Our Journey

 

We began as an artificial intelligence tech evaluation platform but have since evolved into the world's first data-driven accelerator program. Our team is comprised of data nerds with extensive experience in building successful companies from the ground up, taking them all the way to IPO, and then transitioning to the other side of the table to fund and support startups.

Our philosophy is simple: we seek out companies with exceptional founders and great ideas, and then we rally our entire team to support them. We strongly believe that founders should be the ones in charge of their own businesses, and we provide them with the necessary resources to help them achieve success in a short amount of time.

Leadership Team

Alex Mojtahedi

Founding Partner Data Science


David Walsh

Visiting Partner


Rajul Kadakia

Visiting Partner


Peyman Shahmirzadi

Partner, COO


Hanieh Arefian

Head of Marketing


Advisory Board

Alex Marquez

Head of Ventures Experian


Richard Sudek

Award Committee Chair at Angel Capital Association


Rahim Amidi

Founder and Chairman at Plug and Play


Sid Mohasseb

Early Stage Investor Palantir


Jeff Tan

CO-CEO of Innovation Microsoft


Todd Rumberger

Partner at WilmerHale Legal Counsel


Marc Steiner

General Counsel at Plug and Play


Nima Akbarpour

Technology Journalist BBC


Vipul Nakum

Former Head of Risk Assessment and Product at Dun & Bradstreet


Alireza Ghaemian

CEO
Levity Live/Improv


Clifford Tong

Advisor
Berkeley SkyDeck