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 (NFX), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), and 18 other investors on Signal.

Networks Darian is a member of
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Berkeley Network
363 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
197 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Gradient Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $8.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
153

Darian Shirazi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Darian Shirazi's Investments On Record (112)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Sona
Series BApr 2026$45M
Series AMay 2024$28M
SeedMar 2022$7M
$89M
Co-investors: Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Josh Rosenthal (Polychain Capital), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Jeppe Zink (Northzone), Fred Ellis (Octopus Ventures), Deepka Rana (Northzone), Matthew Cowan (Next47), Lorenzo Franzi (Flash Ventures), Anthony Danon (Cocoa), Asif Moosani, Andrej Henkler, Andy Leaver, Tom Blomfield
Rowspace
SeedFeb 2026
$50M
Co-investors: Jake Saper (Emergence Capital), Alfred Lin (Sequoia 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
vijil
Series ANov 2025$17M
SeedJul 2024$6M
$23M
Co-investors: Stephen Ward (Insight Partners), Vijay B Reddy (Mayfield)
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: Nathaniel Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Matthew Mulvey (Liquid 2 Ventures), Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Samit Kalra (1984 Ventures), Eylul Kayin (SoftBank Investment Advisers)
Jitty
SeedAug 2025$4M
Pre SeedAug 2023$2M
$6M
Co-investors: Joe Cross (Atomico), Leonard Picardo

Darian Shirazi's Experience

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

Darian Shirazi's Education

University of California, Berkeley Philosophy Computer Science