# Anand Iyer

> Anand Iyer is a seed investor at Sahara AI (San Francisco) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sahara AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sahara-ai)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandiyer
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ai
- Website: http://Artificialignorance.net
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/anandiyer

Anand Iyer is a seed investor at Sahara AI in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Anand Iyer is the Founder and Managing General Partner of Canonical Crypto. He previously worked at Pear VC as a Visiting Partner. Anand Iyer attended Purdue University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Gaming | 1 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blackwing | Blackwing runs a range of modular apps while retaining decentralization, and it is distinguished by leverage trading. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Jia | Small businesses drive the economy. They deserve to own a piece of it. Jia gives entrepreneurs anywhere in the world power to control their financial destiny. We provide blockchain-based financing to businesses in emerging markets and reward them with ownership, enabling them to create wealth and prosperity for themselves and their communities. | $4.4M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Metafy | Metafy is an online coaching platform that enables video gamers to monetize their talent through coaching and courses. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | $3.2M | Seed | Dec 09, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Saison Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Awesome People Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/awesome-people-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlockTower Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blocktower-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Compa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/compa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sahara AI

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Sahara AI is a decentralized AI network that enables freely and securely deploying autonomous AI with a high-performance, privacy-first network.

2 contacts available at Sahara AI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Iyer | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-iyer |
| Anand Iyer | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-iyer-948e |

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## FAQ

### What does Anand Iyer invest in?

Anand Iyer invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Anand Iyer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anand Iyer closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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