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Stephen Oskoui

Managing Partner at Gigafund

Austin, Texas

Overview 

Stephen Oskoui is the Managing Partner at Gigafund in Austin, Texas, with a strong background in viral marketing and online lead generation. He has made significant investments in companies like Sana Benefits and Lambda School, showcasing expertise in sectors such as Education, Robotics, and AI. Oskoui's career highlights include investing in successful companies like Sana Benefits at Series B and Lambda School at Series C, demonstrating a keen eye for promising startups and a track record of contributing to their growth and success.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2017 - Current

Gigafund is a venture capital firm.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2022

Angel Studios is a video streaming service and media company that finances its productions through equity crowdfunding.

Raised $88,816,316.00 from Uncorrelated Ventures, Alta Ventures Mexico, Kickstart and Gigafund.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021

Cover is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and installs custom Backyard Studios.

Raised $73,300,000.00 from Bruce Richards, General Catalyst, Marcin Zukowski, Bill Peck, Jeff Dean, Fifty Years, Tom Preston-Werner, Keith Wasserman, Valor Equity Partners and Chris Sacca.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021

Veryable is an industrial technology company with marketplaces designed to improve speed, flexibility, and agility in manufacturing.

Raised $45,600,000.00 from Gigafund.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2020

  • Investor / Board Member

    2019

    At Gigafund we view health insurance as one of the best leverage points to improve the healthcare system. Sana Benefits is a disruptive provider in the health insurance market that bypasses brokers and works directly with small businesses (5-500 employees) to save them ~30% on their health insurance premiums. This allows businesses to provide better benefits to their employees at a lower cost.

Sana Benefits provides insurance health plans for small and medium businesses or individuals.

Raised $106,759,000.00 from Breyer Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, JAM Fund, Mark Ventures, American Family Ventures, Trust Ventures and Gigafund.

  • Investor

    2019

The Boring Company engages in constructing underground transportation networks.

Raised $908,000,000.00 from Arrowshare Ventures.

  • Investor / Board Member

    2017

  • Investor

    2017

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that focuses on reducing the costs associated with space travel by using reusable rockets.

Raised $9,770,343,846.00 from Roman Smolevskiy.

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