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Syed Natif Nawaz

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Managing partner | Technology at Aurum Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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

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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

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

Skills & more

Risk ManagementPrivate EquityFundraisingFund ManagementData Center45Cloud Computing39WAN18Virtualization15BGP10Network Architecture10Security8Network Design8
+12 moreEnterprise 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

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Colleagues 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
Shridhar Narayan
CEO-Infrastructure at Hiranandani Group at Aurum Venture Partners
Venkat Bussa
LPAC / Investment Committee Member at VU Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Syed Natif Nawaz?
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.
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.
Where did Syed Natif Nawaz go to school?
Syed Natif Nawaz studied at Stanford University (SCPM, Advanced Project Management); University at Buffalo (Master's degree, Computer Science).

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