Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$8,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
Lists including Darian
Investments
Work Experience
2019
Managing Partner
2019
Leading Seed & Series A investments at Gradient, a venture fund focused on artificial intelligence and data-rich companies. Select Investments: - Writer (Series A) - Gigs (Series A) - Mural (Series A) - Krea (pre-seed) - Streamlit (Series A, Series B) (Acquired by Snowflake) - Collective (Seed) - Klara (Series B) (acquired by ModMed) - Range (Seed) - FlutterFlow (Pre-seed) - Oura (Series A) - Sona (Seed)
2008
Investor
2008
Udemy ($UDMY) Palantir ($PLTR) Grab ($GRAB) SmithRx OpenGov (acquired by Cox) Osaro Sense Platform (acquired by Cloudera) Casetext (acquired by Reuters) US BTC Corp ($HUT) Infisical Resend Felt SpaceX Dynamic.xyz Legora Valdera Collective and many more http://darianshirazi.com
2012 - 2018
CEO & Co-Founder
2012 - 2018
Founded, built, and scaled the leading B2B Customer Data Platform company. Highlights: * Served as CEO from founding to September 2018 * Grew business from 0 to $15MM in ARR in <4 years with blue chip customers including Comcast, American Express, T-Mobile, First Data, MetLife, AllState * Hired a world-class team
2005 - 2007
Software Engineer
2005 - 2007
One of the first 10 hires; worked on various projects. Reported directly to Mark. Left to go to undergrad.
2002 - 2004
Engineer Intern
2002 - 2004
Worked on the code QA team for V3 of Sell Your Item. Reported to VP of Product Management.