Where does Emad Hasan work?

Emad Hasan is Founder of Retina AI and Product Lead, AI & Agentic Advertising Products at Amazon Alexa Fund.

What check size does Emad Hasan write?

Emad Hasan typically writes checks of $20K – $2M.

Where did Emad Hasan go to school?

Emad Hasan studied at UCLA Anderson School of Management (MBA, Technology Management); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Masters, Electrical Engineering); Penn State University (Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering).

Emad Hasan

InvestorFounder

Product Lead, AI & Agentic Advertising Products at Amazon Alexa Fund · Venture Partner at Dash VC · Founder at Retina AI

Los Angeles, California

Writes $20K – $2M checks · typically $250K

FoundedRetina AI

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1,238 people in our graph share verified history with Emad — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex ChachavaunlockedEmad: together at YPO (2023–2024)

×3Emad: together at Penn State University

×4Emad: together at Facebook

Emad: together at PayPal

About

A UCLA MBA with product roles at PayPal, Facebook, and Amazon, Emad led Business Marketing Operations & Analytics at Facebook and founded and led an AI company that raised $13 million. He contributes product and founder experience to Dash VC's operations and investment decisions.

Founder at Retina AI

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Retina AI's investors · 6

Alpha Intelligence CapitalSan Francisco · since 2021 Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2021 Crosscut VenturesLos Angeles · $250K – $750K checks Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks Time Zero Capital Vertical Venture PartnersPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checks · since 2021

Experience

AmazonProduct Lead, AI & Agentic Advertising Productscurrent2024 — present
Dash VCVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
YPOVice Chair - Artificial Intelligence Network2023 — 2025
BeeDIGITALBoard Advisor2024 — 2025Spain
Novex Advisory ServicesIndependent Consultant/Advisor2023 — 2024
RETINACEO & Co-Founder2020 — 2023Greater Los Angeles Area
RETINACOO & Co-Founder2017 — 2020Santa Monica, California, United States
XpertlyFounder & CEO2016 — 2017Santa Monica & San Francisco, CA
FacebookHead of Business Marketing Operations & Analytics2014 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
FacebookMarketing Analytics Lead2014Menlo Park, CA
PayPalAnalytics Product Manager2013 — 2014San Jose, CA
Booz Allen HamiltonSr. Consultant2011 — 2013Greater Los Angeles Area
BoeingGuidance Navigation & Controls Engineer2008 — 2011Los Angeles
Sikorsky AircraftFlight Controls Engineer2005 — 2008Stratford, CT

Skills & more

Venture Capital1Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Large Language Models (LLM)1Product Strategy1Go-to-Market Strategy2P&L ManagementCross-functional Leadership2Machine LearningMarket Analysis5Confluence4Board Development3Board of Directors

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AnalyticsIntegrationBusiness AnalyticsBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentSimulationsData MiningSystems EngineeringGenerative AIMatlabEmbedded SystemsSQL

Languages English

From Emad's professional profile.

Colleagues at Amazon Alexa Fund

Abigail Hall

Brand & Creative at Pave Health Ventures

Adam Scharf

University Venture Fellow (Spring 2024) at Rebalance Capital Ventures

Alberto Baratas

Partner at Civeta Investment

Amanda Chan

Founder at OSIMple

Angela Lewis

Venture Associate at Scout Fund

Arvind Vivekanandan

Scout at LvlUp Ventures

Ben Rush

Senior Associate at Pioneer Square Labs

Brendan Weitz

Founder at Journey

Frequently asked questions

Who is Emad Hasan?: A UCLA MBA with product roles at PayPal, Facebook, and Amazon, Emad led Business Marketing Operations & Analytics at Facebook and founded and led an AI company that raised $13 million. He contributes product and founder experience to Dash VC's operations and investment decisions.
Where does Emad Hasan work?: Emad Hasan is Founder of Retina AI and Product Lead, AI & Agentic Advertising Products at Amazon Alexa Fund.
What check size does Emad Hasan write?: Emad Hasan typically writes checks of $20K – $2M.
What companies did Emad Hasan found?: Emad Hasan founded Retina AI.
Where did Emad Hasan go to school?: Emad Hasan studied at UCLA Anderson School of Management (MBA, Technology Management); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Masters, Electrical Engineering); Penn State University (Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering).

