Susan Akbarpour

Experience

1. Candou VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
2. Candou VenturesVenture Partner2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
3. MARKITPLACE, INCFounder & Chaircurrent2025 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
4. KQEDMember Board of Directorscurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
5. Democracy 3.0Foundercurrent2023 — presentUnited States
6. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford GSB -The Akbarpour Aalaei Fellowshipcurrent2021 — present
7. CIMAInvestor, Board Director & Product Visionarycurrent2024 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
8. National Retail FederationNRF Innovation Advisory Committeecurrent2026 — present
9. DEG: The Digital Entertainment GroupCommittee Member | Shoppable Video – D2C Alliance (DEG)current2026 — present
10. Oii.aiDirector Board of Directorscurrent2023 — present
11. EntropyBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
12. EntropyBoard Chair2021 — 2024
13. NasdaqMember, Nasdaq Center for Board Excellencecurrent2024 — presentUnited States
14. NYSEFellow, NYSE Board Diversity Initiativecurrent2022 — presentNew York, New York, United States
15. HARBOUR.SPACEVisiting Facultycurrent2023 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
16. How Women LeadMember of SV Executive Board of Advisorscurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
17. Above The LineExecutive Producercurrent2025 — present
18. How Women InvestFounding LP + Fund Advisorcurrent2020 — presentSilicon Valley, California, United States
19. ApplyBoardInvestorcurrent2017 — presentGreater Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Metropolitan Area
20. Stanford Women on BoardsTech/SaaS Bench Candidatecurrent2021 — presentStanford, California, United States

Education

1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Science (MSc), Management at Stanford University | Graduate School of Business, MS in Management2009 — 2010

Skills & more

Languages English · Farsi · French

From Susan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187

RBRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPFPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSJSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDSDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKBKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)HWHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Shared employers

Also worked at HARBOUR.SPACE3

ACAmarit CharoenphanInvestor at NZVCFMFortune MaxSenior Full Stack Developer at OneRagtimeEDEmeli DralFounder at Evidently AI

Also worked at National Renewable Energy Laboratory12

NMNicholas May-VarasFellow, Ocean Energy at Prime Movers LabAWAndrew WilliamsonManaging Partner at Cambridge Innovation CapitalIEIra EhrenpreisFounder and Managing Partner at DBL PartnersEBEric BielkeDirector (former Temasek) / Investor at FathomABAndrew BeebeManaging Director at Obvious VenturesPWPhoebe WangPartner at WI Harper Group

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Also worked at Forbes Agency Council2

PTP. Tate OlinghouseAdvisory Board at Armory Square VenturesDGDaria GonzalezChief Executive Everything at GVA Capital