# Ari Valtanen

> Ari Valtanen is a startup investor at Sfara (San Francisco). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sfara](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sfara)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arivaltanen
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/arivaltanen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ari.valtanen

Ari Valtanen is a startup investor at Sfara in San Francisco. Ari Valtanen

## About Sfara

VC Fund · Hoboken, United States

By harnessing the array of sensors and raw processing power of today’s smart phones and tablets, and applying our patented machine learning algorithms, the sfara team has created leading-edge mobile safety technology.Our company recently reorganized under the name sfara (formerly Driversiti) to reflect a direction for the company that createsroom for broader market adoption and imminent technology developments. The name, a combination of sphere, far and safari, reinforces that as a company we aspire to provide a sphere of protection with our technology, to be there no matter how far our partners travel, and to deliver information and control in uncertain environments.

5 contacts available at Sfara.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ari Valtanen | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ari-valtanen |
| Chuck McClain | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-mcclain |
| Erik Goldman | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-goldman |
| Jean Roberson | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-roberson |
| Rocco Tricarico | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rocco-tricarico |

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