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Arash Ferdowsi

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a Te...

Investor Profile

Arash Ferdowsi has made 72 investments, with 11 in the past 12 months and 1% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (72%)
  • Series A (15%)
  • Pre Seed (7%)
  • Series B (3%)
  • Equity Crowdfunding (1%)
  • Angel (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (68%)
  • India (6%)
  • Colombia (4%)
  • Brazil (4%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • Mexico (3%)
  • Nigeria (3%)
  • Argentina (3%)
  • United Kingdom (1%)
  • Sweden (1%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Financial Services
  • Fintech
  • Information Technology
  • Machine Learning
  • Saas
  • Internet
  • E-commerce
  • Robotics
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FAQ

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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Arash Ferdowsi frequently co-invest with?

Soma Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 12
WndrCo
North America, California, United States, Beverly Hills
Co-Investments: 5
Liquid 2 Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 9
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 32
Craft Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 4
Pioneer Fund
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 7
Global Founders Capital
Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Co-Investments: 4
Initialized Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 4
Rebel Fund
North America, California, United States, Calabasas
Co-Investments: 8
Goodwater Capital
North America, California, United States, Burlingame
Co-Investments: 7

Which angels does Arash Ferdowsi often collaborate with?

DH
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 3
MM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
MC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
DF
North America, California, United States, Penngrove
Shared Deals: 5
NF
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
AM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
AR
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 7
AA
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 7
KT
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3

What are some of recent deals done by Arash Ferdowsi?

Keep

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Keep is a financial platform for businesses, offering credit cards, expense management, multi-currency accounts, and capital solutions.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Series AMay 20, 2025
Amount Raised: $23,646,286
Glide

New York, New York, United States

Glide operates as a fintech platform that modernize community banks and credit unions.

Financial ServicesFinTech
Series AMay 8, 2025
Amount Raised: $15,000,000
Spur

San Francisco, California, United States

Spur works in automation of all functional codes and E2E testing.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Marketing AutomationPenetration TestingUsability Testing
SeedApr 17, 2025
Amount Raised: $4,500,000
Alinea

New York, New York, United States

Alinea is an investing app that helps users build and manage stock portfolios.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechImpact Investing
Series AApr 9, 2025
Amount Raised: $16,074,530
Onyx

San Francisco, California, United States

Onyx ask questions in natural language and get back answers backed by private sources such as Slack, GitHub, Confluence etc.

Generative AIInformation TechnologyNatural Language Processing
SeedMar 12, 2025
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
BenchFlow

San Francisco, California, United States

Largest benchmark hub

Pre SeedFeb 1, 2025
Amount Raised: $1,000,000
CodeCrafters

Concord, California, United States

CodeCrafters is a software company that offers coding and software porfessionals a platform to practice writing complex code.

Information TechnologySoftwareSoftware Engineering
SeedNov 19, 2024
Amount Raised: $1,800,000
Advex AI

San Francisco, California, United States

Advex AI is creating Vision AI to adapt to the dynamic real world and its various application cases.

Software
SeedNov 4, 2024
Amount Raised: $3,500,000

Coframe empowers your website or app to continuously enhance itself based on real-world performance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyMachine LearningSoftware
SeedOct 29, 2024
Amount Raised: $9,300,000
Beyond Aero

Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

The ultimate EFB, an innovative ecosystem of services and tools focused on meeting the needs of aviation.

AerospaceSoftware
Series AOct 28, 2024
Amount Raised: $20,000,000