Payam Zamani
Founder, Chairman & CEO @ One Planet Group
Walnut Creek, United States
Payam Zamani is a seed investor at One Planet Group in Walnut Creek focused on Software and SaaS. Payam Zamani is based out of Walnut Creek, California, and is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of One Planet Group. Payam previously worked at Inspirato as a CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Payam Zamani attended the University of California, Davis. Payam Zamani has been awarded the Tahirih Justice Center’s Hope Award.
- Total investments:
- 51
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Payam Zamani invests in
Stages Payam Zamani invests in
Countries Payam Zamani invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$4M
- Series A
- $7.5M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (25%)
- SaaS 7 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (14%)
- Machine Learning 6 (12%)
- FinTech 5 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 30 (59%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (10%)
- Series A 3 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (6%)
- Series B 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 37 (73%)
- Australia 1 (2%)
- Singapore 1 (2%)
- United Arab Emirates 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Launched in 2011, Inspirato is the innovative luxury travel subscription company that provides affluent travelers access to a managed and controlled portfolio of hand-selected vacation options, delivered through a subscription model to ensure the service and certainty that affluent customers demand. The Inspirato Collection includes branded luxuryvacation homes available exclusively to subscribers and guests, accommodations at five-star hotel and resort partners, and custom travel experiences. In 2019, Inspirato improved travel by introducing Inspirato Pass, the world’s first luxury travel subscription inclusive of nightly rates, taxes, and fees. | $4.6M / Post-IPO Equity / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Predict Health is a behavior prediction company that focuses on member and patient acquisition, engagement, and retention across the health continuum. | $4M / Seed / Sep 29, 2023 | ||
| GLASS is a software ecosystem powering high-performing governments. We build purposeful, transformative technology for XXI century governments, using Artificial Intelligence to digitize, streamline and scale good processes and decision-making.Regardless of size, public systems, or challenges, we make it easy for governments to do what'sright, empowering them to run efficiently and to offer high-quality public services that are universally accessible to all.We believe that a new blueprint for good governance is possible, and are creating the tools to make that happen, today. | $3.5M / Seed / May 01, 2023 | ||
| Predict Health is a behavior prediction company that focuses on member and patient acquisition, engagement, and retention across the health continuum. | Seed / Mar 10, 2023 | ||
| Gybe helps protect and improves water resources globally starting at the community and local level. Gybe provides water quality information that's scalable. The company uses satellite imagery and proprietary ground-based hardware to transform the management, conservation, and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. It uses analytics andmeasurement technology that is scalable, accurate and available continuously. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Portland, Oregon. | Seed / Mar 03, 2023 | ||
| Photon Marine is to preserve our waterways and oceans through increased adoption of electric marine propulsion technology. | $2M / Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Sika Health provides payment solutions for the healthcare sector. It enables users to integrate health wallets via tools. Users can use health wallets for expenses such as medical bills, dental, medicines, and more. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in New York, New York. | $6.2M / Seed / Jan 24, 2022 | ||
| At Formic, we want to increase the collective output of humanity by making automation deployments trivial and easy. Every factory should have access to unlimited 'labor' through robotics and automation rentals. We are building technology, financing, operations and services to make this vision possible.Formic is a fast-growingventure-backed startup focused on unlocking robotic automation in labor-starved industries such as food and beverage, advanced manufacturing, consumer packaged goods and other industrial settings. We combine financial innovation with a firm understanding of what robotics are capable of, to enable manufacturing customers to scale up their manufacturing capacity quickly and with minimal risk. | $26.5M / Series A / Jan 18, 2022 | ||
| Backed by the likes of Coinbase, Mercy Corps, 500 Global, and Norrsken, Umoja Labs provides crypto-enabled payments infrastructure purpose-built for informal markets. We provide mobile money-to-digital currency on/off-ramps, feature-phone enabled digital wallets, and protocol-based infrastructure to accelerate digital financial inclusionacross Africa and the world. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| Backed by the likes of Coinbase, Mercy Corps, 500 Global, and Norrsken, Umoja Labs provides crypto-enabled payments infrastructure purpose-built for informal markets. We provide mobile money-to-digital currency on/off-ramps, feature-phone enabled digital wallets, and protocol-based infrastructure to accelerate digital financial inclusionacross Africa and the world. | Pre-Seed / Dec 03, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About One Planet Group
One Planet Group is a closely held private equity firm that owns a suite of online technology and media businesses while also investing in early-stage companies. Owned and operated businesses span a variety of industries including ad tech, publishing, and media. One Planet’s mission is to support strong business ideas while building an ethos thathelps improve society and give back to communities. Infused with foundational values which promote diversity and inclusion, unity, service to humanity, and excellence in all things, One Planet Group strives to foster an environment that promotes equality, love, and empowerment. The company’s investment portfolio includes a diverse group of innovative tech-enabled products and solutions. Investing primarily in high-growth early-stage entities, the focus is on companies that aspire to the concept of ‘Innovation + Intention.’ Specific areas of focus include the future of mobility, education technology, health technology, and environmental solutions. Core operating businesses for One Planet Group include Buyerlink, a leading online marketplace for performance-based marketing; AutoWeb Inc., an automotive matchmaking platform connecting in-market car shoppers to their preferred vehicle transactions; California.com, a curated guide to living in California; and Contractors.com, a site connecting homeowners and service providers. One Planet Group also operates BahaiTeachings.com, a non-profit platform that shares personal perspectives to promote the oneness of humanity.One Planet Group was founded by tech entrepreneur Payam Zamani in 2015. With offices and employees in over ten countries, its global headquarters is located in Walnut Creek, California.
One Planet Group Contacts
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Payam Zamani
Founder, Chairman & CEO
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Armita Rostamian
CFO
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Jenna Nicholas
Head of Investments and Acquisitions; Head of Investments and Acquisitions
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Rudd Lippincott
VP, Marketplace
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Sahab Mahboubi
Director of Content and SEO
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FAQ
What does Payam Zamani invest in?
Payam Zamani invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 51 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 Payam Zamani's check size?
Payam Zamani typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M at Seed and $7.5M–$27M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Payam Zamani participates in.
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When did Payam Zamani last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Payam Zamani closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 51 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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