# Arteen Arabshahi

> Arteen Arabshahi is a seed investor at The World Economic Forum backing Software and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The World Economic Forum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/world-economic-forum)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/arteen-arabshahi/2b/237/782
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/arteeninLA
- Website: https://www.arteenin.la

Arteen Arabshahi is a seed investor at The World Economic Forum in Los Angeles focused on Software and SaaS. general partner, fika ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Children | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Parenting | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deferred | Deferred.com is a financial technology platform focused on 1031 exchange services. The firm application includes an AI chat for tax paperwork as well as a calculator to help users understand the amount of capital gains, allowing them to save more money on taxes. | $3.6M | Seed | Apr 25, 2025 |  |
| Hue | Hue is a software as a service platform that finds and incorporates real video evaluations into the marketing channels and websites of e-commerce companies.Hue enables businesses and retailers to incorporate TikTok-style shoppable films on their e-commerce websites, giving customers confidence to add to cart. | $4.5M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| Bark Technologies | Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $9M | Series A | Aug 29, 2018 |  |
| Bark Technologies | Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 12, 2016 |  |
| Bark Technologies | Bark uses AI to detect and proactively alert parents to issues their children face, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shooting threats. By only showing parents potential problems on their children's social media, text messaging, and email accounts, Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trustbetween parent and child.Bark Technologies was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $575K | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fuel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hallett Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hallett-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlanta Seed Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlanta-seed-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Courtyard Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtyard-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Glasswing Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glasswing-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The World Economic Forum

VC Fund · Geneva, Switzerland

The World Economic Forum is an international institution committed to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation. It is engaged in political, business, academic, and other leaders of society in collaborative efforts to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. The institution serves and builds sustained communitiesthrough an integrated concept of high-level meetings, research networks, task forces, and digital collaboration while delivering unique value to its partners, members, and constituents through its annual and regional meetings; its centers dedicated to global, regional, and industry issues; its future-oriented communities of new champions; its expert networks of global agenda councils; and its knowledge, interaction platform, and the forum academy.The World Economic Forum was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit Foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

5 contacts available at The World Economic Forum.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sam Ruben | G20 Sustainability Taskforce Core Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-ruben |
| Amit Paley | Young Global Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-paley-4185 |
| Amol Sarva | Global Vanguard | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amol-sarva |
| Anju Patwardhan | Member-Global Future Council on Blockchain; Steering Comm Member-Disruptive Innovation in Finl Svcs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anju-patwardhan |
| Anna Khan | Global Shaper | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-khan |

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## FAQ

### What does Arteen Arabshahi invest in?

Arteen Arabshahi invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Children startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Arteen Arabshahi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arteen Arabshahi closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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