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
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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
35
Current Fund Size
$1.5B

Shahin Farshchi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Shahin Farshchi's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cognichip
Series AApr 2026$60M
SeedMay 2025$33M
$93M
Co-investors: Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures), Navin Chaddha (The Alchemy Fund)
Pair Eyewear
Series COct 2023$75M
$150M
Co-investors: Rick Yang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), David Shapiro (Alumni Ventures ), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Cole Rotman (DST Global), Priti Youssef Choksi (Norwest Venture Partners), Kate McAndrew (Bolt), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Chris Moreno (Xeal), Alex Pattis, David Rogier
Databricks
Series ISep 2023$500M
$21B
Co-investors: Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), James Ephrati (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Everett Randle (Benchmark), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Hao Huang (UpHonest Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Omar Haque (Family Office), Chintan Patel (Venture Guides), Florian Seroussi (355 Capital), Mattia Astori, Peter Sonsini, Jared Sleeper, Miras Mami
Impulse Space
Series AJul 2023$45M
SeedMar 2022$30M
$530M
Co-investors: Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Matt Scott (Alumni Ventures ), Scott Nolan (The Founders Fund), Kirill Silkin (TenNine VC)
Mythic
Series UnknownMar 2023$13M
Series BJun 2019$30M
Series BMar 2018$40M
Series AJun 2017$6M
Series ANov 2016$6M
$220M
Co-investors: Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Chris Moran (Lockheed Martin Ventures), Rouz Jazayeri (Catapult Ventures (catapult.vc)), Gavin Baker (Atreides Management), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Steve Jurvetson (Baruch Future Ventures), Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners)
Armada
SeedFeb 2023$13M
$240M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), James Currier (NFX), Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Michael Stewart (M12), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Larry Chu (Stealth Company (Omid E. Izadjou)), Ron Pragides, Eric Futoran
Column
Series AAug 2022$30M
$30M
Co-investors: Claire Hughes Johnson
Formic Technologies
Series AJan 2022$27M
$59M
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), David Shapiro (Alumni Ventures ), Ali Tamaseb (DCVC (Data Collective)), Micah Rutiz (Ehukai Investments), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Cameron Carver (Blackhorn Ventures)

Shahin Farshchi's Experience

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