Mir Faiyaz

Mir Faiyaz

Head of Growth Investments atSoma CapitalSan Francisco

Mir Faiyaz joined Soma Capital in 2020, focusing on growth-stage investments. He previously worked at Iconiq Capital and Altman Vilandrie, and co-founded a non-profit EdTech startup.

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Comes in atPre-seed, SeedMostly follows a lead
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Career

  1. Altman Vilandrie · management consultant
  2. Iconiq Capital · Growth Investing Team
  3. Soma Capital · Head of Growth Investments
    Now

Companies founded

non-profit EdTech startup

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

growth-stage investmentsb2b saasconsumer mediagrowth-stagecloudtelecom infrastructure

Education

Dartmouth College, B.A. in Mathematics

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Who is Mir Faiyaz?

Mir Faiyaz joined Soma Capital in 2020, focusing on growth-stage investments. He previously worked at Iconiq Capital and Altman Vilandrie, and co-founded a non-profit EdTech startup.

How much does Mir Faiyaz invest?

Soma Capital has not reported a check size. It invests at pre-seed, seed.

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

What did Mir Faiyaz do before Soma Capital?

management consultant at Altman Vilandrie; Growth Investing Team at Iconiq Capital.

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