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Minal Hasan

Founder & General Partner at Cyphr VC

San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Work Experience

2016

  • Founder and General Partner

    2016

    Fund II: Venture capital firm currently in stealth investing primarily in B2B seed-stage startups primarily in the U.S. Serve in various Board and Board observer roles. Fund I: I founded a multi-stage, global $183m venture capital firm (early-stage fund and a separate late-stage opportunities fund). That fund has since been full deployed, exited, rebranded, and nearly wound down.

  • Vice President

    2014 - 2016

    Evaluated angel investment opportunities and advised tech startup companies founded by Stanford University graduates. SA&E invested in over 20 companies, including SoFi (2021 IPO).

  • Of Counsel

    2013 - 2014

    See Fenwick & West description below.

2010 - 2013

  • Lawyer

    2010 - 2013

    Served as outside legal counsel to companies ranging from newly incorporated tech startups to public companies. Managed over 150 venture/convertible debt financings with an aggregate deal value in excess of $1 billion. Managed over 30 mergers, acquisitions and asset sales as well as several IPOs. Company clients have included Twitter, Uber, Square, Medium, Zuora, and HTC. Served as Secretary to the Board and attended nearly 1,000 Board meetings. Recipient of the Fenwick & West LLP Pro Bono Client Services Award, 2011

2007 - 2010

  • Lawyer

    2007 - 2010

    See Fenwick & West description above.

2006 - 2007

  • Law Clerk

    2006 - 2007

    Served as an advisor on the Masroor Ahmed v. State case, which garnered significant national press and was subsequently confirmed by the Indian Supreme Court.

  • Judicial Clerk

    2004 - 2004

    Wrote 11 draft orders for law & motion calendar, drafted 20 case management statements, and researched legal issues for the Honorable Ronald M. Whyte.

  • Editorial Columnist

    2002 - 2003

    Sixth largest newspaper in the U.S. based on daily circulation. Wrote two articles as part of a featured weekly column. Youngest ever columnist for the newspaper.

  • Constituent Services

    2002 - 2003

2001 - 2002

  • Product Marketing

    2001 - 2002

    Worked directly for the VP of Marketing on mobile startup's product positioning, product messaging, developing go-to-market strategy, customer market research, designing product demos, and coordinating product launch