Investor profile
Susan Akbarpour
Corporate VC, Venture capital & Founding LP + Fund Advisor at How Women Invest, Managing Partner at Candou Ventures, Investor at ApplyBoard
Susan Akbarpour is a Founding LP + Fund Advisor at How Women Invest, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI InfrastructureAnalyticsAsset ManagementBlockchainChildrenChipsClean and Renewable EnergyCloud InfrastructureCorporate TrainingDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SaaSFamilyFemale-led mandateFuelHigher EdInformation ServicesIoTLanguage LearningMachine LearningMarketplacesNanotechnologyProductivity ToolsSalesSemiconductorsStudy Abroad MarketplaceWeb3Wireless
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founding LP + Fund Advisor at How Women Invest, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Forte
- Sage Haven
- Statusphere
- Trial Library
- Babyquip
- Cofertility
- Hello Alice
- Narratize
- Sylvatex
- CZero
Managing Partner at Candou Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies
- SignalRank
- Cognichip
- Medsien
- Movellus
- NinjaTech AI
- Exostellar
- Bodo.ai
Investor at ApplyBoard, whose known portfolio counts 2 companies
- EduRev
- Guiker
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Commerce and Education, and focus areas AI Infrastructure, Analytics, Asset Management and Blockchain. Startups operating in these areas may find Susan Akbarpour relevant.
Stage-wise, the deals at How Women Invest cluster around Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Susan Akbarpour is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Carmen Palafox
Venture Partner
Santa Monica, United States
Safa Rashtchy
Investor and early advisor
Palo Alto, United States
Mehdi Maghsoodnia
Venture Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Shalini Sardana
Limited Partner
San Francisco, United States
Katera Mujadidi
Advisor
Miami, United States
Thomasina H. Williams
Limited Partner
Orlando, United States
Camille Landau
Limited Partner
Alameda, United States
Vanita Patel
Founding Limited Partner
New York, United States
Coco Sellman
Venture Capital Limited Partner
New York, United States
Erika Cramer
Investor
San Francisco, United States
Nia Cross Castelly
Limited Partner
Mountain View, United States
Mike Ward
Investor
Washington, United States
Pegah Ebrahimi
Advisor
Mountain View, United States
Faraj Aalaei
Founding General Partner
Atherton, United States
Nader Vasseghi
Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Erin Keeley
Investor
San Jose, United States
Vanessa Small
Venture Partner
San Diego, United States
Lata Setty
Investor
San Francisco, United States
Laleh Masnavi
Chief Executive Officer
Palo Alto, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Susan Akbarpour?
Susan Akbarpour is a corporate venture investor and venture capital investor based in Atherton, California, United States, listed as Founding LP + Fund Advisor at How Women Invest. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Susan Akbarpour personally.
What does Susan Akbarpour invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Commerce and Education; listed focus areas include AI Infrastructure, Analytics, Asset Management and Blockchain. 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 Susan Akbarpour invest at?
How Women Invest appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Susan Akbarpour is listed there as Founding LP + Fund Advisor. 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 Susan Akbarpour listed at?
Susan Akbarpour is listed as Founding LP + Fund Advisor at How Women Invest. 19 other people in the database share a firm with Susan Akbarpour.
How do I contact Susan Akbarpour?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Susan Akbarpour. 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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