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Faraz Khan

Investor

General Partner at Giant Step Capital

Chicago, Illinois

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

Experience

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

Education

  1. DePaul UniversityBS, HCI (Human Computer Interaction)1999 — 2002

Skills & more

Proprietary Trading14Equity Trading11Electronic Trading4Trading Strategies1Futures Trading1Derivatives Trading1Aerospace2Defense1Financial AnalysisNew Venture DevelopmentStart-up VenturesBusiness Strategy9
+12 moreCommercializationTechnology 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

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.

Same school

Also attended DePaul University53

Liz WesthouseHead of Community & Partnerships, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionDave HuttenAdvisor at CincyTechErika BoldenOperations Manager at Two Bear CapitalJason FelgerPartner at Jump CapitalChloe BierutCommunity & Events Manager at Energize VenturesMichael PalankInvestor at MaC Venture Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at VU Venture Partners54

Casy van MaanenAssociate at GTMfundSusan AkbarpourManaging Partner at Candou VenturesFarah DaouPrincipal at Moonshots CapitalIva RakocevicSenior Investment Manager at Elevator VenturesWilliam LeonardInvestor at Valor VenturesBrija JohnsonProgram Director at UCLA Ventures

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Also worked at University of Chicago70

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Corey RitterPartner at ARCH Venture PartnersPeter MintunAssociate at ARCH Venture PartnersSu FuAffiliate at ARCH Venture PartnersGordon RausserAdvisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture PartnersMira ChaurushiyaManaging Director at Westlake Village BioPartners

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Also worked at AOL101

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital; CEO of 8090; All-In co-hostSteve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOLJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersDan RuchPartner at Rho VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at Revolution

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