Alireza Masrour
Funding Manager @ Plug and Play
San Francisco, United States
Alireza Masrour is a seed investor at Plug and Play in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Alireza is General Partner at Plug & Play Investment Arm a place where he led more than 100 investments for the firm since 2008.• Plug & Play representative and works closely with the management teams as advisor or investor • Founding Partner of Plug and Play Startup Camp Founding General Partner of PnP Scale Fund . ““AlirezaMasrour is the General Partner at Plug & Play. He has led more than 200 investments out of thousands of startups for the firm since 2008. Some unicorn investments led by him at Plug and Play are CloudWalk (first check), Flyr ( first check) , FiscalNote (first check), Shippo (first check ) and Trulioo to new afew. Some of portfolio exits are HealthPocket which acquired by Health Insurance Innovations, Matcha which acquired by Apple, PasswordBox which acquired by McAfee/Intel, TrustGo which acquired by Baidu, GNS3 which was acquired by Solarwind, Kustomer (unicorn) which was acquired by Facebook, and TrueBill (Unicorn) acquired by RocketCo. Alireza has been selected as a Silicon Valley 40 under 40 in 2018 as well as recognized by BusinessInsider as a 100 rising-star VC who represent the future of venture capital, and has had 13 unicorns portfolio so far. .Prior to Plug and Play, he was Founder and CEO at NekaTel, one of the largest Internet Airtime Distribution Networks, with over 800 retailers and millions of subscribers. Alireza grew NekaTel’s revenue from $0 to over $45M in less than 2 years. He was also Founder of VidaTel, offering mobile airtime distribution technology and sold the technology in 2007. He has prior Engineering and Management background. Alireza published “Crossing the Digital Divide: What’s Next” in Information Technologies and International Development Journal published by Harvard Business School for UN’s World Summit on the Information Society.”
- Total investments:
- 332
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Alireza Masrour invests in
Stages Alireza Masrour invests in
Countries Alireza Masrour invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$6.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$1.4M
- Convertible Note
- $50k–$652k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 73 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 57 (17%)
- Information Technology 41 (12%)
- FinTech 34 (10%)
- Financial Services 34 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 101 (30%)
- Convertible Note 61 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 57 (17%)
- Series A 37 (11%)
- Series B 16 (5%)
Country
- United States 160 (48%)
- Canada 14 (4%)
- United Kingdom 13 (4%)
- Germany 8 (2%)
- France 6 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Qanary is a digital second-opinion platform designed to help radiologists detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages. | $160K / Pre-Seed / Aug 08, 2026 | ||
| O Gold provides a digital wallet app for secure gold investments. | Seed / Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| The agentic economy is here, but it cannot progress until AI agents can autonomously access and operate across real-world systems and services.Sapiom gives AI agents trusted access to the API economy.We provide the essential infrastructure (KYA, wallets, spending and usage controls, and multi-rail payments) to unlock secure, programmaticcommerce for the AI era.Built for the next era of commerce where agents buy, sell, and negotiate on our behalf.We're backed by world-class investors and are hiring exceptional engineers in SF to define the financial infrastructure for the agentic era.Learn more & join us: https://www.sapiom.ai | $15.8M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Anecoica Studio UG is a Berlin-based R&D company pioneering the integration of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and music therapy for mental health applications. Through its dedicated research division, Anecoica Lab, the company develops emotionally intelligent technologies that respond to users’ real-time biometric data.Theirflagship project is KÚMA—a software platform that generates adaptive therapeutic music using real-time biometric sensing and quantum-enhanced AI. The goal is to create personalized, clinically validated soundscapes that reduce stress and improve emotional balance.Mission & Vision: By 2030, Anecoica aims to make emotion-adaptive soundtracks a standard part of daily life, supporting mental health for everyone, everywhere. Their work envisions a future where sound becomes a form of digital medicine, seamlessly integrated into wearables, therapy, and immersive environments.Core Technologies & Innovation: Quantum Emotional Algorithm (QEA): A patent-pending technology combining emotion recognition and quantum pattern analysis. Biometric Sensing: Integration with EEG, HRV, and GSR sensors for real-time emotion detection. Adaptive Soundscapes: AI-generated music that dynamically responds to emotional states in <100ms latency. Clinical-Grade Architecture: Designed for use in medical therapy, neurofeedback, XR environments, and wellness apps. | $50K / Pre-Seed / Aug 23, 2025 | ||
| Marketplace for in home personal chefs | Seed / Jul 30, 2025 | ||
