Where does Houman Haghighi work?

Houman Haghighi is Partner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo Ventures and Board director at Portfolium.

What does Houman Haghighi invest in?

Houman Haghighi invests in AI & Machine Learning, Robotics.

What boards does Houman Haghighi sit on?

Houman Haghighi holds tracked board seats at Drata, Portfolium.

What companies has Houman Haghighi invested in?

Investments tracked here include AttackIQ, Clarifai, Cohesity, Fitbit, Ring, Zoom.

Where did Houman Haghighi go to school?

Houman Haghighi studied at UC San Diego (Computational Cognitive Science, Emphasis in Computer Vision); Harvard Business School (Executive Program, Private Equity and Venture Capital); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Professional, Stanford Certified Project Manager).

Houman Haghighi

Investor

Partner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo Ventures · Board director at Portfolium

San Diego Metropolitan Area

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About

Houman Haghighi is a business development partner at Menlo Ventures who helps portfolio companies grow through strategic partnerships, customer introductions, and additional financing. He spent 15 years at Qualcomm across engineering, project management, and product development (contributing to Amazon Kindle's Whispernet), led business development at Qualcomm Ventures, and co-founded the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator with TechStars. He holds two U.S. patents and a computational cognitive science degree from UC San Diego.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningRobotics

Beyond investing

Founded: Haghighi co-founded the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator in partnership with TechStars, which invested in ten early-stage AI and robotics startups.
Education: Studied at UC San Diego (degree, computational cognitive science) Studied at Harvard Business School (venture capital and private equity (Executive Program))
More: Haghighi holds two U.S. patents in radio frequency modulation for mobile phones. Haghighi is a Stanford Certified Project Manager.

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Board director at Portfolium

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Portfolium's investors · 4

AAF Management Ltd.Washington Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2015 SJF VenturesDurham · $1M – $10M checks Vertical Venture PartnersPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checks

Co-founders at Portfolium

Adam MarkowitzExecutive Officer, Director

Neal BloomDirector

Experience

Menlo VenturesPartnercurrent2018 — presentMenlo Park, California
DrataFounding Board Member & Investorcurrent2020 — present
Upwind SecurityInvestorcurrent2022 — present
AnthropicInvestorcurrent2023 — present
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Founding, Investor ERI Board Member2018 — 2022Unit
Portfolium, Inc. (Acquired by Instructure)Member of Board of Directors (Founding Independent Board Member)2011 — 2019San Diego County, California, United States
ClarifaiInvestor2014 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
AttackIQInvestor2016 — 2018San Diego County, California, United States
ZoomInvestor2012 — 2018
Qualcomm VenturesDirector & Head of Business Development2011 — 2018Greater San Diego Area
TechstarsFounder / Head of Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars2015 — 2017San Diego County, California, United States
RxMatchCo-Founder, Head of Product2010 — 2013San Diego, California
QualcommSenior Program Manager2007 — 2010San Diego County, California, United States
QualcommSenior Product Manager2004 — 2007San Diego County, California, United States
QualcommSenior Engineer2003 — 2004San Diego County, California, United States
Computers LeadFounder2001 — 2003
Angora InfosystemsNetwork Engineer1999 — 2001

Skills & more

Business Development88Strategic Partnerships85

Languages English · German

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Deals · 2

DrataBoard seat

via Menlo Ventures · filed Jan 2021 · $3.2M raise

PortfoliumBoard seat

via Menlo Ventures · filed Sep 2015 · $1.2M raise

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Other disclosed investments

Investor

AttackIQClarifaiCohesityFitbitRingZoom

Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Houman Haghighi?: Houman Haghighi is a business development partner at Menlo Ventures who helps portfolio companies grow through strategic partnerships, customer introductions, and additional financing. He spent 15 years at Qualcomm across engineering, project management, and product development (contributing to Amazon Kindle's Whispernet), led business development at Qualcomm Ventures, and co-founded the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator with TechStars. He holds two U.S. patents and a computational cognitive science degree from UC San Diego.
Where does Houman Haghighi work?: Houman Haghighi is Partner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo Ventures and Board director at Portfolium.
What does Houman Haghighi invest in?: Houman Haghighi invests in AI & Machine Learning, Robotics.
What boards does Houman Haghighi sit on?: Houman Haghighi holds tracked board seats at Drata, Portfolium.
What companies has Houman Haghighi invested in?: Investments tracked here include AttackIQ, Clarifai, Cohesity, Fitbit, Ring, Zoom.
Where did Houman Haghighi go to school?: Houman Haghighi studied at UC San Diego (Computational Cognitive Science, Emphasis in Computer Vision); Harvard Business School (Executive Program, Private Equity and Venture Capital); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Professional, Stanford Certified Project Manager).