Cyrus Radfar

Overview

Cyrus Radfar is an angel investor and founder of V1 Worldwide, a company that provides a unique model for enterprise innovation by creating outsourced multidisciplinary teams to strategize, ideate, prototype, market test, incubate, and launch new business lines. V1 Worldwide leverages lean and agile business methodologies to drive companies forward faster, drawing inspiration from Silicon Valley startups. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. V1 Worldwide works hands-on with engineering leaders—coding, prototyping, and building alignment—to close the gap between AI velocity and team understanding. The company focuses on sectors such as technology, healthcare, financial services, media, education, energy, manufacturing, transportation, retail, consumer goods, real estate, telecommunications, agriculture, automotive, and aerospace. V1 Worldwide invests in companies at various stages, including seed, early stage, Series A, Series B, growth, late stage, and pre-IPO. Cyrus Radfar's background includes being the founding engineer of AddThis, which was acquired by Oracle. He has nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of AI, data systems, and team dynamics. His writing on algorithmic bias and the future of work has been featured in publications like TechCrunch. In 2017, the company rebranded to V1 Worldwide as they transitioned from a single product to a portfolio of products and tech-enabled services. V1 Worldwide works hands-on with engineering leaders—coding, prototyping, and building alignment—to close the gap between AI velocity and team understanding.

Investment Focus

• Innovative business models
• Scalable growth potential
• Experienced leadership teams
• Alignment with V1 Worldwide's mission and values

Portfolio Companies