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Mr Ali Partovi
Primary country
United States

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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

Education

Investment preferences
Stage focus
Pre Seed
Seed
Top investment portfolio themes
healthcare (3)  
digital health (3)  
marketplaces (2)  
YCS07 (2)  
productivity (2)  
productivity software (2)  
B2B (2)  
file storage (2)  
home services (1)  
fintech (1)  
tickets (1)  
YCS10 (1)  
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Actual initial investment stage
Seed (1)

Selected investments

Displaying 26 - 27 of 27
Profile Country Date Funding
Zappos.com Inc Online retailer selling apparel, shoes, handbags, eyewear, watches, electronics, and other products
United States
 Seed
Trade sale
Profile Date Funding
2Web Technologies Seed Initial investment Exited Trade sale