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Haystack Activity

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Investment

Participated in Scribe's $30M Series A for AI-enabled workflow documentation and knowledge-work software.

Scribe

Scribe Haystack

scribe.comJUN 2026

JUN 2026

New Fund

Announced Haystack VIII, an $85M early-stage fund, and Needles III, a select fund for high-conviction opportunities.

Haystack VIII and Needles III

linkedin.comMAY 2026

MAY 2026

New Fund

Haystack raised Haystack VIII, an $85M early-stage core fund, and Needles III, a $25M companion select fund for high-conviction opportunities. Both funds are focused on pre-seed and seed investing.

Haystack VIII and Needles III

semilshah.comAPR 26, 2026

APR 26, 2026

News

Semil Shah named to Forbes Midas List for Seed Investors for the fifth consecutive year (2022-2026).

Forbes Midas List 2025

Added recently

Exit

Portfolio company HashiCorp was acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion.

HashiCorp

HashiCorp Haystack

Added recently

Talk

Semil Shah discussed evolving early-stage VC dynamics in the AI era at Sierra Ventures' Pre-Seed VC Summit.

Semil Shah at Sierra Ventures Pre-Seed VC Summit

sierraventures.comMAR 2026

MAR 2026

4 investments· JUN 2025 – NOV 2025Show all

Investment

Led alphaXiv's $7M seed round for AI research infrastructure.

AlphaXiv

AlphaXiv Haystack

startupintros.comNOV 2025

NOV 2025

Investment

Participated in Birches Health's $20M seed round led by General Catalyst.

Birches Health

Birches Health Haystack

sbcamericas.comSEP 2025

SEP 2025

Investment

Co-led Bench IQ's $5.3M seed round for AI-powered judicial intelligence.

Bench IQ

Bench IQ Haystack

businesswire.comAUG 2025

AUG 2025

Investment

Led Pangram's $4M seed round for AI applications.

Pangram

Pangram Haystack

startupintros.comJUN 2025

JUN 2025