Ari Qayumi
InvestorGeneral Partner at Mindful Venture Capital · Senior Advisor, Stanford Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University
Menlo Park, California
Writes $50K – $1M checks · typically $250K
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About
Ari Qayumi is Founder and General Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, investing in early-stage technology companies across infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services. Previously, she held investment and product leadership roles at Silicon Valley Data Capital and Royal Bank of Canada, where she developed strategies in digital transformation, enterprise AI, and fintech. Qayumi holds a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University and serves as Senior Advisor to the Stanford Behavior Design Lab.
Experience
- Mindful Venture CapitalFounder, General and Managing Partnercurrent2021 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
- Stanford UniversitySenior Advisor, Stanford Behavior Design Labcurrent2022 — present
- Stanford UniversityApplied Researcher, Stanford Behavior Design Lab2015 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Mindful TechnologiesFounder, Managing Directorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Silicon Valley Data CapitalPrincipal2019 — 2021
- RBC Capital MarketsDirector2018 — 2019New York, United States
- RBCDirector of Innovation / New Product Development2019San Francisco Bay Area
- RBCGroup Product Manager2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- RBCProduct Manager2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- RolesMultiple2011 — 2016
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ari Qayumi?
- Ari Qayumi is Founder and General Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, investing in early-stage technology companies across infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services. Previously, she held investment and product leadership roles at Silicon Valley Data Capital and Royal Bank of Canada, where she developed strategies in digital transformation, enterprise AI, and fintech. Qayumi holds a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University and serves as Senior Advisor to the Stanford Behavior Design Lab.
- Where does Ari Qayumi work?
- Ari Qayumi is General Partner at Mindful Venture Capital.
- What check size does Ari Qayumi write?
- Ari Qayumi typically writes checks of $50K – $1M.
- Where did Ari Qayumi go to school?
- Ari Qayumi studied at Stanford University (Bachelors Degree, Symbolic Systems, Human-Computer Interaction).
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