Arash Afrakhteh is a partner at Pear VC with over two decades of entrepreneurial experience, focusing on enterprise and B2B startups. He co-founded Cariden Technologies, which was acquired by Cisco.
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Pear VC writes $250K to $10M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.
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- Cariden Technologies · co-founder
- Microsoft · SW
- Apple · SW
- Cisco · SW
- Cariden Technologies · Co-founder/CTO/Head of Eng
- Pear VC · General PartnerNow
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Who is Arash Afrakhteh?
Arash Afrakhteh is a partner at Pear VC with over two decades of entrepreneurial experience, focusing on enterprise and B2B startups. He co-founded Cariden Technologies, which was acquired by Cisco.
How much does Arash Afrakhteh invest?
Arash Afrakhteh invests through Pear VC, which writes checks of $250K to $10M at pre-seed, seed.
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Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Arash in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Pear VC backed works better.
What did Arash Afrakhteh do before Pear VC?
co-founder at Cariden Technologies; SW at Microsoft; SW at Apple; SW at Cisco; Co-founder/CTO/Head of Eng at Cariden Technologies.
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