Investing Profile

Shahin Farshchi

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Partner at Lux Capital
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NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
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University of California, Berkeley Network
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Current Investing Position
Lux Capital Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $50.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
38
Current Fund Size
$1.5B

Shahin Farshchi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Shahin Farshchi's Investments On Record (25)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Impulse Space
Series DJun 2026$500M
Series AJul 2023$45M
SeedMar 2022$30M
$1B
Co-investors: Matt Scott (Alumni Ventures ), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Scott Nolan (The Founders Fund), Kirill Silkin (TenNine VC)
Observable Space
Series AMay 2026$90M
$100M
Co-investors: Nick Kim (Upfront Ventures)
Armada
Series BMay 2026$230M
SeedFeb 2023$13M
$470M
Co-investors: Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), James Currier (NFX), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Michael Stewart (M12), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Larry Chu (Stealth Company (Omid E. Izadjou)), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Eric Futoran, Ron Pragides
Cognichip
Series AApr 2026$60M
SeedMay 2025$33M
$93M
Co-investors: Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International), Pegah Ebrahimi (FPV Ventures), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures)
Pair Eyewear
Series COct 2023$75M
$150M
Co-investors: Rick Yang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), David Shapiro (Alumni Ventures ), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Priti Youssef Choksi (Norwest Venture Partners), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Kate McAndrew (Bolt), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), John Dauer (Helium-3 Ventures), David Hendrickson (Helium-3 Ventures), Cole Rotman (DST Global), Chris Moreno (Engage Ventures), David Rogier, Alex Pattis
Databricks
Series ISep 2023$500M
$21B
Co-investors: David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), John Wolff (Insight Partners), Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), James Ephrati (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Everett Randle (Benchmark), Hao Huang (UpHonest Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Florian Seroussi (355 Capital), Chintan Patel (Venture Guides), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Omar Haque (Brookfield Asset Management), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Mattia Astori, Peter Sonsini, Jared Sleeper, Miras Mami
Mythic
Series UnknownMar 2023$13M
Series BJun 2019$30M
Series BMar 2018$40M
Series AJun 2017$6M
Series ANov 2016$6M
$220M
Co-investors: Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Gavin Baker (Atreides Management), Chris Moran (Applied Materials), Rouz Jazayeri (Catapult Ventures (catapult.vc)), Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Steve Jurvetson (Baruch Future Ventures)
Column
Series AAug 2022$30M
$30M
Co-investors: Nick Sinai, Claire Hughes Johnson

Shahin Farshchi's Experience

Partner Lux Capital2006 - Present
Software Engineer Tivoli Systems (now part of IBM Software Group)Present
Electronics Engineer Tivoli Systems (now part of IBM Software Group)Present
Board Member Databricks Mosaic ResearchPresent
Investor and Board Member CognichipPresent
Software Engineer NewCoPresent
Electronics Engineer NewCoPresent
Software Engineer Top-PatentsPresent
Electronics Engineer Top-PatentsPresent
Investor / Board Observer SiBEAMPresent
Investor / Board Observer ZooxPresent
Cofounding Investor and Board Member AevaPresent
Cofounding Investor and Board Member Aeva, IncPresent
Investor and Board Member FormicPresent
Investor and Board Member Epsilon3Present
Investor and Board Member Cognichip Inc.Present
Investor and Board Member Majestic Labs aiPresent
Engineer GMPresent
Researcher, Postdoctoral Scholar UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied SciencePresent
Investor / Board Observer Silicon ClocksPresent
Investor / Board Observer SiBEAM, Inc.Present
Angel Investor / Board Observer Imperva (Formerly Prevoty)Present
Investor / Board Observer NervanaPresent
Investor / Board Observer Zoox Inc.Present
Board Member SubspacePresent
Investor PlanetPresent
Investor CovariantPresent
Board Member MythicPresent
Board Member SurviosPresent
Board Member Aeva, IncPresent
Board Member MosaicMLPresent
Board Member ColumnPresent
Board Member FormicPresent
Board Member Epsilon3Present
General Partner Lux CapitalPresent
Investor and Board Observer Impulse SpacePresent
Electronics Engineer Intelligent Control Systems2003 - 2003
Engineer General Motors2001 - 2001
Software Engineer Telegenisys2000 - 2000
Software Engineer Aurorasoft1999 - 1999

Shahin Farshchi's Education

University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D.
UCLA Anderson School of Management Minor
University of California, Berkeley BS
University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley BS EECS
UCLA Anderson School of Management Minor Managament
UCLA Ph.D. Electrical Engineering