Adrian Nazari
FounderFounder at Credit Sesame
Los Altos, California, United States
FoundedCredit Sesame
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About
Adrian Nazari is the founder and CEO of Credit Sesame, a fintech company that offers consumer credit tools and Sesame, a white-label AI-powered credit intelligence platform for enterprises, which has been adopted by TransUnion and others. He previously founded Financial Crossing and Financial Circuit and contributed to scaling the business process management software company Savvion. Nazari holds a BSEE and a Master's in Business Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan Fellow, and holds several U.S. patents.
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Credit Sesame's investors · 9
ATW PartnersNew York · since 2021Camp One VenturesSilicon ValleyGlobespan Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2021IA Capital GroupNew York · since 2021INVENTUS CAPITALSan Mateo · since 2021Inventus Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $3M – $4M checks · since 2017Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2017Multiplier CapitalWashington · $3M – $15M checksRunway Growth CapitalMenlo Park · $10M – $150M checks
Experience
- Credit SesameFounder and CEOcurrent2010 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Financial CrossingFounder and CEO2005 — 2009Palo Alto
- Financial Circuit Inc.Founder and CEO2000 — 2004
- Savvion Inc.VP of Marketing & Business Development1997 — 2000
Skills & more
SaaS42Web 2.06Entrepreneurship99Product Management87Business Development52Analytics27Product Development26Personal Finance9Leadership19Strategic Planning20Business Intelligence15Finance16
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adrian Nazari?
- Adrian Nazari is the founder and CEO of Credit Sesame, a fintech company that offers consumer credit tools and Sesame, a white-label AI-powered credit intelligence platform for enterprises, which has been adopted by TransUnion and others. He previously founded Financial Crossing and Financial Circuit and contributed to scaling the business process management software company Savvion. Nazari holds a BSEE and a Master's in Business Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan Fellow, and holds several U.S. patents.
- Where does Adrian Nazari work?
- Adrian Nazari is Founder of Credit Sesame.
- What companies did Adrian Nazari found?
- Adrian Nazari founded Credit Sesame.
- Where did Adrian Nazari go to school?
- Adrian Nazari studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MS/MBA, Management (Sloan Fellow)); The University of Western Ontario (Market Leadership Executive Education); San Francisco State University (BSEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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San Francisco State University mafia34
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Shared employers
Also worked at Credit Sesame7
John JarvePartner Emeritus at Menlo VenturesDaniel V. LeffManaging Partner at Waverley CapitalJohn DougeryManaging Director at Inventus Capital PartnersManu RekhiManaging Director at Inventus Capital PartnersSteve WoodInvestor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.Ian FoleyFounder at acuteIQ
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