on a new company only when a slot opens. We co-build with five companies at a time, and four of those slots are open now.

Co-building ends, advisory begins.

Co-building takes a company from $100K to $10M ARR, in under 3 years. Past $10M, the founders lead and we step back to advisory, still on call for the big decisions, and the slot opens for the next company we co-build.