Founder mafias

Penn State University mafia152

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Jeffrey StaubBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Solis Agrosciences +2 Ash AshutoshMastersFounded Actifio +1 Queen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded Oathafrica +1 Kaitlyn KnoppB.A. Visual CommunicationsFounded Pequity +1 Steven WelchBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Restore +1 Rick NucciBSFounded Guru +1

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PayPal mafia115

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Reid HoffmanBoard member from 1998; Executive Vice PresidentFounded LinkedIn +2 David SacksCOO / Head of ProductFounded Yammer Keith RaboisExecutive Vice President, Business Development, Public Affairs & PolicyFounded Opendoor Joe LonsdaleIntern, FinanceFounded Opto +5 Elon MuskCo-founder (X.com); CEO 2000Founded Tesla +5 Max LevchinCo-founder & CTOFounded Glow +1

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UCLA Anderson School of Management mafia93

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Ksenia Yudina, CFAMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded U Nest +2 Sean KaneMasters in Business AdministrationFounded Hellobello +2 Jim McDermottMBAFounded Solarreserve +2 Alessio QuagliniMBAFounded Clearpool +1 Silvia MazzucchelliMBAFounded Modcloth +1 Jeffrey ChangMBAFounded Doblet +1

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute mafia81

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Eben BayerBSFounded Atlast Food +3 Jason EichenholzB.S.Founded AireHealth +2 Per HellsundMS ManagementFounded Cybrexa Holding +2 Evan ReiserBSFounded Abnormal Security +1 Sean CreeleyBSFounded Podsights +1 Abhishek ChopraMaster of Engineering - MEngFounded BQP +1

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Amazon Alexa Fund mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Pieter AbbeelDistinguished Scientist, VP, ScholarFounded Gradescope +1 Adam ScharfSenior Technical Product ManagerFounded BuildZoom Ethan SutinHead of Artificial Intelligence, BeeFounded Squad Amanda ChanSoftware EngineerFounded OSIMple Brendan WeitzPrincipal, WW Creators & SocialFounded Journey Hans IbarraSoftware Engineer InternFounded Dialogus

Same school

Also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management348

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America Fund Dana MoralyPartner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital Partners Jed LeidheiserPartner at March Capital Partners Shahin FarshchiPartner at Lux Capital Monica PlazaOperating Partner at CapitalG Jennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate Ventures

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Also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute164

Lawrence BettinoManaging Director at Dot Capital Patch PaczkowskiVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors Jonathan BurbaumEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation Space Aaron HenshawInvestor at Ambush Capital Carly StrifeInvestor at Ambush Capital Joe LallouzEntrepreneur and angel investor based in New York City

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Also attended Penn State University412

Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at Revolution Fallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital Partners Cristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire Ventures Nick DolikInvestor at 8VC Robert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion Capital Louis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at YPO417

Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta Capital Raoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN Capital Rouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry Ventures Robert CoppedgeChief Executive Officer at Echo Health Ventures Dan MalvenVenture Partner at Alpha Partners Tien WongTech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO; Chairman & CEO of Opus8

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Also worked at RETINA2

Laurent GrillPartner at JLL Spark Global Ventures Uday SandhuGeneral Partner - AICP at Alpha Intelligence Capital

Also worked at PayPal219

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Joe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and Addepar Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC

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Also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton238

Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of Nubank Rohan BhargavaInvestor at 8VC Jack AleksanyanDirector at Marlin Equity Partners Liam DonohueInvestor at .406 Ventures Trip HoferVenture Partner at .406 Ventures Nekeshia WoodsManaging Partner at Parkway Venture Capital

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