About
Ghazwa Khalatbari is a Vice President at Creandum based in the firm's San Francisco office, where she helps expand its US presence. She studied political science and economics at Columbia, worked at Brevan Howard and in private equity, served as the first commercial hire at an early-stage startup, and later moved into venture at Lux Capital before joining Creandum. As a generalist, she focuses on AI infrastructure, developer tools, software applied to the physical world, and creative tools.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSector Agnostic
Experience
- CreandumVice Presidentcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Lux CapitalInvestor2025 — 2026Menlo Park, California, United States
- WhitelabelGTM2024 — 2025New York, United States
- TriSpanPrivate Equity2023 — 2024New York, United States
- Brevan Howard US Investment Management LPResearch2021 — 2022New York, United States
- FinTech CollectiveVenture2021New York, New York, United States
Education
- Columbia UniversityBachelor's degree, Economics - Political Science2019 — 2023
- Ecole Jeannine ManuelBaccalauréat ES (Economic and Social), OIB Américain2005 — 2019
- edXOnline Course 'Analyzing Global Trends for Business and Society' offered by Wharton2018
Skills & more
Research SkillsFinanceFinancial ModelingEconomicsDue DiligenceInvestment AnalysisMarketing3Social Media3Violin5Contemporary Dance2Photography2Teamwork
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Team LeadershipAnalytical SkillsLeadershipPublic SpeakingLanguages Arabic · Chinese · English · French · Persian · Spanish
- Cambridge IGSCE Literature and Language — Cambridge Exam Centre
- DELE B2 Spanish Proficiency Language — Instituto Cervantes
- HSK 3 Chinese Proficiency Language — Confucius Institute Headquarters
- French Baccalaureate with Economic and Social Science (ES) Track and International Option - Summa Cum Laude (Mention Très Bien) — Académie de Paris
From Ghazwa's professional profile.
Colleagues at Creandum
Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beata Klein
Associate at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ghazwa Khalatbari work?
- Ghazwa Khalatbari is Investment Team at Creandum.
- What does Ghazwa Khalatbari invest in?
- Ghazwa Khalatbari invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Sector Agnostic.
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Shared employers
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