Siavash Ghorbani
About Siavash Ghorbani
Siavash Ghorbani is CEO and co-founder of Stilla, an AI-powered productivity platform for product teams. He is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Stilla was founded in 2024 with Kaj Drobin, another former Shopify executive. In January 2026 it announced a $5M pre-seed round led by General Catalyst.
Before Stilla he was VP of Engineering at Shopify. Crunchbase lists that role as running from November 2018 to June 2024. At Shopify he built and scaled the consumer products Shop and Shop Pay, and led a team of 350+ engineers.
He was earlier co-founder and CTO of Tictail, an ecommerce platform serving over 100,000 online stores, which Shopify acquired. Tracxn also lists him as a co-founder and CTO of Buddy Tag, a London company founded in 2015 that is no longer active. Crunchbase counts 2 companies founded.
Crunchbase shows 1 investment, 1 portfolio company, 0 lead investments and 0 exits. Tracxn and Nordic9 list a slightly wider set of two companies, Lovable and Clip Drop. Nordic9 shows investment activity in 2021, 2023 and 2024, at about one deal a year.
He appears as a co-investor alongside funds and other angels. The public record does not show him leading rounds.
Arctic Startup reported that he was among the angel investors in Lovable's pre-seed round, which was led by Hummingbird and byFounders. Lovable is a Swedish AI coding platform. Tracxn also lists a Lovable seed round dated October 7, 2024, with Hummingbird Ventures and byFounders among the co-investors.
Tracxn and Nordic9 also list Clip Drop, a France-based company, in his portfolio. No round details are public for that deal.
The public record points to early-stage investing in software and AI companies in Sweden and France. Tracxn lists his top sectors as High Tech and Enterprise Applications, and Nordic9 lists Software Services. He has not published a check size, a thesis or a list of what he looks for. Founders should treat any stage or sector pattern as inferred from a small number of deals.
- Lovable: Swedish AI coding platform. He was an angel in its pre-seed round, and Tracxn lists a seed round in October 2024.
- Clip Drop: France-based company listed in his portfolio by Tracxn and Nordic9. Round and year are not public.
- crunchbase.com/person/siavash-ghorbani
- tracxn.com/d/people/siavash-ghorbani/__rqu5EaocaUreWNPZEKwPISgv3naRWkp
- nordic9.com/companies/siavash-ghorbani
- arcticstartup.com/lovable-raises-e6-8m-pre-seed
- stilla.ai/blog/announcing-our-seed-funding
- app.dealroom.co/news/note/stilla-lands-5m-pre-seed-to-build-multiplaye
- tracxn.com/d/companies/buddytag/__ICYyho-wSIE2c9-xeZ4gxpjZULHhFlbcD1yO
Investing activity
Siavash Ghorbani has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has founded 2 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Siavash Ghorbani
Who is Siavash Ghorbani?
He is the CEO and co-founder of Stilla and a former VP of Engineering at Shopify. He also co-founded Tictail, which Shopify acquired. He is based in Stockholm.
Has Siavash Ghorbani invested in AI startups?
Yes. He was an angel in Lovable, a Swedish AI coding platform, and Tracxn and Nordic9 also list Clip Drop. Crunchbase counts 1 investment and 0 lead investments.
What check size does Siavash Ghorbani write?
He has not made a check size public. Third-party databases show round sizes but not his own amount, so any figure would be a guess.
What stage and sectors does Siavash Ghorbani back?
His known investments are early-stage software and AI companies in Sweden and France. He has not published a formal thesis.
What has Siavash Ghorbani built as a founder?
He co-founded Tictail, an ecommerce platform serving over 100,000 online stores, and co-founded Stilla, an AI productivity platform for product teams. At Shopify he scaled Shop and Shop Pay.
Where is Siavash Ghorbani based?
Crunchbase lists him in Stockholm, Sweden.
Is Siavash Ghorbani an angel investor?
Yes. Siavash Ghorbani invests personally as an angel and is CEO at Stilla AI. Crunchbase counts 1 investment.
How can founders reach Siavash Ghorbani?
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