Rayyan Islam
InvestorCo-Founder and General Partner at 8090 Industries
Dallas, Texas
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedMaple Materials · YC
About
Rayyan Islam is a co-founder-operator, investor, and neo-industrial merchant who builds and backs transformative large-scale hardware and energy infrastructure, co-founding ventures like Gold Hydrogen.
Invests in
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechDeep TechDefense TechEnergyHardware
Experience
- 8090 IndustriesCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2020 — present
- American Intelligence & Power CorporationCo-Founder and Board Membercurrent2026 — present
- NscaleInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- Oklo IncInvestor, Board Observer, Special Projectscurrent2022 — present
- Avalanche EnergyInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- ExowattInvestor and Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- Voya EnergyInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Infinium Holdings, Inc.Investorcurrent2021 — present
- FleetzeroInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- REGENTInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- The IndustrialistCo-Founder, Author, Editorcurrent2024 — present
- Circ™Investor, Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- QuaiseInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Cemvita Factory Inc.Investor and Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- Atomic Alchemy Inc.Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Gold H2Co-Founder, Founding Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Stealth Startup - America's leading graphite anode manufacturerFounding Investor, Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- EmrodInvestor, Member of the Boardcurrent2022 — present
- Liberation LabsInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- AmpaireInvestorcurrent2021 — present
Education
- Baylor UniversityEconomics, Biology
- Harvard UniversitySummer Classes, Economics
Skills & more
Strategy81Public Speaking49Management23Analysis15Leadership26Valuation99Venture Capital49Product Management39Product Marketing15Entrepreneurship97Product Design10Finance69
+12 more
Business DevelopmentUser Experience DesignMarketingStart-upsSocial MediaSalesMergers & AcquisitionsMarket ResearchStartupsInvestment BankingStrategic PartnershipsSEOLanguages Arabic · Bengali · English · Urdu
From Rayyan's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Baylor University26
Amanda BuschGeneral Counsel at Mucker CapitalRachel CraftOffice Assistant at Mercury FundGordon DaughertyCo-Founder & Chairman at Capital FactoryTy FindleyCo-Founder + General Partner at Ironspring VentureGenevieve GilbreathCo-Founder | General Partner at Springdale VenturesEric WilsonPartner at Serra Ventures
+ 20 more
Also attended Harvard University1,231
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures
+ 1,225 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Nscale4
Also worked at Exowatt6
Also worked at Voya Energy1
Investments
Investor
ArmadaAstranisAtomic IndustriesCemvitaCircEquipmentShareExowattInfiniumOkloRegentVarda
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at 8090 Industries
Charles Oppenheimer
Investor at 8090 Industries
David Deak
PhD at 8090 Industries
Dominik Madani
Investor at 8090 Industries
Emma Hessler
Investor at 8090 Industries
Fatimah Bello
Investor at 8090 Industries
Garuth Acharya
Associate at 8090 Industries
Grant Brown
Principal at 8090 Industries
Haluk Sabanci Dincer
Investor at 8090 Industries
Network5
Andre De BaubignyScout
Managing Partner at MVP Ventures
Andrew BeebeScout
Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
Billy DraperScout
Founder and General Partner at Path Ventures
Dakin SlossScout
Founder & General Partner at Prime Movers Lab
David HendricksonScout
Founding Partner at Helium-3 Ventures
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