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Ammar Hanafi

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General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc · Board director at Turing Labs Inc. · Board director at Alto Solutions · Board director at Agari

Palo Alto, California, United States

Writes $200K – $2M checks · typically $700K

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About

Co-founder of Moment Ventures (2015). Previously spent over a decade as an early-stage investor at Alloy Ventures and led corporate development at Cisco.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Board director at Turing Labs Inc.YC W20

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YC

Turing Labs Inc. went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — Ammar sits on its board, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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Turing Labs Inc.'s investors · 5

Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2022Moment Ventures, LlcPalo Alto · since 2020New York Venture PartnersNew York · $25K checksRebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Turing Labs Inc.

MSManmit Shrimali
Manmit ShrimaliFounder and CEO
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Ajith Govind SateeshDirector

Board director at Alto Solutions

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Alto Solutions's investors · 13

Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks · since 2022Advance Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $10M – $25M checks · since 2021Alpha EdisonLos Angeles · $1M – $10M checks · since 2022Cartasince 2021Chaos VenturesNew YorkCoinbase VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Foundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2022Franklin TempletonSan Mateo · since 2021GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2022Moment Ventures, LlcPalo Alto · since 2022New York Life VenturesNew York · since 2021Third PrimeNew York · $500K – $2M checksUnusual VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $15M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Alto Solutions

ESEric Satz
Eric SatzExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Agari

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Agari's investors · 5

137 VenturesSan FranciscoDell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checksMoment Ventures, LlcPalo Alto · since 2015Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksScale Venture PartnersFoster City · $5M – $50M checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Agari

PPPatrick Peterson
Patrick PetersonFounder

Experience

  1. Endeavor PakistanBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. Moment VenturesCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2013 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  3. FarmdarInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSingapore
  4. Aviz NetworksBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  5. Turing Labs Inc.Board Membercurrent2020 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  6. Rune LabsInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. AltoIRABoard Membercurrent2019 — presentNashville, Tennessee
  8. RafayInvestor and Boardcurrent2017 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  9. AgariBoard Member2011 — 2021Palo Alto, CA
  10. Mavenir SystemsBoard Member2007 — 2015Dallas, TX
  11. Cortina SystemsBoard Member2006 — 2015
  12. Alloy VenturesGeneral Partner2005 — 2013
  13. Cisco SystemsVP1997 — 2005

Skills & more

Venture Capital70SaaS73Start-ups51Cloud Computing42Corporate Development23Product Management18Entrepreneurship25Strategic Partnerships39Go-to-market Strategy10Product Marketing2Mergers3Business Strategy9
+7 moreEnterprise SoftwareMobile DevicesBusiness DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsStrategyExecutive ManagementMergers & Acquisitions

Languages English

From Ammar's professional profile.

Deals · 3

Alto SolutionsBoard seat

via Moment Ventures, Llc · filed Jan 2022 · $39.9M raise

Turing Labs Inc.Board seat

via Moment Ventures, Llc · filed Aug 2020 · $1.8M raise

AgariBoard seat

via Moment Ventures, Llc · filed Jan 2016 · $4M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Investor

Aviz NetworksCopiaCortina SystemsFarmdarGigaOmHightailInfineta SystemsLayloMavenir

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Moment Ventures, Llc

Ammar Hanifi
General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc
Clint Chao
General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc
Kate Fry
CFO at Moment Ventures, Llc
Neil Nag
Venture Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc
Rajiv Khemani
General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc
Tony Di Bona
CFO at Piva Capital

Network8

Jared FriedmanScout
YC Group Partner
Neeraj BerryScout
Founder, General Partner at Tet Ventures
Sahin BoydasScout
Angel investor
Joshua Fredberg
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Louis Toth
Managing Director at Comcast Ventures
Matthew Divack
Principal at Moment Ventures, Llc
Quinn Li
Senior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm Ventures
Rajiv Khemani
Co-Founder & Partner at AIspace Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ammar Hanafi?
Co-founder of Moment Ventures (2015). Previously spent over a decade as an early-stage investor at Alloy Ventures and led corporate development at Cisco.
Where does Ammar Hanafi work?
Ammar Hanafi is General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc and Board director at Turing Labs Inc. and Board director at Alto Solutions and Board director at Agari.
What check size does Ammar Hanafi write?
Ammar Hanafi typically writes checks of $200K – $2M.
What boards does Ammar Hanafi sit on?
Ammar Hanafi holds tracked board seats at Agari, Alto Solutions, Turing Labs Inc..
What companies has Ammar Hanafi invested in?
Investments tracked here include Agari, Alto Solutions, Aviz Networks, Copia, Cortina Systems, Farmdar, GigaOm, Hightail, Infineta Systems, Laylo, Mavenir, Turing Labs Inc..
Where did Ammar Hanafi go to school?
Ammar Hanafi studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Cornell University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering Physics); Karachi Grammar School.

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