Akbar Dawood
InvestorPrincipal at ARC VENTURES
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Akbar Dawood is a board member at Cnuic Technologies who invests in deeptech, biotech, and pharma companies at the preseed and seed stages. He previously founded an AI computer-vision startup that received funding from top-tier venture capital firms in San Francisco and New York, and led a biotech startup through research and development, FDA approval, and market launch. His background includes commercializing technology from research institutions.
Experience
- Cnuic TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Phase Change VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — present
- StealthFueling for Launch!current2025 — present
- Arc VenturesPrincipal2022 — 2024New York, NY
- PathotrakCFO2020 — 2022Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- PathotrakAdvisor2015 — 2020
- Grafiti, Inc.Founder/COO2017 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Untethered Labs, Inc. (GateKeeper)Advisor2015 — 2019Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- AccelerateDC Venture Mentoring ServiceMentor2014 — 2017Washington, District Of Columbia
- University of MarylandDirector2009 — 2017
- University of MarylandCEO/CFO2008 — 2017
- OmniSpeech, LLCCFO2009 — 2014
- Remedium Technologies, Inc.CFO2009 — 2012
- ResensysCEO2008 — 2010
- FlexEl LLCCEO2008 — 2010
- Credit SuisseDerivatives Analyst2007 — 2008New York, New York, United States
- Bank of America Merrill LynchInvestment Banking Analyst2005 — 2007
Education
- Duke UniversityBS, Economics, Markets & Management2001 — 2005
Skills & more
Corporate Venture CapitalJoint VenturesPrincipal InvestingDeal SourcingVenture Capital38Investment Banking30Start-ups25Financial Modeling22Business Strategy18Due Diligence13Private Equity13Emerging Markets10
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Akbar Dawood work?
- Akbar Dawood is Principal at ARC VENTURES.
- What check size does Akbar Dawood write?
- Akbar Dawood typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended Duke University499
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cnuic Technologies1
Also worked at OmniSpeech, LLC1
Also worked at Credit Suisse583
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