Investing Profile

Amir Banifatemi

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Current Investing Position
K5 Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$200K - $1.2M
Sweet Spot
$600K
Investments On Record
12

Amir Banifatemi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Amir Banifatemi's Investments On Record (12)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Connectifier
Series AJun 2015$4M
$12M
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Tony Conrad (True Ventures), Sean Ellis (GoPractice, Inc), James Hong (Center for Rural Health Leadership)
Digsy
SeedJan 2015
Co-investors: Sean Ellis (GoPractice, Inc)
Immediately
SeedMar 2014$400K
$2.6M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Ryan Holmes (LOI Venture), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jeremie Berrebi (Magical Capital), TK Kuegler (Wasabi Ventures), Chris Yeh, Kyle York, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Rashaun Williams, Peter Kazanjy
SquareOne
Series UnknownMar 2014$200K
$200K
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), TK Kuegler (Wasabi Ventures), Chris Yeh, Kyle York
Crowdfunder
AngelFeb 2014$1M
$5M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates)
Compass
SeedDec 2013$700K
$1.1B
Co-investors: Sandy Miller (IVP), Todd Chaffee (IVP), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Sean Seton-Rogers (Pro Founders Capital), Allen Morgan (Venture Sherpa/Active Angel Investor), Cyrus Massoumi (Humbition), Ken Chenault Jr. (Benchstrength), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Daniel Recanati (Earth and beyond ventures), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Mitchell Green (Lead Edge Capital), Oliver Thylmann, Marc Benioff
Pogoseat
SeedSep 2013$800K
$4.5M
Co-investors: Jillian Manus (Structure Capital), Aamer Abdullah (MI Ventures), Jason Seats (Techstars), Jeremie Berrebi (Magical Capital), Keval Desai (InterWest), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Pietro Dova (XG Ventures), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Andrea Zurek (XG Ventures), Richard Chen (UC Berkeley Foundation), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Joshua Schachter
Experiment
Series UnknownJun 2013$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Esther Dyson (HealthWorldWeb LLC), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Katherine Power (Greycroft), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc)), Evan Cheng (Mysten Labs), Jade Wang, Dave Schappell

Amir Banifatemi's Experience

Curator and founder AI For Good2016 - Present
AI Lead XPRIZE2016 - Present
Curator and Organizer TEDxLA2013 - Present
Founder, Managing Partner K5 Ventures2011 - Present
Managing partner Bayspring Ventures2004 - 2011
President Agendize2004 - 2005
VP Marketing and Business Development Critical Path Inc.2002 - 2004
Co Founder & Managing Partner The Business Model Institute1999 - 2002
Founder and CEO Private company1997 - 1999
General Manager Europe Electromed International1995 - 1997
VP Medical Innovations, investments and strategic planning AP-HP1992 - 1995
National Expert European Commission1989 - 1992
CIO Assistance publique- hopitaux de paris1990 - 1992
Project Director Airbus Group1988 - 1990
Researcher Engineer INSERM1987 - 1988
Design Engineer European Space Agency1986 - 1987

Amir Banifatemi's Education

Groupe HEC MBA Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Université René Descartes (Paris V) Doctorate Studies Systems Design & Cognitive Sciences
Université de Technologie de Compiègne MS EE Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) DEUG Sciences
lycée razi International Baccalaureate