Based in San Francisco, CA, Sherpa Capital specializes in early stage and growth startups ranging from e-commerce to technology.

[11] They invested in the San Francisco-based HireAthena, human resources and accounting technology platform for the on-demand labor market, by June 2016.

[13] Sherpa Capital's strategy is "regulatory arbitrage", according to Pishevar because out-of-date rules stifle labor markets.

He states, "stasis and monopolies are interesting, because if you can break them, you unlock a tremendous amount of economic value and job creation."

However, an application developed by the American Civil Liberties Union to report police misconduct in the 2010s did not receive widespread support.

And, this application would require "the wholesale buy-in of both police forces and civilians," according to Jenna Wortham of The New York Times.

BamBrogan and the other former executives filed a suit in California Superior Court in Los Angeles in July 2016 against Hyperloop, stating that they were defamed, wrongfully fired, and harassed and claiming breach of contract.

"[16] Sherpa Foundry, also founded by Pishevar and Stanford, is a consultancy providing strategy and advice to entrepreneurs and startups.