# Hootan Rashidifard

> Hootan Rashidifard is a seed investor at Hash3 (New York) backing Software and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hash3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hash3)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hootanrashidifard/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Hootie_R
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hootan.rashidifard

Hootan Rashidifard is a seed investor at Hash3 in New York focused on Software and SaaS. Hootan Rashidifard is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hash3. He previously worked at Canaan Partners as a Principal. Hootan Rashidifard attended Northwestern University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Audio | 1 | 25% |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tropic | Tropic empowers finance and procurement teams to manage tech spending with ease. It integrates unbiased market data with spend management tools that help buyers reduce costs, boost efficiency, and maintain visibility. Their solution balances the buyer-seller dynamic, ensuring product quality drives success. | $25M | Series A | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Bumblebee Spaces | Bumblebee Spaces is creating a new way to live by thinking about space in cubic feet instead of square feet. The company multiplies usable space by using modular robotics systems to store and retrieve objects in the ceiling. Combining this with AI, sensor fusion and contextual awareness, Bumblebee Spaces safely and intelligently organizes yourlife, making space for what matters. Using smart robots and an AI stack, the company increases usable space and reduce footprint by storing, managing, and retrieving objects on-demand in your ceiling. |  | Seed | Nov 13, 2018 |  |
| Drivetime | Drivetime provides an online platform designed to help users play games while they drive. It develops interactive audio games that are non-distracting and voice-driven gameplay, enabling users to play hands-free games while driving the car. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $4M | Seed | Nov 07, 2018 |  |
| Bumblebee Spaces | Bumblebee Spaces is creating a new way to live by thinking about space in cubic feet instead of square feet. The company multiplies usable space by using modular robotics systems to store and retrieve objects in the ceiling. Combining this with AI, sensor fusion and contextual awareness, Bumblebee Spaces safely and intelligently organizes yourlife, making space for what matters. Using smart robots and an AI stack, the company increases usable space and reduce footprint by storing, managing, and retrieving objects on-demand in your ceiling. | $4.7M | Seed | Aug 17, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Access Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Company Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/company-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hash3

VC Fund · Miami, United States

Hash3 is an investment firm that focuses on early-stage startups.

1 contacts available at Hash3.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hootan Rashidifard | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hootan-rashidifard |

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## FAQ

### What does Hootan Rashidifard invest in?

Hootan Rashidifard invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Audio startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Hootan Rashidifard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hootan Rashidifard closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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