Babak Yazdani Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 85

  • Portfolio
  • 21

  • Exits
  • 63

Exits

Babak Yazdani General Information

Description

Mr. Babak Yazdani is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Cota Capital. He serves as Board Member at Savant, Cast AI and Eino. He co-founded PassBan. He also serves as a Board Member at Fortify, Platform9, and Smartfrog Group. He serves as a Board Member & Advisor at Esper. He serves as a Board Member at Darkstore. He serves as a Board Member at RecVue, Monica + Andy, SiTune, Movandi, Vave Health, CellFENeural Propulsion Systems, Cloudleaf, Probius, Rollbar, and Canary. He served as Executive Chairman at WealthEngine. He was the Founder and served as Managing Partner at Signatures Capital. He also serves as a Board Member at Revue and Farther Finance. He served as a Board Member at Miroculus. He has over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in Silicon Valley. He is a former Oracle executive. He founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Saba Software, he has also successfully mentored entrepreneurs and invested in over 60 early-stage start-ups including Google, Salesforce, Dropbox, and Klout. His experience in mentoring, developing, and supporting entrepreneurs in their journey of building great companies was critical to WealthEngine. He serves as a Board Member at Gate and Activ Surgical. He serves as an Operating Partner at Pear. He serves as an Advisor at Wealthminder. He served as an Advisor at Addepar. He served as a Board Member at Tubi and Brandable. He served as a Board Member at Bigstream.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Babak Yazdani Investments (85)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
ixLayer 15-Jun-2021 Early Stage VC Other Healthcare Technology Systems Generating Revenue
Lydia AI 13-Nov-2018 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Concord 20-Dec-2016 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Heap 18-Aug-2016 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Truebill 18-Jul-2016 Other Financial Services Generating Revenue
Kissmetrics 03-Jun-2016 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
PayStand 11-May-2016 Other Financial Services Generating Revenue
Seed Platform 23-Oct-2015 Financial Software Generating Revenue
Radius (Business/Productivity Software) 20-Oct-2015 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Tubi 01-Sep-2015 Later Stage VC Movies, Music and Entertainment Profitable

Babak Yazdani Exits (63)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
OpenGov 27-Feb-2024 Merger/Acquisition
Heap 07-Jan-2024
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies 02-May-2023
Getaround 09-Dec-2022
Solvvy 19-May-2022
SoundHound AI 27-Apr-2022
Zurf 10-Feb-2022
Truebill 23-Dec-2021
Sweetgreen 18-Nov-2021 IPO
BuildZoom 01-Jun-2021 Secondary Transaction - Private

Babak Yazdani Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Babak Yazdani Co-Investors (17)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Babak Yazdani FAQs

  • Who is Babak Yazdani?

    Babak Yazdani is an angel Investor who has made 85 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Babak Yazdani?

    Babak Yazdani is an angel investor.

  • What does Babak Yazdani do?

    As an angel investor, Babak Yazdani invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Babak Yazdani invested in?

    Babak Yazdani has made numerous investments in companies like ixLayer, Lydia AI, and Concord within the Healthcare Technology Systems and Business/Productivity Software industries.

  • What has Babak Yazdani invested in recently?

    Babak Yazdani's latest investment was on 15-Jun-2021 in ixLayer, a company within the Healthcare Technology Systems industry.

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