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Faran Nouri

Investor

Managing Director at Lam Capital

Los Altos, California, United States

About

Faran Nouri is a venture capital executive and semiconductor technologist who serves on the Board of Advisors at xLight Inc. She previously held positions as General Partner at America's Frontier Fund and Vice President at Lam Research, and was a founding member of Lam Capital, where she managed investments resulting in multiple exits through IPOs and acquisitions. With over two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry at both startups and Fortune 500 companies, Nouri holds advanced degrees in electrical engineering, solid-state physics, and management from the University of Colorado, Boulder and Stanford Graduate School of Business, and has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers and holds 26 patents.

Experience

  1. xLight Inc.Member of the Board of Advisorscurrent2024 — present
  2. NatcastSenior Partner2025
  3. America's Frontier FundGeneral Partner & EVP2023 — 2025
  4. University of Colorado BoulderAdvisory Board- University of Colorado School of Engineering Advisory Council2020 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
  5. University of Colorado BoulderAdvisory Board Member- CU Boulder Research & Innovation External Advisory Board2020 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
  6. Geminus.AIBoard Member2020 — 2023Palo Alto, California, United States
  7. Lam Research, Lam Capital (www.lamcapital.com)Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Lam Research & Global head of Lam Capital2016 — 2023Fremont
  8. Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB)Mentor for Stanford Ignite2013 — 2022Stanford, California, United States
  9. Lam ResearchEmerging Businesses2014 — 2016Fremont
  10. Ultora CorpVP, Business Development2013 — 2014Sunnyvale, CA
  11. Stanford UniversityStanford Graduate School of Business2011 — 2012Stanford, CA
  12. Applied Materials, Inc.Director2000 — 2011
  13. VLSI Technology / Philips SemiconductorsFrontend technology development1996 — 2000
  14. TMAApplications Engineering Manager1994 — 1996
  15. Hewlett-PackardStaff Engineer1992 — 1994

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMS, Management
  2. University of Colorado BoulderMaster’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  3. University of Colorado BoulderBachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  4. Sharif University of Technology
  5. Sharif University of Technology

Skills & more

Semiconductors99Start-ups78Cross-functional Team Leadership43Entrepreneurship32Product Management33Venture Capital13Product Development27Business Strategy17Program Management18Product Marketing13Business Development43R&D18
+12 moreCorporate DevelopmentCompetitive AnalysisRenewable EnergyStrategic PartnershipsManufacturingDesign of ExperimentsProject ManagementSolar EnergyStrategyStrategic PlanningManagementLeadership

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Colleagues at Lam Capital

Adarsh Sekhar
Investment Director at Lam Capital
Audrey Charles
SVP of Corporate Strategy and Advanced Packaging; President of Lam Capital at Lam Capital
Bedwyr Humphreys
Investment Director at Lam Capital
Ben Haskell
Senior Investment Director at Lam Capital
Eva Liu
Portfolio Manager at Lam Capital
Kevin Chen
Managing Director, Lam Capital and Corporate Development at Lam Capital
Peter Hong
Senior Investment Director at Lam Capital
Terry Li
Investment Analyst at Lam Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Faran Nouri work?
Faran Nouri is Managing Director at Lam Capital.

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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,293

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Also attended Sharif University of Technology25

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Shared employers

Also worked at xLight Inc.3

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Also worked at University of Colorado Boulder44

Sydney EberhardtInvestor at True VenturesSamuel ArbesmanVenture Partner at Lux CapitalJaclyn Freeman HesterGeneral Partner at FoundryTodd WallachEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation SpaceKyle DuffyOperating Partner at Gradient VenturesDor SelaGrowth Strategist at Joyance Partners

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Also worked at Lam Research10

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