Darian Shirazi: Investing in AI & Data-Rich Companies at Gradient

Darian Shirazi is a General Partner at Gradient Ventures. Prior to Gradient, Darian founded Radius, a leading B2B Customer Data Platform, serving as the company’s CEO for 7+ years. He grew the company to over one hundred employees, raised more than $100MM in venture capital from top tier firms, and served dozens of Fortune 500 customers. He is an early investor in many companies including Lyft, Udemy, Carbon Health, Palantir, and serves on the Board of Directors at Gigs, Range, Spline, and Chili Piper, among others. He studied briefly at UC Berkeley, after working at Facebook as a Software Engineer reporting to Mark Zuckerberg, but dropped out after two years to work full-time on startups. - Lessons from Building and Growing Startups - Strategies and Insights for Investing in Top AI Companies - Raising Capital and Acquiring Clients #VentureCapital #StartupGrowth #AIInvestment #Entrepreneurship #TechInnovation