Shift Left Ventures

Shift Left Ventures (SLV) is a venture capital firm founded in 2023 that specializes in investing in and accelerating early-stage B2B startups. The firm helps founders with capital and design/engineering support to assist them in acquiring their first customers. SLV employs a "777 strategy" to guide entrepreneurs from the idea stage to having paying customers. In addition to capital, they offer services like rapid prototyping to help startups validate their concepts, recruit design partners, and present to investors. The firm focuses on pre-seed and seed stage companies in the US and Canada. One of its founders, Venky Karnam, was previously a Venture Partner at Afore Capital and a founding engineer at AdMob.