Kamran Ansari
Investor at Pinterest
New York, New York
Overview
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.