SA

Saeed Amidi

CEO, Plug and Play Tech Center / Partner, Plug and Play Ventures/Amidzad Ventures

Sunnyvale, California

Investments

Casi

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding:

Awake.AI

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding:

Splice

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding: $160M

Ridendock

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding:

Tive

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding: $66M

Datch

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding: $18M

Einride

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding: $370M

BluWorkz formerly Really-Virtual

Non Equity Assistance

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Qualle

Non Equity Assistance

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Dray Alliance

Non Equity Assistance

Total Funding: $35M

Pier Wallet

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $1.2M

Syantra

Series A

Total Funding: $7M

Turing.com

Series B

Total Funding: $160M

Arbolus

Series A

Total Funding: $21M

Payactiv

Series A

Total Funding: $4M

Habit

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $120K

DreamQuark

Series Unknown

Total Funding: $4M

Insurdata

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

SEMPLUS

Seed

Total Funding: $140K

ThroughPut

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $130K

Rover

Seed

Total Funding: $290M

iCharts

Series A

Total Funding: $13M

Bitwage

Seed

Total Funding: $2.8M

KaChing!

Seed

Total Funding: $4.5M

Boardwalktech

Seed

Total Funding: $4.5M

Jobspotting

Seed

Total Funding: $670K

Dialogflow

Series B

Total Funding: $3M

Prevedere

Seed

Total Funding: $61M

Adworx

Seed

Total Funding:

Vioozer

Seed

Total Funding: $600K

Baarzo

Convertible Note

Total Funding:

Graphdive

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Eversnap

Seed

Total Funding:

Bitcovery

Convertible Note

Total Funding: $680K

Aisle50

Seed

Total Funding: $6M

Proven

Convertible Note

Total Funding: $19M

Noviflow

Series A

Total Funding:

TravelTipz.ru

Seed

Total Funding: $2.3M

Tip Network

Seed

Total Funding:

eFinancial Communications

Seed

Total Funding:

Viewics

Seed

Total Funding: $20M

Rock My World Media

Seed

Total Funding: $25K

Frame

Convertible Note

Total Funding: $29M

Muzzley

Seed

Total Funding: $590K

MIKA

Seed

Total Funding: $1.5M

fl3ur

Series A

Total Funding:

Cliptone

Seed

Total Funding:

Kamcord

Seed

Total Funding: $37M

Oliver & Co Designs

Seed

Total Funding:

TouristEye

Seed

Total Funding: $480K

Deal Decor

Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Pulse.io

Seed

Total Funding: $1.8M

Aquifi

Series A

Total Funding: $16M

FoodyDirect

Seed

Total Funding:

Nor1

Series A

Total Funding: $8M

TWiki.net

Convertible Note

Total Funding:

IngBoo

Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Fotomoto

Seed

Total Funding: $620K

Clixtr

Series A

Total Funding:

Stiki Digital

Seed

Total Funding:

ViVu

Series A

Total Funding: $3M

Telly

Angel

Total Funding: $15M

Bix

Series A

Total Funding: $7M

Work Experience

  • 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.