Investing Profile

Darian Shirazi(129)

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Managing Partner at Gradient
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Darian Shirazi's investing connections

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21 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Morgan Beller, Garry Tan (Y Combinator), and 18 other investors on Signal.

Networks Darian is a member of
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Berkeley Network
501 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
248 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Gradient Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $8.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
155

Darian Shirazi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Darian Shirazi's Investments On Record (114)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fazeshift
Series AMay 2026$17M
SeedJan 2025$4M
$22M
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund)
Sona
Series BApr 2026$45M
Series AMay 2024$28M
SeedMar 2022$7M
$89M
Co-investors: Josh Rosenthal (Polychain Capital), Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Jeppe Zink (Northzone), Fred Ellis (N47), Deepka Rana (Northzone), Matthew Cowan (Next47), Lorenzo Franzi (Flash Ventures), Anthony Danon (Speedinvest), Andrej Henkler, Asif Moosani, Andy Leaver, Tom Blomfield
Rowspace
SeedFeb 2026
$50M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Jake Saper (Emergence Capital)
Linkup
SeedFeb 2026$10M
$13M
Co-investors: Mathieu Viallard (Axeleo Capital), Guillaume Houzé (Motier Ventures), Nicolas Essayan (Motier Ventures), Sia Houchangnia (Seedcamp), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Florian Douetteau
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Series ANov 2025$17M
SeedJul 2024$6M
$23M
Co-investors: Vijay B Reddy (Mayfield), Stephen Ward (Insight Partners)
Digitail
Series BNov 2025$23M
Series AJan 2023$11M
SeedMar 2021$3M
$37M
Co-investors: Romain Lavault (Partech Ventures), Andreas Helbig (Atomico), Eric Lagier (byFounders), Nino Subotic (Mashup), Sara Rywe (byFounders)
Truthsystems
SeedOct 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Mar Hershenson (Pear VC)
Freckle
SeedSep 2025$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Matthew Mulvey (Liquid 2 Ventures), Nathaniel Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Samit Kalra (1984 Ventures), Eylul Kayin (SoftBank Investment Advisers)

Darian Shirazi's Experience

CEO & Co-Founder RadiusPresent
Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Investor Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Investor Lite VCPresent
Managing Partner GradientPresent
Engineer Intern eBayPresent
Software Engineer FacebookPresent
CEO & Co-Founder Kabbage from American ExpressPresent
Investor Top-PatentsPresent
CEO & Co-Founder Radius IntelligencePresent

Darian Shirazi's Education

University of California, Berkeley Philosophy Computer Science