Arash Afrakhteh
Private Equity Investor at Pear Ventures Management LLC
Profile
Arash has been an entrepreneur for more than two decades with experience spanning three startups and big tech like Cisco, Apple and Microsoft.
After being an early employee and engineering leader at two startups, he co-founded Cariden Technologies, a pioneer in infrastructure SDN and bootstrapped it for 11 years to a majority market share before its acquisition by Cisco.
He has built and led two engineering teams from ground up, releasing many products, defined technical direction as CTO, worked on product management, sales, customer success, partnerships, and BD.
He also cleaned the windows, or anything else that got in the way of having clear vision!
At Pear, Arash is focused on enterprise and B2B startups with sub focus on AI/ML, Cloud and datacenter, data infrastructures and SDx with x being various aspects of infrastructure.
He loves working with founders from day one, getting into trenches with them and collaborating on various aspects of company building, from figuring out early and later stage PMF to engineering and processes, software and architecture, hiring and culture, enterprise sales, product management, GTM and fundraising.
He believes having a large impact requires building exceptional teams and a strong culture and a leader's impact starts with their team.
Outside of work he likes to travel, play in theatre, train for triathlons and use any feasible method of coming down mountains fast with his son, be it on ski, skateboard, mountain or road bike.
Arash Afrakhteh active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Pear Ventures Management LLC
Pear Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Pear Ventures Management LLC (Pear Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with an office in Menlo Park. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-31 |
Former positions of Arash Afrakhteh
Companies | Position | End |
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2015-08-31 |
Cariden Technologies LLC
Cariden Technologies LLC Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Cariden Technologies LLC develops and distributes planning and traffic engineering software. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Arash Afrakhteh. Cariden Technologies was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on December 17, 2012 for $141 million. | Founder | 2012-12-30 |
KANA Software, Inc.
KANA Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services KANA Software developed, markets, and supports an integrated suite of e-business infrastructure solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2001-02-28 |
Vertical Networks, Inc.
Vertical Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vertical Networks, Inc. engages in the making of mobile shows and channels in the world. The company was founded by Scott K. Pickett in 1996 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1999-12-31 |
Training of Arash Afrakhteh
Sharif University of Technology | Undergraduate Degree |
Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 4 |
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Pear Ventures Management LLC
Pear Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Pear Ventures Management LLC (Pear Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with an office in Menlo Park. | Finance |
Cariden Technologies LLC
Cariden Technologies LLC Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Cariden Technologies LLC develops and distributes planning and traffic engineering software. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Arash Afrakhteh. Cariden Technologies was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on December 17, 2012 for $141 million. | Retail Trade |
KANA Software, Inc.
KANA Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services KANA Software developed, markets, and supports an integrated suite of e-business infrastructure solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Vertical Networks, Inc.
Vertical Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vertical Networks, Inc. engages in the making of mobile shows and channels in the world. The company was founded by Scott K. Pickett in 1996 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA. | Technology Services |
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