Investor profile
Banafsheh Fathieh
Corporate VC, Venture capital & Founding Partner at Faction VC, Advisor (blockchain) at Lightspeed
Banafsheh Fathieh is a Founding Partner at Faction VC, whose known portfolio counts 20 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsAPIAnalyticsCloud InfrastructureCryptoCybersecurityDataDeFiDeveloper ToolsEmbedded FinanceEnterprise SaaSMachine LearningNFTOnchain InfrastructurePaymentsProtocol InfrastructureRoboticsSecuritySensorsWeb3
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founding Partner at Faction VC, whose known portfolio counts 20 companies
- Inversion
- Lens Protocol
- Plume Network
- TransCrypts
- FLock.io
- Hyperbolic
- Latitude
- Raiku
- Meld
- OpenEden
- OpenFX
- Credit Coop
- and 8 more
Advisor (blockchain) at Lightspeed, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies
- Notch
- Coral
- Granola
- Sycamore
- Reliable Robotics
- Nas.com
- Ineffable Intelligence
- ScaleOps
- Modus
- Shapes Inc
- Lightspeed Commerce
Investor Profile
Banafsheh Fathieh is listed against sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas AI Applications, API, Analytics and Cloud Infrastructure in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at Faction VC cluster around Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Banafsheh Fathieh matches their raise.
Colleagues
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Samer Hamadeh
Venture Partner
New York, United States
Jeremy Liew
Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Christopher Schaepe
Co-Founder
Menlo Park, United States
Bucky Moore
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Justin Overdorff
Partner
New York City, United States
Ron Cao
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Singapore
Ilse Calderon
Scout
San Francisco, United States
Semil Shah
Venture Partner
Mill Valley, United States
Ravi Mhatre
Founder
San Francisco, United States
Arif Janmohamed
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Paul Murphy
Partner
London, United Kingdom
James Alcorn
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Nakul Mandan
Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Clara Boh
Partner
Singapore
David Gussarsky
Partner
Israel
Guru Chahal
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Barry Eggers
Founding Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Peter Nieh
Co-Founder & Partner of Lightspeed
San Francisco, United States
Lisa Han
Partner
San Francisco, United States
LaDante McMillon
Scout Ambassador
Dallas, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Banafsheh Fathieh?
Banafsheh Fathieh is a corporate venture investor and venture capital investor based in Micronesia, listed as Founding Partner at Faction VC. The known portfolio of that firm counts 20 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Banafsheh Fathieh personally.
What does Banafsheh Fathieh invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include AI Applications, API, Analytics and Cloud Infrastructure. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Banafsheh Fathieh invest at?
Faction VC appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Banafsheh Fathieh is listed there as Founding Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Banafsheh Fathieh listed at?
Banafsheh Fathieh is listed as Founding Partner at Faction VC. 67 other people in the database share a firm with Banafsheh Fathieh.
How do I contact Banafsheh Fathieh?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Banafsheh Fathieh. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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