Pejman Nozad
Investor @ Dropbox
Palo Alto, United States
Pejman Nozad is a seed investor at Dropbox in Palo Alto focused on Mobile and Software. Pejman Nozad is the Founding Managing Partner at Pear Ventures. Pejman has over 17 years of experience investing in early stage high tech start-ups. Pejman has invested in over 100 startups and has seeded several multi-billion dollar companies such as Dropbox, Lending Club, Gusto, Addepar, Danger. Pejman was named by Forbes in 2012 as "one ofthe most successful angel investors."Pejman co-founded Pear Ventures with Mar Hershenson, with the mission of helping exceptional entrepreneurs build category-defining companies. The firm embodies Pejman’s values of ambition and conviction, and hold integrity, humility, and trust as central tenets how it operates. Through Pear, Pejman has invested in companies such as DoorDash, Guardant Health, Gusto, Branch Metrics, and One Concern.
- Total investments:
- 43
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Pejman Nozad invests in
Stages Pejman Nozad invests in
Countries Pejman Nozad invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $750k–$5M
- Series A
- $2.4M–$12M
- Series B
- $10M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 9 (21%)
- Software 8 (19%)
- Enterprise Software 8 (19%)
- SaaS 7 (16%)
- Internet 6 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 17 (40%)
- Series A 11 (26%)
- Series B 4 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (7%)
- Angel 1 (2%)
Investments
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Tycoon
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Tycoon is an operating system that enables one person to create autonomous businesses that can run on their own. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Apr 01, 2026 | |
SellScale
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SellScale is a sales and marketing software that uses artificial intelligence to generate better marketing emails. Automated emails are required for sales development representatives to generate the volume of outbound inquiries required to generate a sufficient number of leads. However, poorly written emails generate few responses and makebusinesses look bad. SellScale aims to replace traditional "spray and pray" campaigns with a platform that employs generative AI, such as GPT-3, to create more natural-sounding, personalized emails at scale. | $3.4M / Seed / Dec 06, 2022 | |
Thena
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Thena is a new-age customer support platform purpose-built for B2B teams. Thena AI connects to the modern communication stack like Slack, MS Teams, In-app chat and email. Join bold modern B2B teams from Vercel, Amplitude, FOX, Etsy, and LaunchDarkly. Founded by Ankit Saxena, Mike Molinet and Govind Kavaturi. Backed by First Round Capital andLightspeed. | $2.2M / Pre-Seed / May 01, 2022 | |
SoundHound
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SoundHound AI develops a voice AI platform that enables brands to create customized conversational experiences for their products and services. The platform allows companies to voice-enable their offerings while providing access to valuable data and analytics for improved customer interactions. SoundHound AI aims to enhance user engagement throughnatural voice interactions across various industries. | $111M / Post-IPO Equity / Apr 27, 2022 | |
Maker Wine
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Maker is a wine marketplace featuring premium wines in innovative formats, so you can bring it and drink it anywhere. Maker Wine was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Marin, California. | Pre-Seed / Dec 31, 2020 | |
Fieldbook
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Fieldbook is the fastest and easiest way to create custom information tools. It’s as easy to get started with as a spreadsheet, but gives you all the power of a database-driven business application. Teams use it to track projects and clients, implement data collection workflows, and create custom content management systems.Our long-term visionis to unlock the long tail of enterprise applications. | $2.2M / Seed / Apr 22, 2016 | |
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Fieldbook
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Fieldbook is the fastest and easiest way to create custom information tools. It’s as easy to get started with as a spreadsheet, but gives you all the power of a database-driven business application. Teams use it to track projects and clients, implement data collection workflows, and create custom content management systems.Our long-term visionis to unlock the long tail of enterprise applications. | $2.2M / Seed / Apr 22, 2016 | |
Guardant Health
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Guardant Health is committed to positively and significantly impacting patient health through technology breakthroughs that pointedly address long-standing unmet needs in oncology. Guardant is backed by Sequoia Capital, led by a seasoned management team comprising thought leaders and successful serial entrepreneurs in next-generation sequencing andrare-cell diagnostics and is closely advised by an oncologist-led medical steering committee from leading cancer centers across North America and abroad. | $100M / Series D / Jan 07, 2016 | |
Philz Coffee
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Philz Coffee focuses on making the best drip coffee. Each cup is handcrafted and made one cup at a time at our retail stores served by friendly Baristas dedicated to customizing your cup of love. We don't do espresso, lattes, cappuccinos. We believe in being great at a few things - Handcrafted Drip Coffee & Customer Service. | $15M / Series B / Feb 18, 2015 | |
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Fieldbook
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Fieldbook is the fastest and easiest way to create custom information tools. It’s as easy to get started with as a spreadsheet, but gives you all the power of a database-driven business application. Teams use it to track projects and clients, implement data collection workflows, and create custom content management systems.Our long-term visionis to unlock the long tail of enterprise applications. | $725K / Seed / Nov 14, 2014 | |
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Co-Investors
About Dropbox
Dropbox provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions. It aims to unleash the world’s creative energy by designing a more enlightened way of working. 500 million registered users around the world use Dropbox to work the way they want, on any device, wherever they go.Founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, Dropboxis headquartered in San Francisco, California. Moreover, the company has more than 12 offices around the world, with locations in San Francisco, Austin, Dublin, Herzliya, London, New York, Paris, Seattle, Sydney, Hamburg, Washington DC, and Tokyo.
Dropbox Contacts
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Drew Houston
Co-founder & CEO
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Arash Ferdowsi
Co-Founder
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Daniel Liem
Product Manager
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Hiten Shah
Product & Growth
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Jamie Perlman
VP Business Development
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FAQ
What does Pejman Nozad invest in?
Pejman Nozad invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 43 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 Pejman Nozad's check size?
Pejman Nozad typically joins rounds of $750k–$5M at Seed, $2.4M–$12M at Series A and $10M–$30M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pejman Nozad participates in.
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When did Pejman Nozad last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Pejman Nozad closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 43 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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