Bio
Ali tries to make a career of investing in people smarter than himself. He has backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber. He co-founded Code.org (Hour of Code) to bring Computer Science to classrooms. Ali grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, attended Harvard, and sold his first startup, LinkExchange, in 1998. He's passionate about sustainable food and loves climbing, guitar, puzzles, and family.
Career
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Neo Fund |
Education
Top investment portfolio themes
Selected investments
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BlueKai Inc | Developer of the most trusted data management platform and exchange in the industry for managing all intent and branding audience data. | Series A | |||
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BlueKai Inc | Developer of the most trusted data management platform and exchange in the industry for managing all intent and branding audience data. | Series A | |||
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Break Media (BreakMedia) | Series B | ||||
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Causes | Activism | Series A | |||
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Edusoft Inc (The Riverside Publishing Company) | Angel | ||||
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Familiar Inc | Seed | ||||
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Flixster Inc | Online movie community company. | Angel | |||
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Fonality Inc | Series A | ||||
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iLike | Angel | ||||
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Opower | Series A | ||||
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Opzi Inc | Software company providing solutions to make corporate knowledge accessible. | Angel | |||
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Tellme Networks Inc | Series A | ||||
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Thinkfuse | Angel | ||||
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VigLink Inc | Automated affiliate marketing company. | Seed | |||
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WideOrbit Inc | Series C | ||||
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WideOrbit Inc | Series C | ||||
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2Web Technologies | Angel | ||||
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Boku Inc | Direct carrier billing mobile payments company. | Series B | |||
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Dropbox Inc | Online file sharing and storage | Seed | |||
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Dropbox Inc | Online file sharing and storage | Series B |