Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$25,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Kemal
Investments
Work Experience
COO + Co-Founder
2019
Initially launched with L37 Ventures in 2019, we evolved our hybrid Venture Capital and Growth Equity investment approach to Everest, a financial technology and services company offering 360° solutions to companies, entrepreneurs, and fund managers throughout their life's journey. Our flagship fund Annapurna, is Evergreen and built to create long-term value for our entrepreneurs and LPs. We also offer direct and syndicated co-investments in individual companies and the opportunity to invest in a range of alternative asset vehicles.
2019
General Partner + Co-Founder
2019
L37 is a new generation, hybrid venture capital and private equity investment firm. The firm works alongside executive and founding teams leveraging frameworks and systems, capital, and talent to engineer opportunities for investors and impact at scale.
2013
Managing Director
2013
Farid Ventures is the Family office of Kemal Farid, Samina Farid and Khalid Farid. Samina and Kemal are an aunt/nephew team who have been recognized US gulf-coast technology entrepreneurs and investors for decades. FV provides capital and advisory services for early and growth-stage enterprises providing technology and services in industrial, scientific and financial domains. FV portfolio investments and founder history include P2 Energy Solutions, Uber, GeoScale, Seismos, Abbey Research, Kraftwurx, YouPlus, Zhongmen Group, WaveGuide, Axon, SURGE Ventures, Merrick (P2), RigHand (V&M), OVS Group (MBO) and Shiv Om Consultants (Ryan).
2018
Advisor
2018
AlphaX provides a suite of predictive and prescriptive artificial intelligence software (AX-AI) and cloud infrastructure (AX-Cloud PaaS) solutions to our customers, who include independent oil companies (IOCs), national oil companies (NOCs) and oilfield service companies (OFS). Our technology infrastructure inherently addresses security, data residency, and data privacy concerns.
2015
Investor, Advisor
2015
Seismos is a technology provider for the oil & gas industry offering real-time, frac treatment and frac performance evaluation. Our mission is to enable operators to achieve sustainable production increases and optimal production through cost-effective, scalable, software platforms and cloud based field instrumentation that power real-time data driven actions.
Chairmanship of Committies and the Digital Energy Technical Section
2005
The Society of Petroleum Engineers is a professional society serving 130-thousand members around the world. Farid has been appointed by the SPE President to serve the SPE Membership and Board in several Chair and leadership positions including the Digital Energy Technical Section, the Technical Communities Coordinating Committee, the Online Communities Coordinating Committee, the Real Time Optimization Technical Interest Group and other committees.
2013
Charter Member, Board of Directors Chairman
2013
The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN http://www.openhouston.org) is a voluntary not-for-profit association dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and professional excellence within the Pakistani-American community. The organization was formed in 1998 by a group of Pakistani-American entrepreneurs and corporate executives and registered in Massachusetts in 2000. The association's charter is to provide networking opportunities and enhanced business opportunities for entrepreneurs and professionals of Pakistani heritage in North America. OPEN meetings and events are open to the public. OPEN has chapters in Boston, Silicon Valley, Washington DC, Houston, Chicago and New York.
2014
Charter Member
2014
TiE Houston is a non-profit, global community welcoming entrepreneurs from all over the world. We believe in the power of ideas to change the face of entrepreneurship and growing business through our five pillars; mentoring, networking, education, incubating and funding. TiE was founded in 1992 by a group of successful entrepreneurs and is currently the world’s largest entrepreneurial organization. With programs like TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) and Mentor Match, we are reaching out and fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs.
2009
Chair of College of Electrical Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board
2009
Founded in 1927, the University of Houston is the leading public research university in the vibrant international city of Houston. Farid serves the Electrical Engineering Technology and the Bauer and Wolff Business departments at the University of Houston. Chairs the Industrial Advisory Board of the electrical and computer engineering department.
2014 - 2022
Investor, Advisor
2014 - 2022
P2 Energy Solutions empowers the people who power the world. P2 is the world's largest software and technology company dedicated to the upstream oil and gas industry, with solutions spanning the entire value chain from exploration to decommissioning. More than 1,500 companies use P2 products and services daily to improve decision-making, gain clarity into complex workflow scenarios, and optimize upstream efficiency. With more than 80 years of experience in data and 30 years in software, P2 has offices around the world, and employs over 700 people. In 2014, P2 Energy Solutions acquired Merrick, a leading oil and gas software company which was founded and lead by Mr. Farid.