# Kayvon Beykpour

> Kayvon Beykpour is a Series A investor at X (formerly Twitter) backing Mobile Apps and CRM. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [X (formerly Twitter)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twitter)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kayvon-beykpour/4/64b/2b2
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kayvz
- Website: http://periscopeapp.co

Kayvon Beykpour is a Series A investor at X (formerly Twitter) in San Francisco focused on Mobile Apps and CRM. Kayvon Beykpour is the Head of Consumer Product of Twitter. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO at Periscope Co. He attended Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 33% |
| CRM | 1 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Jewelry | 1 | 17% |
| Security | 1 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arcade | Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate. | $25M | Series A | Mar 24, 2025 |  |
| Ego Live | avatars live streaming | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 09, 2023 |  |
| XMTP | XMTP is an open, crypto-native communication protocol that connects communities, applications, and users. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $20M | Series A | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| MagicLabs | Get peace of mind with secure, extensible passwordless authentication that’s built to scale. All with a few lines of code. | $27M | Series A | Jul 22, 2021 |  |
| Prefer | Prefer is a referral network for independent professionals to grow their businesses. |  | Series A | May 01, 2017 |  |
| HYP3R | We are HYP3R. Our innovations help top marketers acquire high-value travelers directly and at scale.For the first time ever, travel halted. Travel needs to rise like a phoenix for society to thrive again in the post-COVID era. We are energized by this elevated purpose.The best marketers will reignite bookings. Hotels, casinos, cruises andentire destinations depend on it. We are confident that travel will come back roaring. We know this in our bones because we miss it so much.Our platform and innovations were built specifically for the travel industry. We use location insights to drive direct bookings at scale. To do this, we organized every hotel, casino, airport and even restaurant in the world. Without ever looking at individual profiles, this location insights help drive bookings directly to a property or destination. We partner with our clients to lower customer acquisition cost (CAC) and increase ROAS. | $6M | Seed | Mar 01, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Adverb Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adverb-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [#Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atelier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atelier-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About X (formerly Twitter)

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

X, formerly Twitter, is a global social networking platform that allows its users to send and read 280-character messages. It enables registered users to read and post their tweets through the web, short message service (SMS), and mobile applications. As a global real-time communications platform, X has more than 400 million monthly visitors and255 million monthly active users around the world. X’s active group of registered members includes World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations, and entertainment outlets. It is currently available in more than 35 languages. X was launched in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. X is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with local offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, and Washington. X's international offices are located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.

5 contacts available at X (formerly Twitter).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Shackleton | Product Head at OpenBack Integration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-shackleton |
| Kayvon Beykpour | Head of Consumer Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kayvon-beykpour |
| Linda Yaccarino | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linda-yaccarino |
| Martijn de Kuijper | Senior Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martijn-de-kuijper |
| Ryan Merl | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-merl |

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## FAQ

### What does Kayvon Beykpour invest in?

Kayvon Beykpour invests primarily in Mobile Apps, CRM and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Kayvon Beykpour last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kayvon Beykpour closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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