Pejman Nozad
Founding General Partner

Pejman has been a technology investor since 1998 and co-founded Amidzad with Rahim and Saeed in 2000. He is a seasoned executive with significant operating and transactional experience.

Pejman has been closely involved with more than twenty new emerging growth companies, of which 2 became public companies (PayPal (acquired by eBay) and Preview Systems). His investment include Danger Research ( acquired By Microsoft), Bix ( acquired by Yahoo), Sabio Labs( acquired by Magma), Clearspring, Dropbox, Tokbox, Freewebs, Jaxtr, Vudu, Social Gaming Network, Causes, Optrip, Melodis, Songbird, Powerset, Litescape,InMage, Quantenna, Agitar, Aprius and Picaboo.

Pejman joined the Amidi Group in 1994 as VP of Business Development. Amidi Group is a conglomerate of privately-held business enterprises consisting of several domestic and international entities with significant manufacturing, distribution, trading, retail, and real estate holdings. In the span of few years, Pejman launched a number of successful initiatives and created significant strategic relationships for the Amidi Group of companies. Amidzad was one of those initiatives.

Pejman is a member of the prestigious International Sports Press Association and the Editor-in-Chief of Toop Magazine (an annual international soccer magazine). He sits on the executive board of International Children Games in San Francisco 2008. He played professional soccer for 3 years in Iran.

Pejman also covered two FIFA World Cups ( 1998 and 2006) as an accredited reporter for his own website ( www.footballmedia.net).

pejman@amidzad.com

 

   Activities:

soccer, running, chasing over-achievers, seeding technology startups, making peace

  Interests:

family, friends, soccer, traveling, movies, philanthropy

  Favorite Music:

Persian Music

  Favorite TV Shows:

PBS, Fox Sport, American Idol

  Favorite Movies:

life is beautiful, cinema paradiso, under the olive tree, Born ultimatum

  Favorite Books:

The Alchemist, Rumi, Hafiz

  Favorite Quotes: