# Faraj Aalaei

> Faraj Aalaei is a seed investor at Cognichip (Milpitas) backing Mobile and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cognichip](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cognichip)
- Location: Milpitas, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faraj-aalaei-b6724812/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/FarajAalaei
- Website: https://x.com/FarajAalaei

Faraj Aalaei is a seed investor at Cognichip in Milpitas focused on Mobile and FinTech. Faraj Aalaei is based out of Santa Clara, California and is the Chief Executive Officer & Founder and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Cognichip and also serves as the Board of Directors of SiTime. Faraj previously worked at Marvell as an Executive Vice President. Faraj Aalaei attended the University of New Hampshire.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Wireless | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SignalRank | SignalRank Corporation is a FinTech company in the Venture space. It focuses on the seed stage asset class and uses data analytics to allocate capital to the best seed fund managers for their top performing companies. GPRank and CompanyRank are two proprietary algorithms it leverages to automate capital allocation. The company invests from balancesheet. Its customers are seed stage investors with outstanding companies in their portfolio. | $5.1M | Seed | Nov 14, 2021 |  |
| Frequencz | Frequencz, is an emerging leader of shared virtual private networks for Enterprises. We brings cloud economics to radio and disrupt the way private networks are built, operated and managed. Our solution delivers innovation within the radio domain that offers foundational change in ROI and profitability for private network operators and Enterprises. | $4.1M | Seed | May 04, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [H. Barton Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barton-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brightly Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightly-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Luminar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luminar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Starbright Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starbright-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cognichip

VC Fund · Redwood City, United States

Cognichip is an AI-first deep tech company focused on transforming the semiconductor industry by revolutionizing how chips are designed. The company has developed Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®), the world’s first physics-informed AI foundation model specifically tailored for semiconductor design

4 contacts available at Cognichip.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ehsan Kamalinejad | CTO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ehsan-kamalinejad |
| Faraj Aalaei | Chief Executive Officer & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faraj-aalaei |
| Mehdi Daneshpanah | Founding VP of Software | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mehdi-daneshpanah-aba7 |
| Stelios Diamantidis | Chief Product Officer (CPO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stelios-diamantidis-a6ea |

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## FAQ

### What does Faraj Aalaei invest in?

Faraj Aalaei invests primarily in Mobile, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Faraj Aalaei last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Faraj Aalaei closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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