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Mo Islam

Investor

Partner at Obvious Ventures

Menlo Park, California, United States

Writes $250K – $6M checks

About

Mo pairs engineering and national-security technical diligence experience at In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin, NSF and PNNL with early-stage investing and board leadership in AI, autonomy and biotech; author on automation.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerDeep TechEnergyHealthtech

Experience

  1. Obvious VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Moonlake AIBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. FreeformBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  4. EdgeQ Inc.Board Membercurrent2018 — present
  5. FloeDB IncBoard Observer2026
  6. ParspecBoard Member2025 — 2026
  7. Topos BioBoard Observer2025 — 2026
  8. ParasailBoard Observer2023 — 2026
  9. OpsLevelBoard Member2022 — 2026
  10. BenepassBoard Observer2021 — 2026
  11. ElementaryBoard Member2019 — 2026
  12. DFJPartner2014 — 2026
  13. CrowdAIBoard Member (Acquired by Saab)2020 — 2023
  14. In-Q-TelSystem Engineer2012 — 2014Washington D.C. Metro Area
  15. National Science Foundation (NSF)Summer Consultant2011Washington D.C. Metro Area
  16. Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2010 — 2011Stanford, CA
  17. Lockheed MartinSystems Engineering Intern2010Newtown, PA
  18. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNLNational Security Intern2009Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Education

  1. Stanford University School of EngineeringBS, Electrical Engineering
  2. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Administering Business

Skills & more

Venture Capital32Entrepreneurship36Product Management11Start-ups23Analytics11Due Diligence3Systems Engineering5Technical Analysis3Strategic Partnerships6Big Data2Enterprise Software4

From Mo's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University School of Engineering21

David MagermanManaging Partner at Differential VenturesDaniel Porras ReyesAssociate at Flybridge Capital PartnersAlejandraChief of Staff, Investment Team at Hummingbird VenturesLily RaakaStrategist at Plum Alley InvestmentsRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundMarco LorenzonVice President at Stripes

+ 15 more

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,144 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Moonlake AI3

Heidi RoizenPartner at Threshold VenturesShaun JohnsonFounding Partner at AIX VenturesMercedes BentPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Also worked at Topos Bio1

Ellen ChisaPartner at boldstart ventures

Also worked at Parasail4

Zack IsaacsonVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpSam AwrabiFounder & Solo GP at Banyan VenturesSamir KumarGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalBill MacCartneyAI Fund Fellow at AI Fund

Also worked at Stanford University402

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesJulia AndreInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 396 more

Investments

Board seats

BenepassEdgeQFreeformMoonlake AIParasailParspecTopos Bio

Investor

MythicNervana (Intel)Zoox (Amazon)

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Colleagues at Obvious Ventures

Amanda Denney
Marketing Director at Obvious Ventures
Amy Abernethy
Obvious Champion at Obvious Ventures
Amy Abernethy, MD
Obvious Champion at Obvious Ventures
Andre Heinz
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
Aneesh Chopra
Obvious Champion at Obvious Ventures
Anico Steffen
Senior Executive Assistant at Obvious Ventures
April Underwood
Venture Partner at Obvious Ventures