Shervin Pishevar Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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146
- Portfolio
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44
- Exits
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98

Shervin Pishevar General Information
Description
Mr. Shervin Pishevar is a Co-Founder & serves as Chairman at Telly. He is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Director at Sofreh Capital. He serves as a Board Member at Warby Parker. He co-founded Hyperloop One. In addition to his roles at Sofreh Capital, he is known as an Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, and Angel Investor. He is also a Co-Founder of Sofreh. Previously, he served as a Board Member at Micromobility.com and co-founded Silicon Foundry. His extensive experience includes serving as a Board Member at Cue Health and Getaround, as well as comScore. He also Founded Halo Computing and co-founded and served as a Managing Director at Sherpa Ventures. During his time at Menlo Ventures, he served as a Managing Director and worked closely with various companies, including Poshmark, Cinemagram, Machine Zone, Uber, Fab, Warby Parker, Shaker, and Mr. Number. He also led Menlo's investment in Tumblr. He played a key role in launching the Menlo Talent Fund, a $20 million seed fund, in September 2011. Before joining Menlo, he served as the Chief Application Officer and GM at Mozilla Corporation, after spending most of his career as a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. The companies he founded have collectively reached an aggregate of 100 million users. Notable companies include Webs.com (sold to Vistaprint for $117.5 million), Social Gaming Network (SGN, merged with Mindjolt), and Hyperoffice, raising over $50 million for these ventures. As an angel investor, he has supported over 40 companies, including Taskrabbit, Cherry, Postmates, Klout, Voxer, Aardvark (sold to Google), Blackjet, Dollar Shave Club, Talent House, Gowalla (sold to Facebook), Milo.com (sold to eBay), Milk (sold to Google), Rapportive (sold to LinkedIn), Likealittle (LAL), Qwiki, Votizen, Yobongo (sold to Mixbook), SpruceMedia, Medialets, and SolveMedia. His achievements extend beyond the business world. He was honored by the U.S. Government as an Outstanding American by Choice, one of only 100 naturalized Americans to receive this distinction. He serves on the advisory board of Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), is one of 10 members of the UN Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council, and serves as an Entrepreneurial Ambassador on several State Department delegations to the Middle East and Russia. He was also a keynote speaker at President Obama's Summit on Entrepreneurship in Algeria and is an advisor at fbFund REV. Additionally, he served as a Board Member of Cinemagram and an Advisor at BranchOut.
Business Details
Website
www.pishevar.comInvestor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Shervin Pishevar Investments (146)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Runway (Financial Software) | 17-Jul-2023 | Early Stage VC | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Gameto | 07-Sep-2022 | Biotechnology | Generating Revenue | |||
Limit Break | 29-Aug-2022 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
PillSorted | 27-Apr-2022 | Specialty Retail | Generating Revenue | |||
Praxis (Financial Services) | 03-Mar-2022 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
WOMBO | 02-Feb-2022 | Multimedia and Design Software | Profitable | |||
OpenStore | 17-Nov-2021 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
Beacon (London) | 03-Oct-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Terraformation | 01-Sep-2021 | Early Stage VC | Environmental Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | ||
AtoB | 16-Jul-2021 | Early Stage VC | Financial Software | Generating Revenue |
Shervin Pishevar Exits (98)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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DODOcase | 01-Apr-2024 | Secondary Transaction - Private | |
ALOHA (Food Products) | 22-Mar-2024 | ||
OpenGov | 27-Feb-2024 | ||
Hyperloop One | 22-Dec-2023 | ||
Nue Life | 26-Oct-2023 | ||
Stance | 01-Sep-2023 | ||
Beyond Games | 16-Jan-2023 | ||
Getaround | 09-Dec-2022 | ||
Thread (Clothing) | 01-Nov-2022 | Bankruptcy: Admin/Reorg | |
Wag (San Francisco) | 09-Aug-2022 | Reverse Merger |
Shervin Pishevar Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Shervin Pishevar Co-Investors (142)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Apollo Projects | 2 |
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Paradigm (Crypto Fund) |
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Shervin Pishevar FAQs
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Who is Shervin Pishevar?
Shervin Pishevar is an angel Investor who has made 146 investments.
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What kind of investor is Shervin Pishevar?
Shervin Pishevar is an angel investor.
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What does Shervin Pishevar do?
As an angel investor, Shervin Pishevar invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Shervin Pishevar hold?
Shervin Pishevar holds a board seat in Warby Parker.
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What has Shervin Pishevar invested in?
Shervin Pishevar has made numerous investments in companies like Runway (Financial Software), Gameto, and Limit Break within the Financial Software, Biotechnology, and Entertainment Software industries.
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What has Shervin Pishevar invested in recently?
Shervin Pishevar's latest investment was on 17-Jul-2023 in Runway (Financial Software), a company within the Financial Software industry.
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