Afnaan Hashmi is an investor at Kyber Knight Capital, previously supporting research at Friends and Family Capital. He also worked on technical staff at Stanford labs and graduated from Stanford University with BS and MS in Computer Science.

What Afnaan can write

Writes checks of$250K to $3M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
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Kyber Knight Capital writes $250K to $3M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Friends and Family Capital
  2. Stanford’s Open Virtual Assistants Lab · technical staff
  3. Stanford’s Center for Automated Reasoning · technical staff
  4. Kyber Knight Capital · Investor
    Now
  5. Friends and Family Capital · supported research
  6. Stanford's Open Virtual Assistants Lab · technical staff
  7. Stanford's Center for Automated Reasoning · technical staff

Focus

artificial intelligenceai

Education

Stanford University

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Who is Afnaan Hashmi?

Afnaan Hashmi is an investor at Kyber Knight Capital, previously supporting research at Friends and Family Capital. He also worked on technical staff at Stanford labs and graduated from Stanford University with BS and MS in Computer Science.

How much does Afnaan Hashmi invest?

Afnaan Hashmi invests through Kyber Knight Capital, which writes checks of $250K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Afnaan Hashmi?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Afnaan in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Kyber Knight Capital backed works better.

What did Afnaan Hashmi do before Kyber Knight Capital?

Friends and Family Capital; technical staff at Stanford’s Open Virtual Assistants Lab; technical staff at Stanford’s Center for Automated Reasoning; supported research at Friends and Family Capital; technical staff at Stanford's Open Virtual Assistants Lab; technical staff at Stanford's Center for Automated Reasoning.

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