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Michael Ghaffary

Angel Investor California, United States ·Founded 2019

Overview

Michael Ghaffary is an angel investor and general partner at Canvas Ventures, focusing on early-stage investments in technology companies. He has invested in companies such as Strava, CloudKitchens, Superhuman, Flyhomes, Faire, Darwin Homes, Standard Cognition, Optimizely, Metromile, Pocket, and Padlet. Prior to joining Canvas Ventures, Ghaffary was a general partner at Social Capital, where he invested in various technology startups. Before his venture capital career, he served as CEO of Eat24, a subsidiary of Yelp, and was an early executive at Yelp, leading business development and corporate development efforts. Ghaffary co-founded Stitcher, a podcast platform, and BarMax, an iPhone app for bar exam preparation. He began his investing career at Summit Partners after completing his JD/MBA and BS in Computer Science. Ghaffary holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a JD from Harvard Law School, and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

Investment Focus

Early-stage technology companies with strong growth potential

Portfolio Companies

Darwin HomesFaireOptimizelyPocketSuperhumanStravaMetromileFlyhomesPadletStandard CognitionCloudKitchens

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What sectors does Michael Ghaffary invest in?

Michael Ghaffary invests in Technology, Software, FinTech, Marketplaces, Consumer Internet and Media and Entertainment, and is based in California, United States. Michael Ghaffary is listed as a angel investor in the ConnectSafely investor database.