Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$30,000.00Max Investment:
$500,000.00Target Investment:
$114,000.00
Skills
Lists including Saeed
Investments
Casi
Total Funding:
Awake.AI
Total Funding:
Splice
Total Funding: $160M
Ridendock
Total Funding:
Tive
Total Funding: $66M
Datch
Total Funding: $18M
Einride
Total Funding: $370M
BluWorkz formerly Really-Virtual
Total Funding:
Qualle
Total Funding:
Dray Alliance
Total Funding: $35M
Pier Wallet
Total Funding: $1.2M
Syantra
Total Funding: $7M
Turing.com
Total Funding: $160M
Arbolus
Total Funding: $21M
Payactiv
Total Funding: $4M
Habit
Total Funding: $120K
DreamQuark
Total Funding: $4M
Insurdata
Total Funding: $4M
SEMPLUS
Total Funding: $140K
ThroughPut
Total Funding: $130K
Rover
Total Funding: $290M
iCharts
Total Funding: $13M
Bitwage
Total Funding: $2.8M
KaChing!
Total Funding: $4.5M
Boardwalktech
Total Funding: $4.5M
Jobspotting
Total Funding: $670K
Dialogflow
Total Funding: $3M
Prevedere
Total Funding: $61M
Adworx
Total Funding:
Vioozer
Total Funding: $600K
Baarzo
Total Funding:
Graphdive
Total Funding: $3M
Eversnap
Total Funding:
Bitcovery
Total Funding: $680K
Aisle50
Total Funding: $6M
Proven
Total Funding: $19M
Noviflow
Total Funding:
TravelTipz.ru
Total Funding: $2.3M
Tip Network
Total Funding:
eFinancial Communications
Total Funding:
Viewics
Total Funding: $20M
Rock My World Media
Total Funding: $25K
Frame
Total Funding: $29M
Muzzley
Total Funding: $590K
MIKA
Total Funding: $1.5M
fl3ur
Total Funding:
Cliptone
Total Funding:
Kamcord
Total Funding: $37M
Oliver & Co Designs
Total Funding:
TouristEye
Total Funding: $480K
Deal Decor
Total Funding: $1M
Pulse.io
Total Funding: $1.8M
Aquifi
Total Funding: $16M
FoodyDirect
Total Funding:
Nor1
Total Funding: $8M
TWiki.net
Total Funding:
IngBoo
Total Funding: $1M
Fotomoto
Total Funding: $620K
Clixtr
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Stiki Digital
Total Funding:
ViVu
Total Funding: $3M
Telly
Total Funding: $15M
Bix
Total Funding: $7M
Work Experience
2006
Founder and CEO
2006
Saeed co-founded the Amidi Group in 1980, a conglomerate of privately-held business enterprises consisting of several domestic and international entities with significant manufacturing, distribution, trading, retail, and real estate holdings. Saeed has been a technology investor since 1998 and co-founded Amidzad with Pejman and Rahim in 1999. He has been closely involved with many new emerging growth companies, including 3 investments with over $1B valuation: Paypal (acquired by eBay), Lending Club (IPO, Dec 2014) and DropBox. Saeed founded Plug and Play, the ultimate startup ecosystem, in 2006. Since then, the Plug and Play portfolio has raised over $9B and created thousands of job opportunities in the tech sector. His Plug and Play vision conceived a multi-national corporate platform for Fortune 1000 Companies which gives corporations and investors access to the most innovative startup ideas, ranging from pre-seed all the way to public companies. Currently he co-invests with more than 400 corporations from various industries including Finance, Brand & Retail, IoT, Health, Travel & Hospitality, and Insurance. Saeed is an active member of the tech community and a frequent contributor to numerous charitable foundations. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a world-class network of Fortune 500 CEOs, accomplished serial entrepreneurs, and veteran financial executives.
1996
Partner
1996
Amidzad is a seed and early-stage investment firm focused on investing in emerging growth companies on the West Coast. We have over 50 years of combined entrepreneurial experience in building profitable, global enterprises from the ground up and over 25 years of combined investing experience in successful information technology and life science companies.