# Darian Shirazi

> Darian Shirazi is a seed investor at Gradient backing Software and Information Technology. See 185 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 185
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darian314/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/darian314
- Website: https://www.gradient.com/profile/darian-shirazi/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/darian314

Darian Shirazi is a seed investor at Gradient in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Darian Shirazi is the Managing Partner of Gradient.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$10M |
| Series A | $6.3M–$30M |
| Series B | $22M–$73M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 42 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 19 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 10% |
| SaaS | 17 | 9% |
| Financial Services | 13 | 7% |

161 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 76 | 41% |
| Series A | 48 | 26% |
| Series B | 18 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 3% |
| Series C | 3 | 2% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 84 | 45% |
| Germany | 4 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Mexico | 3 | 2% |
| The Netherlands | 3 | 2% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finto | AI accounting for enterprise finance teams | $3.4M | Seed | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Fazeshift | Fazeshift provides an AI-driven solution that automates invoicing, cash application, and collections for enterprises. The platform enhances cash flow management by streamlining accounts receivable processes and reducing errors. Fazeshift adapts to unique business challenges, offering customizable workflows to improve operational efficiency. | $17M | Series A | May 07, 2026 |  |
| Sona | Sona is the next-generation workforce management solution for large frontline operators, where consumer grade design is matched by AI-driven decision making. Combining end-to-end WFM functionality - including Scheduling, Time & Attendance, HR and Payroll - with truly intelligent AI capabilities, Sona enables real-time actionable insights gearedtowards driving revenue and increasing employee satisfaction | $45M | Series B | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Rowspace | Rowspace provides an AI platform for financial institutions to make decisions using proprietary data. The platform focuses on organizing, processing, and analyzing internal datasets alongside market information. It applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques tailored to financial workflows. Rowspace supports use cases such asinvestment research, risk analysis, and product strategy. The company works with financial services firms that want to operationalize data for day-to-day and strategic decisions. |  | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Linkup | Linkup connects large language models (LLMs) and AI agents to the internet. The platform enables AI systems to access, search, and interact with web content efficiently, enhancing their capabilities and reducing inaccuracies. By providing APIs, Linkup allows developers to integrate web content into AI applications seamlessly. | $10M | Seed | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| vijil | Vijil helps organizations build and operate autonomous agents that humans can trust. It offers cloud services that continuously enhance the trustworthiness of custom models using open-source large language models. | $17M | Series A | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| Digitail | Pet care has stagnated and veterinarians need modern tools to build long-term and meaningful relationships with pet parents. Digitail is solving the gap between the ever-growing expectations of millennial pet parents and the experience offered by veterinarians with their current tools. | $23M | Series B | Nov 10, 2025 |  |
| Truthsystems | Truth Systems offers real-time compliance agents that prevent human error by embedding behavioral guardrails into AI interactions. | $4M | Seed | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Freckle | Freckle offers a data enrichment and research platform for non-technical users. | $4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Jitty | Jitty is a real estate search engine to help people in find and move into their ideal property. | $3.8M | Seed | Aug 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 185 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 30 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

## About Gradient

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Gradient is a seed fund that focuses on supporting founders in the artificial intelligence sector. The firm collaborates closely with innovators to integrate AI into various business processes and drive technological advancements. Gradient aims to foster disruptive ideas that can redefine industries and enhance operational capabilities.

5 contacts available at Gradient.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katy Engle | Talent Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katy-engle |
| Renee Delaplaine | Administrative Business Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renee-delaplaine |
| Vig Sachidananda | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vig-sachidananda |
| Zach Patton | Head of Legal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zach-patton |
| Darian Shirazi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darian-shirazi |

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## FAQ

### What does Darian Shirazi invest in?

Darian Shirazi invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 185 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 Darian Shirazi's check size?

Darian Shirazi typically joins rounds of $2M–$10M at Seed, $6.3M–$30M at Series A and $22M–$73M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Darian Shirazi participates in.

### When did Darian Shirazi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Darian Shirazi closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 185 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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