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▶ 1:19 · $WIZ · Wiz is the largest venture-backed M&A in history: Shardul Shah, Partner at Index Ventures
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Wiz is the largest venture-backed M&A in history: Shardul Shah, Partner at Index Ventures

2026-03-13 · 4 company · 2 thematic
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shardul shah

Partner at Index Ventures focusing on cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure; led Index's investment in Wiz (largest venture-backed M&A ever), previously served on board of Adallom (acquired by Microsoft), and backs founder-first across AI agents, security, and enterprise software.

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“Um about a decade ago, I served on the board of Alone uh which was a soft uh uh Roy Ammy. It was their first company. And so I had a f front front row seat at observing how they thought, how they made decisions, how they argued, um, uh, bu…”
—shardul shah
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