Where does Rana el Kaliouby work?

Rana el Kaliouby is Co-founder of Affectiva and Co-Founder and General Partner at Blue Tulip Ventures.

What companies did Rana el Kaliouby found?

Rana el Kaliouby founded Affectiva.

Where did Rana el Kaliouby go to school?

Rana el Kaliouby studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Post-Doc, Computer Science); Harvard Kennedy School (Executive Education, Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century); University of Cambridge (PhD, Computer Science).

Rana el Kaliouby

InvestorFounder

Co-Founder and General Partner at Blue Tulip Ventures · Co-founder at Affectiva

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.

Co-founder at Affectiva

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Affectiva's investors · 6

BY Venture PartnersSt Helier · $714K – $70M checks Horizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checks · since 2016 Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2016 Motley Fool VenturesAlexandria · $1M – $2M checks The E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M checks Trend Forward CapitalFrisco

Co-founders at Affectiva

Rosalind PicardCo-founder

Martin KrantzFounder

Mats KrantzCo-founder

Experience

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

Skills & more

Investor2Venture Capital1Strategy99Entrepreneurship99Artificial Intelligence99Machine Learning99Computer Vision93AI56Product Development29Algorithms99Research76Image Processing31

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Software EngineeringData MiningComputer ScienceProgrammingSignal ProcessingCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentHuman Computer InteractionStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingStart-upsData Analysis

Languages Arabic · English

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Dune Thorne

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Eric Cohen

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Eric Horvitz

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Esther Dyson

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rana el Kaliouby?: 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.
Where does Rana el Kaliouby work?: Rana el Kaliouby is Co-founder of Affectiva and Co-Founder and General Partner at Blue Tulip Ventures.
What companies did Rana el Kaliouby found?: Rana el Kaliouby founded Affectiva.
Where did Rana el Kaliouby go to school?: Rana el Kaliouby studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Post-Doc, Computer Science); Harvard Kennedy School (Executive Education, Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century); University of Cambridge (PhD, Computer Science).

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