Investing Profile

Darian Shirazi(129)

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Managing Partner at Gradient

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Darian Shirazi's investing connections

21 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Morgan Beller (NFX), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), and 18 other investors on Signal.

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Top-Patents Network

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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

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Center for Rural Health Leadership Network

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University of California, Berkeley Network

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Current Investing Position

Gradient Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $8.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

154

Darian Shirazi's Investments On Record (113)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Fazeshift	Series AMay 2026$17M SeedJan 2025$4M	$22M
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund)
Sona	Series BApr 2026$45M Series AMay 2024$28M SeedMar 2022$7M	$89M
Co-investors: Josh Rosenthal (Polychain Capital), Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Jeppe Zink (Northzone), Fred Ellis (Octopus Ventures), Deepka Rana (Northzone), Matthew Cowan (Next47), Lorenzo Franzi (Flash Ventures), Anthony Danon (Cocoa), Andrej Henkler, Asif Moosani, Andy Leaver, Tom Blomfield
Rowspace	SeedFeb 2026	$50M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Jake Saper (Emergence Capital)
Linkup	SeedFeb 2026$10M	$13M
Co-investors: Mathieu Viallard (Axeleo Capital), Guillaume Houzé (Motier Ventures), Nicolas Essayan (Motier Ventures), Sia Houchangnia (Seedcamp), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Florian Douetteau
vijil	Series ANov 2025$17M SeedJul 2024$6M	$23M
Co-investors: Vijay B Reddy (Mayfield), Stephen Ward (Insight Partners)
Digitail	Series BNov 2025$23M Series AJan 2023$11M SeedMar 2021$3M	$37M
Co-investors: Romain Lavault (Partech Ventures), Andreas Helbig (Atomico), Eric Lagier (byFounders), Nino Subotic (Mashup), Sara Rywe (byFounders)
Truthsystems	SeedOct 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Mar Hershenson (Pear VC)
Freckle	SeedSep 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Matthew Mulvey (Liquid 2 Ventures), Nathaniel Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Samit Kalra (1984 Ventures), Eylul Kayin (SoftBank Investment Advisers)