Where does Faraz Khan work?

Faraz Khan is General Partner at Giant Step Capital.

What check size does Faraz Khan write?

Faraz Khan typically writes checks of $25K – $100M.

Where did Faraz Khan go to school?

Faraz Khan studied at DePaul University (BS, HCI (Human Computer Interaction)).

Faraz Khan

Investor

General Partner at Giant Step Capital

Chicago, Illinois

Writes $25K – $100M checks · typically $1M

Find your path to Faraz

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

Greg RudinunlockedFaraz: together at AOL (2002–2006)

×8Faraz: together at AOL

×3Faraz: together at DePaul University

Experience

Giant Step CapitalFounder, GPcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco - El Segundo - Chicago - Singapore
VU Venture PartnersPrincipal2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Intuitive Ventures / Silver Arrow TradingFounder, Investor2006 — 2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
Intuitive Technology Management / CloudBase ITFounder, Chief Information Officer, Technology Architect2007 — 2020Chicago, IL
FreebieVP, Co-Founder (exited)2013 — 2016Chicago, IL
University of ChicagoDirector of Enterprise Systems2006 — 2007
AOLVP Streaming Operations (formerly MusicNOW.com) exited2002 — 2006

Skills & more

Proprietary Trading14Equity Trading11Electronic Trading4Trading Strategies1Futures Trading1Derivatives Trading1Aerospace2Defense1Financial AnalysisNew Venture DevelopmentStart-up VenturesBusiness Strategy9

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CommercializationTechnology CommercializationVeritas Cluster ServerDisruptive TechnologiesEntrepreneurshipBusiness AnalysisVenture CapitalPrivate EquityCo founderDeep techMultitaskingStrategy

Languages German · Urdu

MCP — Microsoft

From Faraz's professional profile.

Deals · 1

PicogridSolo GP

via Giant Step Capital · filed Apr 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Faraz Khan?: General Partner at Giant Step Capital
Where does Faraz Khan work?: Faraz Khan is General Partner at Giant Step Capital.
What check size does Faraz Khan write?: Faraz Khan typically writes checks of $25K – $100M.
Where did Faraz Khan go to school?: Faraz Khan studied at DePaul University (BS, HCI (Human Computer Interaction)).

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Shared employers

Also worked at VU Venture Partners46

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Also worked at University of Chicago114

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Also worked at AOL153

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Steve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOL Jeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Dan RuchPartner at Rho Ventures Greg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures Ted LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at Revolution

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