# Farid Ventures

> Farid Ventures is a VC fund in Houston backing Analytics and Real Time. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/farid-ventures
- Website: http://farid.com

Farid Ventures is a VC fund in Houston focused on Analytics and Real Time. Farid Ventures provides capital and advisory services for early and growth-stage enterprises providing software.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Real Time | 1 | 100% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kemal Farid | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kemal-farid |
| Samina Farid | Managing Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seismos | Seismos, the K-wave Company™, is a data analytics company for production optimization providing proprietary solutions enabling real-time, underground fluid flow monitoring, inside the reservoir, during production. Monitoring fluid movement with conventional seismic technologies requires months for data acquisition and processing, disruptsproduction and costs millions. Seismos breaks this paradigm and solves all problems associated with conventional methods by providing real-time information, at a fraction of the cost, through its proprietary, cloud-based K-wave technology that is non-invasive to production and to surface operations. | $9.9M |  | Jul 12, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ATP Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atp-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Farid Ventures invest in?

Farid Ventures invests primarily in Analytics, Real Time and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Funding Round 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.

### How do I contact Farid Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Farid Ventures?

The team at Farid Ventures includes Kemal Farid (Managing Director) and Samina Farid (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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