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Arif Fazal

Investor

Managing Director at Blueberry Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Arif Fazal is founder and managing director of Blueberry Ventures, a food and beverage investment fund established in 2015. Prior to founding Blueberry Ventures, he operated Arif Advisors, providing advisory services to consumer-branded companies and investors, and held general management, strategy, and business development roles at Safeway Inc. and Williams-Sonoma Inc. Fazal holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from UC Berkeley.

Experience

  1. Blueberry VenturesFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco, California
  2. Vive OrganicBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  3. Rhythm Superfoods LLCBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  4. Flying EmbersBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  5. Biena SnacksBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentBoston, MA
  6. Austin EastcidersBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentAustin, Texas
  7. TruBrainBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentSanta Monica, CA
  8. Naturally Bay AreaFounding Board Member2018 — 2021San Francisco, CA
  9. Revive KombuchaBoard Member2016 — 2018Petaluma, CA
  10. Arif Advisors: Consulting and Advisory to Consumer Growth Companies and InvestorsFounding Partner2007 — 2015
  11. Blackhawk Marketing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Safeway Inc.General Management, Product & Brand Dvlpmnt, Sales & Marketing, Business Dvlpmnt & Global Sourcing2004 — 2007
  12. Williams-Sonoma Inc.Corporate Strategy, Supply Chain, International Business Development, Merchandising & P/L Management2001 — 2004

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Business1999 — 2001
  2. University of California, BerkeleyBA, Economics1992 — 1996

Skills & more

Strategy51Business Development31Business Strategy28Start-ups18Product Development14Corporate Development8Marketing6Brand Development7

From Arif's professional profile.

Deals · 2

Austin Eastciders Holdings, Inc.Board seat

via Blueberry Ventures · filed Feb 2020 · $5.7M raise

TriplePulseBoard seat

via Blueberry Ventures · filed Aug 2015 · $40K raise

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Network3

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Arif Fazal work?
Arif Fazal is Managing Director at Blueberry Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,339

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Rhythm Superfoods LLC1

Jason StarrInvestor at Consumer Ventures

Also worked at Flying Embers2

Shray JoshiOperating Partner at Selva VenturesDevin WhatleyPartner at Ecosystem Integrity

Also worked at TruBrain2

Josh PayneCo-Founder & General Partner at OpenSky VenturesHenrique BaruselliInvestor at Atlantico

Also worked at Revive Kombucha2

Leah AdairExecutive Assistant at Infinity VenturesGilad MeiriInvestor at Root Ventures Manager, Llc