Semil (@semil) — Twitter Score 328 out of 1000

Semil Shah is an early-stage venture investor who founded Haystack and serves as a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Semil's Twitter Score is 328 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #893 (top 0.5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Semil founded Haystack, an early-stage venture capital firm that typically invests between $1M and $3M in initial rounds, and serves as its Founding Partner. He has appeared on Forbes' Midas List for Seed Investors in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Haystack has raised its eighth flagship fund, Haystack VIII, at $85M, alongside Needles III, a select fund for high-conviction opportunities.

Semil is also a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, which maintains a crypto-focused partnership through Lightspeed Faction. Among the companies in the Haystack portfolio is Farcaster, an open social network for the crypto community, as well as 1Confirmation, a fund supporting teams focused on the decentralization of the web and society.

Semil has accumulated 171,361 followers as of October 2026 and has published 136,184 posts. He has been mentioned by 594 accounts, with 2,342 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Semil include 1,615 founders, 490 angel investors, 191 influencers and 121 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier and jesse.base.eth.