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About
Touraj Parang is President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Board Member at Serve Robotics, which he helped spin off from Uber in 2021 and take public on Nasdaq in 2024. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Jaxtr, UpCounsel, and Lox, led the sale of Webs to Vistaprint, and spent seven years in corporate and business development at GoDaddy, in addition to investing in and advising early-stage startups including Truebill, Solvvy, ClearBrain, RideReport, Wedding Party, and Pear VC. He is the author of Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game (McGraw Hill, 2022).
Executive at Serve Robotics
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Serve Robotics's investors · 11
Good AI CapitalMenlo ParkGraph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checksIndustrious VenturesDenverLong Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksMana VenturesEsteroNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023One Planet GroupWalnut CreekRepublic VenturesNew YorkSterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checksThink+ Ventures Management, LlcPalo Alto · $200K – $500K checksUbersince 2023
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Co-founders at Serve Robotics
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Ali KashaniCEO
Experience
- Serve RoboticsPresident, Chief Operating Officer, Board Membercurrent2021 — presentSilicon Valley, California, United States
- Various StartupsBoard Member / Strategic Advisor / Early-Stage Investorcurrent2009 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End GameAuthorcurrent2017 — presentUnited States
- Pear VCOperating Advisorcurrent2014 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- GoDaddyVice President, Business & Corporate Development2014 — 2021Sunnyvale, CA
- UpCounsel, Inc.Founding Chief Operating Officer, Advisor2013 — 2015san francisco, ca
- Webs (Sold to Vistaprint 12/2011)VP Strategy & Corporate Development2009 — 2012Sunnyvale, CA
- Jaxtr (Sold to Sabse Technologies 6/2009)Co-Founder, COO, and Board Member2005 — 2009Menlo Park, CA
- O'Melveny & MyersCorporate Transactions Attorney2004 — 2005
- Amidzad VenturesVenture Partner2003 — 2004
- Earlybird Venture CapitalPrincipal2000 — 2003
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiAssociate1999 — 2000
Skills & more
EntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate Development20Strategic Partnerships74Robotics4Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Start-ups99Business Development56Venture Capital61Angel Investing3New Business Development7Board of Directors2
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Start-up ConsultingProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyMergersMobile DevicesPrivate EquityProduct MarketingCRMStrategyNegotiationPublic SpeakingWritingLanguages German · Persian
- California Bar Association — State Bar of California
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- Who is Touraj Parang?
- Touraj Parang is President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Board Member at Serve Robotics, which he helped spin off from Uber in 2021 and take public on Nasdaq in 2024. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Jaxtr, UpCounsel, and Lox, led the sale of Webs to Vistaprint, and spent seven years in corporate and business development at GoDaddy, in addition to investing in and advising early-stage startups including Truebill, Solvvy, ClearBrain, RideReport, Wedding Party, and Pear VC. He is the author of Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game (McGraw Hill, 2022).
- Where does Touraj Parang work?
- Touraj Parang is Executive at Serve Robotics.
- Where did Touraj Parang go to school?
- Touraj Parang studied at Stanford University (A.B., Economics); Yale Law School (J.D., Law).
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