# Rahim Amidi

> Rahim Amidi is a seed investor at Plug and Play backing Apps and Events. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026

Rahim Amidi is a seed investor at Plug and Play focused on Apps and Events. Rahim has been a technology investor since 1996 and co-founded Amidzad with Pejman and Saeed in 2000. He is a serial entrepreneur and a seasoned executive with over 23 years of operating and transactional experience in the commercial real estate industry.He has been closely involved with more than twenty new emerging growth companies, of which2 became public companies (PayPal (acquired by eBay) and Preview Systems). His investment includes Paypal ( acquired by eBay), Parallele ( acquired by Agilent ), Newhomes.com ,Parascale, Litescape, Nextbio, Financial Crossing, Affinity Circles.Rahim co-founded the Amidi Group in 1980, a conglomerate of privately-held business enterprises consisting of several domestic and international entities with significant manufacturing, distribution, trading, retail, and real estate holdings. For the past 23 years, he has chaired and spearheaded the operations and management of a number of the Amidi Group entities, growing the aggregate value of its assets under management to over $1 Billion.Rahim is an active member of the technology community and a frequent contributor to numerous charitable foundations.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Events | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Social | 1 | 33% |
| Network Hardware | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AGI7 | We leverage the latest in AI technology to spearhead advancements in physical world automation. |  | Seed | Jan 27, 2025 | https://agi7.ai/ |
| Pitchit.ai | Our AI chatbot scans thousands of providers to find the lowest rates available at your address, compares options with you in chat, then offers you three ways to sign up: 1) Speak with a live agent 2) Schedule a callback for later 3) Self-serve checkout | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2024 | https://pitchit.ai/ |
| GonnaBe | GonnaBe: Plans, made simple.The social planning space is crowded, noisy, and confusing – as are the apps themselves.Simplicity and elegance are key. GonnaBe's UX and patent-pending technologies change the game:The ease of Instagram.The utility of Twitter.The allure of Path.GonnaBe is a platform – not a planning tool.Seamless integration, frictionless sharing, and device agnostic. GonnaBe is the simplest way to share information, period. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2012 | http://gonnabe.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silicon Road Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-road-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gray Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gray-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-tech-center-0e03) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-n-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Plug and Play

VC Fund · Sunnyvale, United States

Plug and Play is a seed and early-stage investor focused on great teams leading emerging growth companies. Plug and Play runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs twice a year, that acts as a platform for major corporations and high quality startups to connect and collaborate.Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Plug and Playparticipates in Seed, Angel and Series A funding where they often co-invest with their strategic partners. Through years of experience and as part of their network, Plug and Play has put together a world-class network of serial entrepreneurs, strategic investors, and industry leaders who actively assist the firm with its successful and growing investment portfolio.SEED ROUND. Plug and Play participates in seed round investing through a program called Startup Camp. Startup Camp is a 10-week program based in Silicon Valley for top-notch entrepreneurs to work intensively on building out their business model. Select startups will refine their business models and prototypes with help from a combination of structured workshops, speaker series and mentorship sessions, as well as active coaching from their investment team. At the culmination of Startup Camp, founders will have crystalized their business plans and pitched their company to the venture capital community at EXPO Demo Day."ANGEL ROUND Plug and Play makes angel round investments throughout the year, sourced from their monthly Plug and Play Angels (PAPA) sessions. They are partnered with local angel investors in Silicon Valley who participate in PAPA to find the most promising startups and best new technologies.SERIES A. Series A typical Series A round is in the range of $2 million to $10 million, and is intended to provide operating capital for the company for six months to two years. This round capitalizes the company as it develops its products, performs initial marketing and branding, acquires talent, and conducts other early-stage business operations. It is in this stage that Plug and Play will co-invest with over 180 venture capital partners.Plug and Play has helped grow market leaders such as PayPal, Danger, Google, DropBox, LendingClub, Zoosk, SoundHound, CreditSesame, Skytree, and has over 400 more early-stage startups in its portfolio.

5 contacts available at Plug and Play.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chen Zhao | Managing Partner, China | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chen-zhao |
| Gyehyon Andrea Jo | Crossborder IR program builder and mentor \| Global Top Tier Metropolitans <>US onboarding | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gyehyon-andrea-jo |
| Matthew Claxton | Global Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-claxton-81d2 |
| Oscar Gutierrez | Business Relationship Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oscar-gutierrez |
| Roja Amrollah | Director, Investment Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roja-amrollah |

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## FAQ

### What does Rahim Amidi invest in?

Rahim Amidi invests primarily in Apps, Events and Mobile startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Rahim Amidi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rahim Amidi closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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