Investing Profile

Mariam Naficy

InvestorAngelVCFounder
Founder and Managing Partner at Heretic Ventures
heretic.ventures/teamSan Francisco, California
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Heretic Ventures Managing Partner
$100K - $5.0M
$1.5M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Lumi Story
SeedJul 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), David Sze (Greylock), Hakeem "Chamillionaire" Seriki (Convoz)
The New Club
SeedMar 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Mallun Yen (Operator Collective), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Pam Kostka (Operator Collective), Evan Moore
Polywork
Series BApr 2022$28M
$45M
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), John Collison, Elad Gil, Mike Krieger, Anthony Pompliano, Kevin Lin, Jeremy Yap, Steve Chen, Scott Belsky, Fidji Simo, Baron Davis, Patrick Collison
Maker Wine
SeedNov 2021$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Neil Rimer (Index Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), George Bousis (1/1 Capital), Matthew Kaness (Flexsteel Industries Inc.), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Brigette Lau (Firework Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Henry Davis, Chris Fanini, Odell Beckham Jr., Daniel Kan, James Beshara
The Landing
SeedFeb 2021$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Maria Salamanca (Ulu Ventures), Tracy Sun, Manish Chandra
Abacus.AI
Series AJul 2020$13M
$90M
Co-investors: Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), David Cahn (Sequoia Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Keval Desai (InterWest), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Erica Ruliffson Schultz (Operator Collective), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Josh Shirazi (Alkeon Capital), Yan-David Erlich, Elad Gil
Color
Series AApr 2015$15M
$410M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Bill Tai, Aaron Levie, Ben Davenport, Julia Hartz, Drew Houston, Paul Hewson (Bono)
Reddit
Series BSep 2014$50M
$1.3B
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Judd Morgenstern (Partners Resolute), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Calvin Broadus (Casa Verde Capital), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Jared Leto, Philip Kaplan, Sam Altman, Yishan Wong, Michael Abramson, Scott Belsky