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Kamran Ansari

Investor at Pinterest

New York, New York

Overview 

Kamran Ansari is a Venture Capitalist and former Head of Corporate Development & Strategy at Pinterest, with a strong background in corporate development, business development, and mergers & acquisitions. His career highlights include leading strategic initiatives at Pinterest and making investments in companies like Credit Key and Recurly. Currently based in New York City, Ansari has invested in a variety of sectors and stages, including Games, E-commerce, and FinTech, while holding board positions at Credit Key and SISU Aesthetic Clinic.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2023 - Current

Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in winning teams across stages and geographies.

  • Board Member

    2018

    B2B payment & trade credit for online merchants. Led Seed financing round.

Credit Key is a patented pay-over-time financing solution for e-commerce merchants.

Raised $151,350,000.00 from Bonfire Ventures, Greycroft and RedBird Capital Partners.

  • Board Member

    2020

    Next-gen rejuvenation clinic + e-commerce offerings. Led Seed financing round.

  • Venture Investor

    2020

    Co-led seed financing for Coast, a next-gen b2b payment solution.

Coast is a financial services platform that provides fleet fuel cards and expense management solutions for various industries.

Raised $165,500,000.00 from ICONIQ Growth, Accel, Avid Ventures, Insight Partners, Thomvest Ventures and Vesey Ventures.

  • Private Investor

    2016

Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform that facilitates businesses with AI powered SMS and e-mail marketing solutions.

Raised $863,000,000.00 from Irving Investors.

  • Private Investor

    2021

Corvus Insurance provides AI-driven commercial insurance that allows brokers and policyholders to predict and prevent risk.

Raised $160,800,033.00 from Aquiline Technology Growth, FinTLV Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, MTech Capital, Insight Partners, Obvious Ventures, Poalim Equity, Hudson Structured Capital Management, .406 Ventures and Titanium Ventures.

  • Private Investor

    2020

Verkada is a cloud-based physical security platform provider helping enterprises operate safer, smarter buildings.

Raised $444,299,996.00 from Felicis, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alkeon Capital, Section Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Friends & Family Capital, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Linse Capital and Felicis.

  • Private Investor

    2020

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.

  • Private Investor

    2021

Unit helps tech companies build financial features into their products.

Raised $169,600,000.00 from Aleph, Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital), Flourish Ventures, StepStone Group, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Insight Partners and Accel.

  • Private Investor

    2021

Lithic is a financial technology startup that provides virtual cards and a card issuing platform for businesses and consumers.

Raised $115,400,000.00 from Tusk Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Stripes, Commerce Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Exor Ventures and Index Ventures.

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