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Hooman Radfar

InvestorFounder

Partner at Expansive Ventures · Founder & CEO at Collective

San Francisco, California

Writes $25K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedCollective

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About

Hooman Radfar is a computer scientist and founder who serves as co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Collective, a platform for solopreneurs. He is a venture partner at Expa, where he works with founders from Uber, Foursquare, and Twitter, and operates 10e9, a personal investment platform with stakes in companies including Stripe, OpenAI, and SpaceX. He previously founded AddThis, a web publishing platform acquired by Oracle in 2016, which at the time of acquisition served 15 million publishers and reached nearly 2 billion unique viewers.

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Co-founders at Collective

UKUgur Kaner
Ugur KanerDirector
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Bugra Han AkcayDirector

Experience

  1. CollectiveCo-Founder, CEO and Chairmancurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. ExpaVenture Partnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. ExpaFounding Partner2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. 10e9Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco
  5. AddThisExecutive Chairman of the Board2012 — 2015
  6. AddThisCo-Founder & CEO2006 — 2012McLean, Virginia

Skills & more

CRM5Publishing7Video5User Experience Design3Venture Financing10Product Design3Data Monetization1Online Advertising65Market Entry1Social Media69Social Networking33Executive Management11
+12 moreProduct DevelopmentAngel InvestingEarly-stage StartupsMarketingEntrepreneurshipStart-upsMergersChange ManagementStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingLeadershipStrategy

Languages Farsi · Spanish

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Always PreppedConvoyKickoffProperSleeper

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Who is Hooman Radfar?
Hooman Radfar is a computer scientist and founder who serves as co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Collective, a platform for solopreneurs. He is a venture partner at Expa, where he works with founders from Uber, Foursquare, and Twitter, and operates 10e9, a personal investment platform with stakes in companies including Stripe, OpenAI, and SpaceX. He previously founded AddThis, a web publishing platform acquired by Oracle in 2016, which at the time of acquisition served 15 million publishers and reached nearly 2 billion unique viewers.
Where does Hooman Radfar work?
Hooman Radfar is Founder & CEO of Collective and Partner at Expansive Ventures.
What check size does Hooman Radfar write?
Hooman Radfar typically writes checks of $25K – $50K.
What companies did Hooman Radfar found?
Hooman Radfar founded Collective.
What companies has Hooman Radfar invested in?
Investments tracked here include Always Prepped, Convoy, Kickoff, Proper, Sleeper.
Where did Hooman Radfar go to school?
Hooman Radfar studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering - Information Networking); University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science & Engineering - BSE, Computer Science & Engineering); University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics).

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