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Fareed Mosavat

Investing Partner, a16z speedrun at Andreessen Horowitz

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Overview

Fareed Mosavat is an Investing Partner at a16z speedrun within Andreessen Horowitz, a position Mosavat has held since June 2026[1][3]. Mosavat previously served as Visiting Partner at a16z speedrun from July 2025 to June 2026[4]. Mosavat holds a Sc.B. in Math and Computer Science from Brown University[11]. Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Mosavat served as Chief Development Officer at Reforge from January 2021 to July 2023, overseeing content development, community, operations, and executive network teams[7]. Mosavat also held product and growth leadership roles at Slack, including Director of Product for the Lifecycle team[9], and has provided fractional leadership services to product-led growth companies[5].

Profile introduction
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I am a product and growth leader with over 10 years of experience in building and scaling products and teams for high-growth startups. Most recently, I was the Chief Development Officer at Reforge, where I ran the content development, community, operations, and executive network teams for Reforge's portfolio of 23 cohort programs across product management, marketing, growth, engineering, and founders. Previously, I was a director of product and growth at Slack, where I led the lifecycle team that drove user acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization. Before that, I held product a…

Career history

  1. Investing Partner, a16z speedrunJun 2026 to presentAndreessen Horowitz
  2. Visiting Partner, a16z speedrunJul 2025 to Jun 2026Andreessen Horowitz
  3. Fractional Leadership for PLG CompaniesAug 2023 to Jun 2026Box Elder Co
  4. Interim VP GrowthJun 2024 to Jul 2025Ignition
  5. Chief Development Officer (CDO), Business Lead, Reforge for Teams (B2B)Jan 2021 to Jul 2023Reforge
  6. Executive In ResidenceFeb 2020 to Jan 2021Reforge
  7. Director of Product, Lifecycle, Self-Serve Business LeadNov 2018 to Feb 2020Slack
  8. Group Product Manager, LifecycleNov 2017 to Nov 2018Slack

Education

  1. Sc.B., Math/Computer ScienceBrown University
  2. HSThe Loomis Chaffee School

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