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Bahador Biglari

Investor

Angel at Swan Venture Fund

Redmond, Washington

Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

Experience

  1. SWAN Venture FundAngel Investorcurrent2021 — present
  2. Alliance of AngelsAngel Investor2018 — 2026
  3. CashZar (Acquired)Founder & CEO2023 — 2025Washington, United States
  4. FacebookEngineering Leader2021 — 2022Bellevue, WA
  5. UberEngineering leader2018 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2016 — 2018Redmond, Washington
  7. PwC CanadaSenior Associate2015 — 2016Waterloo, Ontario
  8. Dexterous Inc (Acquired)Founder & CEO2013 — 2015Waterloo, ON
  9. ThoughtWorksSenior Consultant Project Lead2011 — 2013Toronto, Canada Area
  10. ANSYS, Inc.Software Developer2011 — 2012Waterloo, ON
  11. Cancer Modeling Research GroupSoftware Developer & Research Assistant2009 — 2010
  12. Grand River HospitalHospital volunteer2009 — 2010
  13. Terahertz Research GroupSoftware Developer & Research Assistant2008

Education

  1. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration, EMBA2020 — 2022
  2. Harvard Business School Executive Education2019 — 2020
  3. University of WaterlooBS, Computer Science2007 — 2010

Skills & more

OOP6Object Oriented Design20Software Development5Software Design28Distributed Architectures1Distributed Systems5Concurrency1Concurrent Programming1AlgorithmsAlgorithm Design2TDDAgile
+12 moreComputer ScienceSoftware EngineeringAndroid DevelopmentService Oriented Architecture DesignAgile MethodologiesTest Driven DevelopmentDesign PatternsScrumCC++JavaEclipse

Languages English · Farsi · Luri

From Bahador's professional profile.

Colleagues at Swan Venture Fund

James Reed
Managing Partner at Swan Venture Fund
Mark Mueller Eberstein
Investor at Swan Venture Fund
Nate Doran
Investor at Swan Venture Fund
Peter Weiss
Managing Member at Swan Venture Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Bahador Biglari work?
Bahador Biglari is Angel at Swan Venture Fund.
What check size does Bahador Biglari write?
Bahador Biglari typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.

Same school

Also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management207

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundDana MoralyPartner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital PartnersJed LeidheiserPartner at March Capital PartnersShahin FarshchiPartner at Lux CapitalJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm Ventures

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Also attended Harvard Business School Executive Education129

Ryan LaurinManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersPaul SlosarInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundTom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersKevin MandiaGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesRichard GrecoVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors

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Also attended University of Waterloo343

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital; CEO of 8090; All-In co-hostKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at Alliance of Angels21

Joel MezistranoOperations and Finance Partner at Agate HoundDennis SchmulandInvestor at EPIC VENTURESEric LarsenInterim Executive Director at Alliance of AngelsKatie RiceMembership & Sponsorship Director at Alliance of AngelsDan MenserVice Chairman at Alliance of AngelsMark TaylorVice Chairman at Alliance of Angels

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Also worked at Uber371

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark; author of Above the Crowd; BG2 co-hostJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups; All-In co-hostAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures

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Also worked at Microsoft1,060

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

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Also worked at PwC Canada9

Ben MasonSenior Investment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgArie FisherLead Partner at StratMindsCameron WalkerInvestor at Boreal VenturesRebecca JohnChief of Staff at Highline BetaJasmine PablaSenior Operations Associate, Technology at SVXDean OsmondDirector, Growth and Partnerships, Boundless Business Consulting at Boundless Accelerator

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