| Achieving worldwide biomedical targeting, identifying adverse events, and mastering interoperability down to the tiniest form of data extraction and visualization is what ArcaScience does on a daily basis. User-friendly interface generating instant hypotheses, extracting therapeutic insights in seconds, and showing incredible graphicrepresentations to pick up any evidence made clear instantly. | $7M / Seed / Jun 12, 2025 | ||
| Nawy is Africa’s largest proptech company, transforming real estate across the MENA region with cutting-edge technology. With AI-powered search, expert in-house brokerage, and innovative financing solutions, Nawy simplifies property transactions for consumers, brokers, and developers alike. Its growing portfolio includes Nawy Shares, Nawy Now, NawyPartners, and Nawy Unlocked where it enhances accessibility, transparency, and efficiency. Nawy’s vision is to play an integral role in every real estate transaction, driving innovation and shaping the future of the industry.. | $52M / Series A / May 12, 2025 | ||
| Medmain's mission is to create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere, anytime. We are tackling these challenges with our product, PidPort's, deep learning-powered pathology analysis and digital telepathology consultation platform. | $3.3M / May 08, 2025 | ||
| Tumoni is a fintech company that offers digital banking services through free remittances. | $2.6M / Pre-Seed / Oct 11, 2024 | ||
| Finesea is a SaaS platform that allows any business to compliantly collect payments in over 200 countries for their products, and services - in just 10 minutes. | $50K / Seed / Oct 02, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Plug and Play
Plug and Play is a seed and early-stage investor focused on great teams leading emerging growth companies. Plug and Play runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs twice a year, that acts as a platform for major corporations and high quality startups to connect and collaborate.Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Plug and Playparticipates in Seed, Angel and Series A funding where they often co-invest with their strategic partners. Through years of experience and as part of their network, Plug and Play has put together a world-class network of serial entrepreneurs, strategic investors, and industry leaders who actively assist the firm with its successful and growing investment portfolio.SEED ROUND. Plug and Play participates in seed round investing through a program called Startup Camp. Startup Camp is a 10-week program based in Silicon Valley for top-notch entrepreneurs to work intensively on building out their business model. Select startups will refine their business models and prototypes with help from a combination of structured workshops, speaker series and mentorship sessions, as well as active coaching from their investment team. At the culmination of Startup Camp, founders will have crystalized their business plans and pitched their company to the venture capital community at EXPO Demo Day."ANGEL ROUND Plug and Play makes angel round investments throughout the year, sourced from their monthly Plug and Play Angels (PAPA) sessions. They are partnered with local angel investors in Silicon Valley who participate in PAPA to find the most promising startups and best new technologies.SERIES A. Series A typical Series A round is in the range of $2 million to $10 million, and is intended to provide operating capital for the company for six months to two years. This round capitalizes the company as it develops its products, performs initial marketing and branding, acquires talent, and conducts other early-stage business operations. It is in this stage that Plug and Play will co-invest with over 180 venture capital partners.Plug and Play has helped grow market leaders such as PayPal, Danger, Google, DropBox, LendingClub, Zoosk, SoundHound, CreditSesame, Skytree, and has over 400 more early-stage startups in its portfolio.
Plug and Play Contacts
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Chen Zhao
Managing Partner, China
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Gyehyon Andrea Jo
Crossborder IR program builder and mentor | Global Top Tier Metropolitans <>US onboarding
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Matthew Claxton
Global Director
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Oscar Gutierrez
Business Relationship Manager
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Roja Amrollah
Director, Investment Operations
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FAQ
What does Alireza Masrour invest in?
Alireza Masrour invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 332 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Alireza Masrour's check size?
Alireza Masrour typically joins rounds of $500k–$6.5M at Seed, $100k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed and $50k–$652k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alireza Masrour participates in.
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When did Alireza Masrour last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alireza Masrour closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 332 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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