Mr Ali Partovi
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KANDO id: 285347
Bio
Ali tries to make a career of investing in people smarter than himself. He has backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Facebook, & Uber. He co-founded Code.org (Hour of Code) to bring Computer Science to classrooms. Ali grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, attended Harvard, and sold his first startup, LinkExchange, in 1998. He's passionate about sustainable food and loves climbing, guitar, puzzles, and family.
Career
Neo Fund |
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Selected investments
Displaying 1 - 25 of 27Company | Profile | Country | Date Sort descending | Funding | ||
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Tellme Networks Inc | Series A | |||||
Zappos.com Inc | Online retailer selling apparel, shoes, handbags, eyewear, watches, electronics, and other products | Seed | ||||
iLike | Seed | |||||
Edusoft Inc (The Riverside Publishing Company) | Seed | |||||
Fonality Inc | Series A | |||||
viagogo Ltd | Online ticket exchange that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed environment. | Seed | ||||
Flixster Inc | Online movie community company. | Seed | ||||
Break Media (BreakMedia) | Series B | |||||
Causes | Activism | Series A | ||||
Opower | Series A | |||||
Dropbox Inc | Online file sharing and storage | Seed | ||||
WideOrbit Inc | Series C | |||||
WideOrbit Inc | Series C | |||||
BlueKai Inc | Developer of the most trusted data management platform and exchange in the industry for managing all intent and branding audience data. | Series A | ||||
BlueKai Inc | Developer of the most trusted data management platform and exchange in the industry for managing all intent and branding audience data. | Series A | ||||
VigLink Inc | Automated affiliate marketing company. | Seed | ||||
Boku Inc | Direct carrier billing mobile payments company. | Series B | ||||
Thumbtack Inc | Home services marketplace. | Seed | ||||
Opzi Inc | Software company providing solutions to make corporate knowledge accessible. | Seed | ||||
Thinkfuse | Seed | |||||
Familiar Inc | Seed | |||||
Practice Fusion Inc | Offers a web-based electronic health record system to physicians | N/A | ||||
Dropbox Inc | Online file sharing and storage | Series B | ||||
Practice Fusion Inc | Offers a web-based electronic health record system to physicians | Venture |
Company | Profile | Date Sort descending | Funding | ||
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2Web Technologies | Seed Initial investment Exited Trade sale |