Shivam Jaglan
Member of the Investments Team at Kae Capital, based in Bengaluru, India. He is part of the AI investments team.
About
I'm Shivam Jaglan, a member of the investments team at Kae Capital in Bengaluru, where I focus on AI investments. My career has taken me from software engineering and research internships to co-founding a startup, then into product management roles at companies like Piramal Finance, and now into venture capital. I'm passionate about AI, generative technologies, and practical workflow automation—I believe in building tools that solve specific, painful tasks efficiently. I'm actively looking to connect with founders, especially those building in the AI space, and I offer investment support and operational insights. I love engaging with the startup ecosystem, from hackathons to networking events, and I bring a hands-on, enthusiastic approach to everything I do.
Networking
What I can offer
- ›Investment capital and partnership through Kae Capital
- ›Help to founders more broadly
- ›Insights into automation and operational efficiency
Looking for
- ›Founders who are building companies, especially in the AI domain
Best fit for
Current Interests
Background
Career
Started with internships in software engineering and research, co-founded Swas, held product management roles at Virohan, Ondek Healthcare, and Piramal Finance, and is now in venture capital at Kae Capital.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2019 – 2023).
Achievements
- ›As Core Member of the ACS Student Chapter at IIT Delhi, spearheaded recruitment, fundraising, marketing, and event planning for the first-ever ACS Student Chapter in India.
- ›As Core Team Member for Guest Lectures at TRYST, IIT Delhi, led a team of 50+ and secured celebrity and notable speakers including Shraddha Kapoor, Ashneer Grover, Raghuram Rajan, and Falguni Nayar.
- ›At Ondek Healthcare, led the digital transformation of offline healthcare staffing processes, hiring and managing a team of 10+ remote developers, and creating internship programs.
- ›Co-founded Swas, creating a personal fitness training tool and marketplace.
- ›As a VC at Kae Capital, built and shared specific workflow automations to solve operational pain points, such as an automation to draft personalized follow-up emails to founders after calls and a system to track and close open communication loops with founders.
Opinions
- Believes in 'learning to unlearn, relearn, break biases.'
- Expresses that in 2025, venture capital shifted to fund only companies that 'actually worked,' with growth without retention and scale without unit economics being punished. Believes Series A became 'a hard proof point for business viability' rather than a reward for momentum.
- Strongly advocates for practical automation over flashy solutions. Believes 'the best workflows... are five steps. Maybe eight' and that 'not everything needs an LLM.'
- Opines that effective tools solve specific, painful, 'boring' tasks that eat up hours, not just broad, complex problems.