Investing Profile

Amir Banifatemi

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Networks Amir is a member of
European Commission Network
16 CONNECTIONS
XPRIZE Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
K5 Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$200K - $1.2M
Sweet Spot
$600K
Investments On Record
12

Amir Banifatemi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Amir Banifatemi's Investments On Record (12)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Connectifier
Series AJun 2015$4M
$12M
Co-investors: Tony Conrad (True Ventures), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), James Hong (Center for Rural Health Leadership)
Digsy
SeedJan 2015
Immediately
SeedMar 2014$400K
$2.6M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), TK Kuegler (Wasabi Ventures), Jeremie Berrebi (Magical Capital), Ryan Holmes (LOI Venture), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Haroon Mokhtarzada, Chris Yeh
SquareOne
Series UnknownMar 2014$200K
$200K
Co-investors: TK Kuegler (Wasabi Ventures), Chris Yeh
Crowdfunder
AngelFeb 2014$1M
$5M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates)
Compass
SeedDec 2013$700K
$22M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Daniel Recanati (Earth and beyond ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Allen Morgan (Venture Sherpa/Active Angel Investor), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Ken Chenault Jr. (Benchstrength), Cyrus Massoumi (Humbition), Oliver Thylmann
Pogoseat
SeedSep 2013$800K
$4.5M
Co-investors: Jeremie Berrebi (Magical Capital), Jason Seats (Techstars), Aamer Abdullah (MI Ventures), Jillian Manus (Structure Capital), Pietro Dova (XG Ventures), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Richard Chen (UC Berkeley Foundation), Andrea Zurek (XG Ventures), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Keval Desai (InterWest), Joshua Schachter
Experiment
Series UnknownJun 2013$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Evan Cheng (Mysten Labs), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc)), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Esther Dyson (HealthWorldWeb LLC), Katherine Power (Greycroft), Jade Wang

Amir Banifatemi's Experience

Curator and founder AI For Good2016 - Present
AI Lead XPRIZE2016 - Present
Curator and Organizer TEDxLA2013 - Present
Founder, Managing Partner K5 Ventures2011 - Present
Managing partner Bayspring Ventures2004 - 2011
President Agendize2004 - 2005
VP Marketing and Business Development Critical Path Inc.2002 - 2004
Co Founder & Managing Partner The Business Model Institute1999 - 2002
Founder and CEO Private company1997 - 1999
General Manager Europe Electromed International1995 - 1997
VP Medical Innovations, investments and strategic planning AP-HP1992 - 1995
National Expert European Commission1989 - 1992
CIO Assistance publique- hopitaux de paris1990 - 1992
Project Director Airbus Group1988 - 1990
Researcher Engineer INSERM1987 - 1988
Design Engineer European Space Agency1986 - 1987

Amir Banifatemi's Education

Groupe HEC MBA Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Université René Descartes (Paris V) Doctorate Studies Systems Design & Cognitive Sciences
Université de Technologie de Compiègne MS EE Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) DEUG Sciences
lycée razi International Baccalaureate