Overview
Arash Afrakhteh is a Partner at Pear VC [1][3]. Afrakhteh previously served as Visiting Partner at Pear VC from January to June 2020 [4] and as Executive Consultant to CEOs, Advisor, and Angel Investor at daffodil.ai from 2016 to June 2020 [5]. Afrakhteh co-founded Cariden Technologies, serving as VP Engineering and Board member from March 2001 to December 2012, then as CTO and Board member from December 2012 to September 2015 [7][8]. Earlier roles included Head of Tech for WAN Infrastructure SDN at Cisco Systems from December 2012 to September 2015 [6], Director of Engineering at KANA Software [9], and Principal Engineer at Vertical Networks from 1997 to 2000 [10]. Afrakhteh holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology [11] and completed post-graduate studies in Computer Science at Stanford University [13].
Profile introduction
Investor at Pear.vc | Ex-fouder (bootstrapped 9 figure exit) | 3x Startups/2 Exits | Apple | Microsoft | Cisco Sample portfolio: Federato.ai | ListenLabs.ai | Vals.ai | GravisRobotics.com | Quadric.ai | Incalmo.ai | Zaimler.ai | Flowgenlabs.com | Dev-AI.com | Phinity.ai | Ideogram.ai | Topsort.com | UpDoc.ai | Ethossystems.com | Woodwide.ai Sample Past: Orby.ai (Acq. by Uniphore.com) | EdgeDb (Acq. by Vercel) | Osmos.io (Acq. by Microsoft) Early Stage Angel investments: Serverobotics.com (IPO SERV) | Placer.ai | Sinefa (Acq. Palo Alto Networks) | Mezmo.com Ex founder turned investor, my are…
Career history
- PartnerJun 2020 to presentPear VC
- Visiting PartnerJan 2020 to Jun 2020Pear VC
- Executive Consultant to CEOs / Advisor / Angel Investor / Entrepreneur2016 to Jun 2020daffodil.ai
- Head of Tech for WAN Infrastructure SDNDec 2012 to Sep 2015Cisco Systems
- CTO / Co-Founder / Board of DirectorsJan 2011 to Dec 2012Cariden Technologies
- VP Engineering / Co-Founder / Board of DirectorsMar 2001 to Jan 2011Cariden Technologies
- Director of EngineeringMar 2000 to Mar 2001KANA Software
- Principal Engineer1997 to 2000Vertical Networks
Education
- BS, Computer EngineeringSharif University of Technology
- MS - incomplete, dropped out to join MicrosoftAmirkabir University of TechnologyTehran Polytechnic
NDO-post graduate studies, Computer ScienceStanford University
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