Fundraising Fox

Reza Khaninezhad

Investor

Investor at Evening

Houston, Texas

Writes $50K – $200K checks · typically $125K

About

Reza Khaninezhad is a Limited Partner at Darkmode Ventures with over five years of venture capital experience advising technology startups. He previously served as Data Science Manager at Apache Corporation, where he developed and deployed scalable AI systems focused on predictive modeling, time-series analytics, and distributed computing to improve operational efficiency. His background combines data science and strategic investment experience in AI and technology sectors.

Experience

  1. Darkmode VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2021 — presentCalifornia, United States
  2. Apache CorporationData Science Managercurrent2022 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
  3. Apache CorporationPrincipal Data Scientist2019 — 2023Houston, Texas Area
  4. Apache CorporationSenior Data Scientist2018 — 2019Houston, Texas
  5. Various early stage technology startupsAdvisory Board Member2020 — 2025United States
  6. Yobs TechnologiesAdvisor2017 — 2021Greater Los Angeles Area
  7. Panton Inc.Principal Data Scientist2017 — 2018Houston, Texas
  8. terra.ai Inc.Co-Founder2015 — 2018Greater Los Angeles Area
  9. terra.ai Inc.Lead Data Scientist2015 — 2016Greater Los Angeles Area
  10. University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Assistant at SEES Lab.2012 — 2017University of Southern California
  11. Texas A&M UniversityGraduate Research Assistant2009 — 2011College Station, Texas

Education

  1. University of Southern CaliforniaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical Engineering2012 — 2016
  2. University of Southern CaliforniaPhD Minor, Information and Operations Management2012 — 2016
  3. Texas A&M UniversityM.Sc., Petroleum Engineering2009 — 2012
  4. Sharif University of TechnologyB.Sc, Electrical Engineering (Communications Systems)2005 — 2009

Skills & more

Palantir1Foundry1Operations ManagementPresentation SkillsPresentationsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyEngineering1Collaborative Leadership1Large Language Models (LLM)StatisticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)
+12 moreOptical Character Recognition (OCR)Technical LeadershipComputer VisionConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)Aerial PhotographyDeep LearningPsychometricsBusiness Advisory ServicesTensorFlowPython (Programming Language)MatlabPython
  • Venture Capital 101 - The Basics — Maven

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Colleagues at Evening

Ekaterina Orekhova
Investor at Evening
Jonathan Jones
Partner at Evening
Kat Orekhova
General Partner at Evening
Lee Moulton
Investor at Evening
Oshiomah Richard Odior
Partner at Evening
Raphael Danilo
General Partner at Evening

Frequently asked questions

Where does Reza Khaninezhad work?
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Reza Khaninezhad typically writes checks of $50K – $200K.

Same school

Also attended University of Southern California475

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Also attended Texas A&M University131

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Also attended Sharif University of Technology23

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Shared employers

Also worked at Apache Corporation3

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Also worked at University of Southern California74

Alyssa TsenterSenior Associate at Flare Capital PartnersJillian ShawVenture Partner at Magnetic VenturesZach PosnerManaging Partner & Co-Founder at LegalTechAndreas QuandtGeneral Partner at Data TechMatt MichelsonVenture Partner and Head of AI at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthPaolo PirjanianVenture Partner at Calibrate Ventures

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Also worked at Texas A&M University17

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