Babak Yazdani 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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85
- Portfolio
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21
- Exits
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63

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
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Babak Yazdani Investments (85)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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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 |
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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
Babak Yazdani Co-Investors (17)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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General Catalyst | 1 |
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Industry Ventures |
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Pear (California) |
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Plug and Play Tech Center |
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
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Babak Yazdani FAQs
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Who is Babak Yazdani?
Babak Yazdani is an angel Investor who has made 85 investments.
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What kind of investor is Babak Yazdani?
Babak Yazdani is an angel investor.
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What does Babak Yazdani do?
As an angel investor, Babak Yazdani invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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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.
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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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