Bayan Alizadeh

Partner atSection 32California

Bayan Alizadeh is a Partner at S32. He previously worked as an investor at Norwest Venture Partners and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

What Bayan can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series AMostly follows a lead
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Section 32 writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Section 32.

Career

  1. Morgan Stanley · investment banker
  2. Norwest Venture Partners · investor
  3. S32 · Partner
  4. Section 32 · Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

RivianNubankHashiCorp

Focus

enterprise softwareAIdeep techinfrastructure

Education

University of California, Berkeley, B.S. in Business Administration

Also at Section 32

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Questions

Who is Bayan Alizadeh?

Bayan Alizadeh is a Partner at S32. He previously worked as an investor at Norwest Venture Partners and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

How much does Bayan Alizadeh invest?

Bayan Alizadeh invests through Section 32, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Bayan Alizadeh?

A warm intro from a founder Section 32 backed works best.

What did Bayan Alizadeh do before Section 32?

investment banker at Morgan Stanley; investor at Norwest Venture Partners; Partner at S32.

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