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Rana el Kaliouby

Investor

Co-Founder and General Partner at Blue Tulip Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

FoundedAffectiva

About

An AI scientist, entrepreneur and investor who previously founded and led Affectiva, an MIT spin-out sold in 2021, and raised a $12M fund deployed across 40 early-stage AI companies. She is a venture partner at BOLD Capital Partners, an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge with a postdoc from MIT.

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Experience

  1. Blue Tulip VenturesCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2024 — present
  2. Pioneers of AIPodcast Hostcurrent2024 — present
  3. Smart EyeAI Advisorcurrent2024 — present
  4. Smart EyeDeputy CEO2021 — 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Harvard Business SchoolEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2025 — present
  6. BOLD Capital PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
  7. YPOMembercurrent2019 — present
  8. AI Operators FundGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — present
  9. Eisenhower FellowshipsEisenhower US Fellow 2023current2023 — present
  10. World Economic ForumYoung Global Leader (YGL Class of 2017)current2017 — present
  11. World Economic ForumMember, Future Global Council on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence2016 — 2024
  12. Videra HealthMember Board Of Directors2021 — 2025Utah, United States
  13. Harvard Business SchoolExecutive Fellow2021 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  14. AffectivaCo-founder, CEO2016 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  15. AffectivaChief Science Officer and Chief Technology Officer2009 — 2016
  16. MIT Media Lab E14 FundVenture Partner2017 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPost-Doc, Computer Science2006 — 2010
  2. Harvard Kennedy SchoolExecutive Education, Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century2017
  3. University of CambridgePhD, Computer Science2001 — 2005
  4. The American University in CairoMSc, Computer Science1998 — 2000
  5. The American University in CairoBSc, Computer Science1993 — 1998

Skills & more

Investor2Venture Capital1Strategy99Entrepreneurship99Artificial Intelligence99Machine Learning99Computer Vision93AI56Product Development29Algorithms99Research76Image Processing31
+12 moreSoftware EngineeringData MiningComputer ScienceProgrammingSignal ProcessingCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentHuman Computer InteractionStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingStart-upsData Analysis

Languages Arabic · English

From Rana's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 843 more

Also attended Harvard Kennedy School169

Jeremy PhilipsInvestor at Spark CapitalMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesGayatri SarkarFounder and CEO at Advaita CapitalSteve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsRobert SiglerSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJustin FreehVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors

+ 163 more

Also attended University of Cambridge621

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erik NordlanderInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire Ventures

+ 615 more

Also attended The American University in Cairo40

Amira AminChief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI VenturesAniqua BokhariLegal Counsel at Red Cell IncubationLeslie HarwellCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Alante CapitalHady BarrySenior Investment Associate at Ventures PlatformTino WakedAdvisor at RAED VenturesMostafa KandilAdvisor at Colle Capital Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Smart Eye2

Gabi ZijderveldCo-Founder and Operating Partner at Blue Tulip VenturesTim PeacockInvestor at Blue Tulip Ventures

Also worked at Harvard Business School189

Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersEric PaleyEntrepreneur and Seed Investor in Cambridge, MALauren LeeInvestor at FJ LabsMark LurieVenture Partner at FJ LabsAlice BrooksInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 183 more

Also worked at YPO163

Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta CapitalJeff BergerVenture Partner at FJ LabsRouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry VenturesRob CoppedgeChief Executive Officer at Echo Health VenturesDan MalvenVenture Partner at Alpha PartnersTien WongTech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO; Chairman & CEO of Opus8

+ 157 more

Also worked at Videra Health2

Chris CalderManaging Director at Rose Park AdvisorsBen CapellManaging Director at Peterson Ventures

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Eric Cohen
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Eric Horvitz
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Esther Dyson
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