Mamoon Hamid

Mamoon Hamid

Partner atKleiner PerkinsFirm active Oct 14SF Bay Area

Mamoon Hamid is a partner at Kleiner Perkins who backed Handshake, a platform for early career hiring, since 2016.

What Mamoon can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

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Career

  1. Kleiner Perkins · Partner
    Now
  2. Xilinx · engineer
  3. USVP · Partner
    2005-2011
  4. Social Capital · co-founder
    2011-2017

Companies founded

Social Capital

Investments named in public bios

HandshakeAnthropicApplied IntuitionBoxFigmaGleanGranolaIntercomNetskopeMoveworksOpenEvidenceParallelRipplingRogoSlackTogether AI

Focus

early career hiringeducation technologyventure capitalenterprise AIhardtechhealthcare AI

Education

Purdue University, BS in Electrical and Computer EngineeringStanford University, MSHarvard Business School, MBA

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Questions

Who is Mamoon Hamid?

Mamoon Hamid is a partner at Kleiner Perkins who backed Handshake, a platform for early career hiring, since 2016.

How much does Mamoon Hamid invest?

Mamoon Hamid invests through Kleiner Perkins, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Mamoon Hamid?

A warm intro from a founder Kleiner Perkins backed works best.

What did Mamoon Hamid do before Kleiner Perkins?

engineer at Xilinx; Partner at USVP; co-founder at Social Capital.

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