Where does Syed Natif Nawaz work?

Syed Natif Nawaz is Managing partner | Technology at Aurum Venture Partners.

What check size does Syed Natif Nawaz write?

Syed Natif Nawaz typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Syed Natif Nawaz

Investor

Managing partner | Technology at Aurum Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Syed Natif Nawaz is Managing Partner and Chief Growth Officer at Aurum Equity Partners, focused on developing AI-ready data centers across the United States, India, and Latin America. He brings 25+ years of experience in data center operations, cloud infrastructure, venture capital, and private equity, including prior roles at Equinix and Cisco. At Equinix, he managed a portfolio of 120+ global data centers and led over $7.6 billion in merger and acquisition integrations across multiple regions.

Experience

Aurum Equity PartnersInvestor / Advisorcurrent2023 — present
Aurum Equity PartnersManaging Partner & Chief Growth Officer (CGO)2023 — 2026Pleasanton, California, United States
Aurum Venture PartnersManaging Partner, CTO | $400M+ AUM | AI Portfolio: OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Cerebras, Space Xcurrent2022 — presentPleasanton, California, United States
VU Capital PartnersSenior Principal2022 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
Stealth Startup5G Edge Startup - Head of Customer Experience Engineering2019 — 2022San Francisco, California
Centerra SolutionsCTO/Co-Founder/Management Consultant2017 — 2022Milpitas, California, United States
EquinixSenior Director, Network and Cloud Operations, North America2015 — 2017Redwood City, California, United States
BrocadeDirector, Customer Engineering2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
CiscoSr. Manager – Customer Solutions for Converged (Wired & Wireless) Platforms2001 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
Alcatel-Lucent EnterpriseLead Software Development Engineer2000 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Stanford UniversitySCPM, Advanced Project Management2007 — 2008
University at BuffaloMaster's degree, Computer Science1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Risk ManagementPrivate EquityFundraisingFund ManagementData Center45Cloud Computing39WAN18Virtualization15BGP10Network Architecture10Security8Network Design8

+12 more

Enterprise ArchitectureWireless NetworkingManaged ServicesService ProvidersStorage Area NetworksMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Building Automationtensor flowPython ( Programming Language)Software as a Service (SaaS)Strategic Planning

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Routing and Switching (CCIE-RS) — Cisco
CCIE Lifetime Emeritus - Service Provider — Cisco
Aviatrix Multi Cloud Networking Associate — Aviatrix
Deep Learning ( AI for Everyone) — Coursera
Double Emeritus CCIE — Cisco
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CCIE Service Provider — Cisco Networking Academy
CCIE Routing & Switching — Cisco Networking Academy
OpenStack Certified Professional — Mirantis

From Syed's professional profile.

Colleagues at Aurum Venture Partners

Iris Chen

Financial analyst at Aurum Venture Partners

J. Skyler Fernandes

Founder & General Partner at VU Venture Partners at Aurum Venture Partners

Kevin Wollenweber

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Datacenter and Provider Connectivity at Cisco at Aurum Venture Partners

Narsi Ayyagari

General Partner at Aurum Venture Partners

Saeed Al Hamli

Independent Director of Yalla Group at Aurum Venture Partners

Salvina

Research Analyst at Aurum Venture Partners

Shridhar Narayan

CEO-Infrastructure at Hiranandani Group at Aurum Venture Partners

Venkat Bussa

Investor at Aurum Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Where does Syed Natif Nawaz work?: Syed Natif Nawaz is Managing partner | Technology at Aurum Venture Partners.
What check size does Syed Natif Nawaz write?: Syed Natif Nawaz typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.