About
Paris Rouzati leverages marketing, consumer storytelling and community-building experience from Medium and about.me into human-centered Web3 investing—NFTs, social tokens, metaverse—and builds DAOs and playful NFT projects.
Invests in
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechFuture of Work
Experience
- Aave LabsSVP of Marketingcurrent2026 — present
- Aave LabsVP of Marketing2025 — 2026Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Aave LabsHead of Ecosystems2023 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- IDEO CoLabAdvisor, IDEO CoLab Venturescurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- IDEO CoLabGeneral Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures2021 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Slow VenturesChief of Staff2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- about.meHead of Marketing & Comms2014 — 2016San Francisco, California
- about.meDirector of Marketing & Comms2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- MediumProduct Marketing Manager2016San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.S., Business Administration - Operations & Supply Chain Management
Skills & more
Social Media78Product Marketing6Marketing49Digital Marketing42Storytelling4Branding4Advertising15Entrepreneurship12Public Relations11Marketing Communications9Social Media Marketing67
Languages English · Persian · Spanish
From Paris's professional profile.
Colleagues at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Ali Sheppard
Head of Operations at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Charlota K. Blunarova
Design & Brand at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Dan Elitzer
Investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Joe Gerber
General Partner at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Madeline Macartney
Investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Pierre La Baume
Design & Strategy at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Ramon Marc
Design & Prototyping at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Reid Williams
Product & Engineering at IDEO CoLab Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paris Rouzati?
- Paris Rouzati leverages marketing, consumer storytelling and community-building experience from Medium and about.me into human-centered Web3 investing—NFTs, social tokens, metaverse—and builds DAOs and playful NFT projects.
- Where does Paris Rouzati work?
- Paris Rouzati is General Partner at IDEO CoLab Ventures.
- What does Paris Rouzati invest in?
- Paris Rouzati invests in Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, Future of Work.
- What check size does Paris Rouzati write?
- Paris Rouzati typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- Where did Paris Rouzati go to school?
- Paris Rouzati studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., Business Administration - Operations & Supply Chain Management).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Aave Labs3
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Also worked at Slow Ventures13
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