Pejman Nozad

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Pejman Nozad

Pejman Nozad is a partner at Pear VC, a Palo Alto, CA early stage Venture capital fund marketed at Stanford University students.

Career

Nozad was previously founder of Pejman Mar Ventures in Menlo Park, CA. He has invested in many companies, including Dropbox, Lending Club, SoundHound, Branch Metrics, ZenPayroll, DoorDash, and Washio.

Pejman initially worked as a sports journalist in Tehran, Iran.

He would later move to California working odd jobs in the San Francisco area until convincing his boss to start a venture capital firm together in a Persian Rug Store.

References

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Citation Linkforbes.comArticle traces Pejman's roots from a rug dealer, to tech investor, to baller VC.

Sep 28, 2015, 5:35 PM

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Citation Linklinkedin.comPejman on LinkedIn.

Sep 3, 2015, 7:22 PM

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Citation Linkfacebook.comPejman's Primary Facebook page.

Jul 26, 2015, 10:55 PM

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Citation Linkzenpayroll.comPejman was an early investor in ZenPayroll now called Gusto.

Oct 3, 2015, 5:04 AM

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Citation Linktwitter.comPejman Nozad on Twitter.

Jul 26, 2015, 10:57 PM

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Citation Linkpejmanmar.comCompany Website

Mar 6, 2016, 5:47 AM

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Citation Linkfootballmedia.netBlog

Mar 6, 2016, 5:47 AM

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Citation Linkmedium.comPejman's recount of how he started his journey from his beginnings as a sports journalist in Iran to a venture capitalist in the Bay.

Feb 27, 2016, 10:27 PM