# Babak Hamadani

> Babak Hamadani is a seed investor at Specialized Types backing Internet and Information Technology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Specialized Types](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/specialized-types)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babak-hamadani-5661271/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/babak_hamadani

Babak Hamadani is a seed investor at Specialized Types in San Francisco focused on Internet and Information Technology. Babak Hamadani is the Founder of PrimeSet and Specialized Types.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yupp | Yupp a discovering, contrasting, and utilizing the newest AIs is made simple and enjoyable, which also contributes to the field's future development.. | $33M | Seed | Jun 01, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PrimeSet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primeset) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Specialized Types

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Specialized Types offers startups with investments and technical advisory services. Specialized Types enables its customers to find and connect with engineers and other technical roles. Specialized Types was founded by Babak Hamadani, Ram Ravichandran, and Pankaj Gupta in August 2015.

4 contacts available at Specialized Types.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Babak Hamadani | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/babak-hamadani |
| Pankaj Gupta | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pankaj-gupta-4 |
| Ram Ravichandran | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ram-ravichandran |
| Ty Smith | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ty-smith |

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## FAQ

### What does Babak Hamadani invest in?

Babak Hamadani invests primarily in Internet and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Babak Hamadani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Babak Hamadani closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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