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Dan Forootan

Investor

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
10
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5
Early stage
2
Mid stage
2
Late stage
9y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Apr 2022
Unlike most prediction markets, Manifold gives complete autonomy to its users for creating and resolving markets. Our goal is to enable users unfamiliar with prediction markets to seamlessly join whilst still facilitating our most advanced users. Upon signing up users get M$ which can be grown by betting on markets. This can be donated at any point to a number of charities found here: https://manifold.markets/charity
Investor
Apr 2021
Industrial labor is incredibly dangerous work - almost 3 million people in the US per year are injured in the workplace for entirely preventable and at times, fatal or debilitating causes. Protecting these essential people who power our world is what motivates Voxelitos, and wed love for you to join us. At Voxel, were passionate about revolutionizing workplace safety and operations with groundbreaking, full-stack AI and computer vision technology. Voxel’s site intelligence platform helps safety and operations leaders see the unseen risks, make strategic decisions, and prevent workplace incidents before they happen. Our customers include Fortune 500 companies across major grocers and retailers, manufacturers, food and beverage warehousers, supply chain and logistics service providers. Based in SF with team members sitting all over the globe, Voxel is backed by industry leading VC’s.
Investor
Apr 2020
STEEZY’s mission is to make dance the next big sporting and fitness category, starting with online dance classes from the world’s best instructors. We’re a dance technology company that provides curated classes & programs for dance fans who are looking for an easy-to-enjoy dance experience. We use data and insights to enable a delightful learning experience, so our audience can feel the joy of dance faster
late stageE-learning
Investor
Mar 2020
Queenly is the largest marketplace and ML-driven search engine for the formalwear industry. Queenly helps women of all ages find the exact dress they’re looking for (and resell it after!). They offer a premium service that involves authentication assurance, dry cleaning, packaging and shipping, to truly offer a white glove experience to their users. Queenly aims to foster a community of women that uplifts and strives to help one another look and feel like a queen on their special occasion. Live on iOS, Android and web. Backed by Y Combinator.
Investor
Dec 2018
We come to work everyday to help foster a positive learning journey for everyone. Kami was developed in Aotearoa, New Zealand by four university friends who decided to make a difference. Ten years later, we’ve grown into a team of over 100 Kami-leons with a shared goal of supporting classroom heroes and leveling the playing field so that all students, no matter their age, grade, or ability, can love learning. We’re proud to have been named one of Time magazine’s most influential companies in 2022 and included in the Deloitte Fast 50 as the fastest growing company and fastest growing exporter in 2021. Our investors include leading Australian venture capitalist firm Right Click Capital, CapitalPitch, New Zealand-based Flying Kiwi Angels, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, and notable Silicon Valley investors such as Sam Altman of Y Combinator and Scott Nolan of Founders Fund. Our Team: We believe that having a dedicated, enthusiastic, and non-hierarchical team can achieve remarkable things — we’re well on-track to proving it, too. Our company culture embraces diversity, compassion, transformation, and most importantly, fun! With these values, were working to add a little magic to education so that teachers and students can achieve so much more together. We thrive in an encouraging environment where people can share ideas, generate solutions, and grow. Join us in building the future of education. Get in touch at careers@kamiapp.com, we’d love to hear from you!
Investor
Nov 2018
On a mission to create healthy minds through healthy habits feat. :rise Cacao, :rise Matcha, :balance Turmeric and :rest Rooibos
Investor
Oct 2018
Every day is made of a mass of customer interactions. Weave is a refreshingly easy way to make each one count.
Investor
Sep 2018
Build and scale a world-class creator program with GRIN. Thousands of industry pioneers—like SKIMS, Rhode, and GoPro—use our Creator Management platform to harness the power of influential people to drive brand awareness and growth. Together, were redefining whats possible in the creator economy.
Shareholder
Sep 2017
Full service behavioral marketing solution provider, helping Ecommerce companies turn more of their hard earned traffic to revenue through predictive, automated, one-to-one email messages.
Experience · 13 entries
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Investments (10)
Founder (1)
2023
President, Founding Member
Aug 2023
Our fund invests in high potential early-stage software startups (SaaS). We’re a collective startup investment and social group, like a VC, but a non-profit, managed by the members. We are an exclusive membership club consists of like-valued people, all optimistic and curious. We use a collaborative fund model to learn together, share ideas and build friendships. Meet others, grow your investing skills, and have fun through the shared activity of collectively investing in innovative, early stage, B2B software startups.
2022
Investor
Apr 2022
Unlike most prediction markets, Manifold gives complete autonomy to its users for creating and resolving markets. Our goal is to enable users unfamiliar with prediction markets to seamlessly join whilst still facilitating our most advanced users. Upon signing up users get M$ which can be grown by betting on markets. This can be donated at any point to a number of charities found here: https://manifold.markets/charity
2021
Investor
Apr 2021
Industrial labor is incredibly dangerous work - almost 3 million people in the US per year are injured in the workplace for entirely preventable and at times, fatal or debilitating causes. Protecting these essential people who power our world is what motivates Voxelitos, and wed love for you to join us. At Voxel, were passionate about revolutionizing workplace safety and operations with groundbreaking, full-stack AI and computer vision technology. Voxel’s site intelligence platform helps safety and operations leaders see the unseen risks, make strategic decisions, and prevent workplace incidents before they happen. Our customers include Fortune 500 companies across major grocers and retailers, manufacturers, food and beverage warehousers, supply chain and logistics service providers. Based in SF with team members sitting all over the globe, Voxel is backed by industry leading VC’s.
2020
Investor
Apr 2020
STEEZY’s mission is to make dance the next big sporting and fitness category, starting with online dance classes from the world’s best instructors. We’re a dance technology company that provides curated classes & programs for dance fans who are looking for an easy-to-enjoy dance experience. We use data and insights to enable a delightful learning experience, so our audience can feel the joy of dance faster
late stageE-learning
Investor
Mar 2020
Queenly is the largest marketplace and ML-driven search engine for the formalwear industry. Queenly helps women of all ages find the exact dress they’re looking for (and resell it after!). They offer a premium service that involves authentication assurance, dry cleaning, packaging and shipping, to truly offer a white glove experience to their users. Queenly aims to foster a community of women that uplifts and strives to help one another look and feel like a queen on their special occasion. Live on iOS, Android and web. Backed by Y Combinator.
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