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Ali Afridi

Investor

Partner at Equal Ventures

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Ali Afridi is a Partner at Equal Ventures investing across the firm's core verticals, in his second stint at the firm after previously being on the team from 2018-21. Between those roles he was an EIR at Fractal and founding team member/CEO of Drenchworks, a project management system for specialty contractors; he began his VC career at General Catalyst and Lightbank and runs the SandHill.io newsletter.

Contact· published on Ali's own website

Experience

  1. Equal VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. Equal VenturesPrincipal2024 — 2026New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. DrenchworksCEO, Co-Founder2022 — 2024
  4. Equal VenturesPrincipal2021New York City Metropolitan Area
  5. Equal VenturesVC / 1st Employee2019 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. Equal VenturesStealth2018 — 2019
  7. LightbankVC Investor2016 — 2017Greater Chicago Area
  8. GigsterProduct Manager2015 — 2016
  9. General Catalyst PartnersSummer Associate2015New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. VariousEarlier Experiences2010 — 2014

Colleagues at Equal Ventures

Adam Chadroff
Investor at Equal Ventures
Chelsea Zhang
Investor at Equal Ventures
Richard Kerby
Partner at Field Ventures
Rick Zullo
Managing Partner at Equal Ventures
Sophia Dodd
Investor at Equal Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ali Afridi?
Ali Afridi is a Partner at Equal Ventures investing across the firm's core verticals, in his second stint at the firm after previously being on the team from 2018-21. Between those roles he was an EIR at Fractal and founding team member/CEO of Drenchworks, a project management system for specialty contractors; he began his VC career at General Catalyst and Lightbank and runs the SandHill.io newsletter.
Where does Ali Afridi work?
Ali Afridi is Partner at Equal Ventures.
Where did Ali Afridi go to school?
Ali Afridi studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Computer Science); KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Computer Science); Aitchison College.

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