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Irfan Ahmad

Former Investor at DCVC (Data Collective)

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $5M – $25M checks · typically $15M

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About

Irfan Ahmad is founder of CloudPhysics, a SaaS IT Operations Analytics company backed by Kleiner Perkins and Mayfield Fund, and currently serves as Chairman at MagnitionIO. He is an equity partner at DCVC and early-stage investor who has developed a startup strategy approach called Validation Hacking. Ahmad previously spent nine years at VMware as tech lead for the DRS product suite and has held engineering roles at Transmeta, Autodesk, and Toronto Stock Exchange; he holds over 40 patents and has published peer-reviewed research papers.

Experience

  1. MagnitionIOChairmancurrent2017 — presentGlobal
  2. Halo RadiusChairmancurrent2017 — presentGlobal
  3. GTM DeltaChairmancurrent2023 — presentGlobal
  4. DCVC (Data Collective)Equity Partnercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. VariousInvestor, Advisorcurrent2011 — present
  6. CloudPhysicsFounder, CTO, Board Director2011 — 2016
  7. VMwareTech Lead, DRS Product Portfolio2002 — 2011Palo Alto, CA
  8. TransmetaSoftware Engineer2000 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Autodesk CanadaEngineer1999
  10. Toronto Stock ExchangeEngineering Intern1998

Skills & more

Play Framework25Scala45C86Storage

From Irfan's professional profile.

Network5

Alan Cohen
General Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Ali Tamaseb
General Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Anna Fokina
Investment Director DCVC Bio at DCVC (Data Collective)
Chris Boshuizen
Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Eric Shiozaki, PhD
Partner at Revelation Partners

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Who is Irfan Ahmad?
Irfan Ahmad is founder of CloudPhysics, a SaaS IT Operations Analytics company backed by Kleiner Perkins and Mayfield Fund, and currently serves as Chairman at MagnitionIO. He is an equity partner at DCVC and early-stage investor who has developed a startup strategy approach called Validation Hacking. Ahmad previously spent nine years at VMware as tech lead for the DRS product suite and has held engineering roles at Transmeta, Autodesk, and Toronto Stock Exchange; he holds over 40 patents and has published peer-reviewed research papers.
What check size does Irfan Ahmad write?
Irfan Ahmad typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
Where did Irfan Ahmad go to school?
Irfan Ahmad studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science); Barton Secondary.

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