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Arteen Arabshahi

General Partner at Fika Ventures

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Overview

Arabshahi is a General Partner at Fika Ventures, where Arabshahi invests in pre-Series A B2B and B2B2C software and AI companies.[1][2] Arabshahi was a founding member and Principal at Fika Ventures beginning in September 2016, then departed for an operator role as SVP of Strategy at Route from January 2022 to August 2023, before returning to Fika as Venture Partner in September 2023 and advancing to General Partner in August 2024.[2][3][4][6] Prior to Fika's founding, Arabshahi worked as Senior Associate at Karlin Ventures from March 2013 to July 2016.[10] Arabshahi holds a BSBA in Finance from the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management and completed coursework in Digital Marketing at General Assembly.[11][12]

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Arteen is a General Partner at Fika Ventures where he invests in "pre-Series A" B2B and B2B2C software and AI companies. He was with Fika at its inception, but left for an operator role as SVP of Strategy at Route during its hypergrowth phase, before returning in 2023. Arteen had an untraditional path to venture capital. The son of Iranian immigrants, he grew up planning to be a surgeon before pivoting into entrepreneurship and technology. Without any direct access to the industry, he broke into tech by cold emailing 150+ people and landed his first jobs at Techstars and Built in LA, then tra…

Career history

  1. General PartnerAug 2024 to presentFika Ventures
  2. Venture PartnerSep 2023 to Aug 2024Fika Ventures
  3. Strategic AdvisorAug 2023 to Jul 2024Route
  4. SVP of StrategyJan 2022 to Aug 2023Route
  5. VP of StrategySep 2020 to Jan 2022Route
  6. Vice PresidentJan 2019 to Sep 2020WndrCo LLC
  7. Principal, Founding MemberSep 2016 to Nov 2018Fika Ventures
  8. Senior AssociateMar 2013 to Jul 2016Karlin Ventures
  9. Vice PresidentWndrCo

Education

  1. BSBA, Finance2009 - 2013University of ArizonaEller College of Management
  2. Digital Marketing2014General Assembly
  3. Biology, Pre-Med2009 - 2009Santa Clara University

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