Ali Partovi

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

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Neo Fund Chief Executive Officer

Selected investments

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Company		Profile	Country	Date	Funding
	BlueKai Inc	Developer of the most trusted data management platform and exchange in the industry for managing all intent and branding audience data.	United States	1 Apr 2008	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.	United States	1 Apr 2008	Series A
	Break Media (BreakMedia)			1 Mar 2006	Series B
	Causes	Activism		1 Jan 2007	Series A
	Edusoft Inc (The Riverside Publishing Company)		United States	1 Feb 2002	Seed
	Familiar Inc			1 May 2011	Seed
	Flixster Inc	Online movie community company.	United States	1 Feb 2006	Seed
	Fonality Inc		United States	1 Jun 2005	Series A
	iLike			1 Jan 2002	Seed
	Opower		United States	1 Aug 2007	Series A
	Opzi Inc	Software company providing solutions to make corporate knowledge accessible.	United States	1 Sep 2010	Seed
	Tellme Networks Inc		United States	1 Jun 1999	Series A
	Thinkfuse			1 Mar 2011	Seed
	VigLink Inc	Automated affiliate marketing company.	United States	1 Jun 2009	Seed
	WideOrbit Inc		United States	1 Feb 2008	Series C
	WideOrbit Inc		United States	1 Feb 2008	Series C
	Boku Inc	Direct carrier billing mobile payments company.	United States	16 Jun 2009	Series B
	Dropbox Inc	Online file sharing and storage	United States	18 Oct 2011	Series B
	Dropbox Inc	Online file sharing and storage	United States	1 Sep 2007	Seed
	Hampton Creek Inc	Vegan food supplier.		17 Feb 2014	Series B
	Practice Fusion Inc	Offers a web-based electronic health record system to physicians	United States	1 Jun 2012	Series C
	Practice Fusion Inc	Offers a web-based electronic health record system to physicians	United States	1 Jan 2012	Venture
	Practice Fusion Inc	Offers a web-based electronic health record system to physicians	United States	1 Sep 2011	N/A
	Thumbtack Inc	Home services marketplace.	United States	1 Jun 2010	Seed
	viagogo Ltd	Online ticket exchange that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed environment.	United Kingdom	1 Oct 2005	Seed