Ali Wasti
Private Equity Investor at Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
Profile
Ali leads venture investments for Hewlett Packard Pathfinder across the company portfolio.
His areas of investment interests include data, Artificial Intelligence, next generation infrastructure and IoT.
Ali currently serves on the board of Alation, SingleStore, TruEra, Tamr and WekaIO.
Prior to joining Pathfinder, Ali was a partner at Atami Capital where he led the firm’s US investments.
Before Atami, Ali led venture investments at Azure Capital Partners in enterprise B2B, cloud infrastructure, and AI.
His notable exits include Sprinklr (IPO), Convercent (acq: OneTrust), PredictionIO (acq: Salesforce), Tutum (acq: Docker), Lyft(IPO), Native (acq: P&G) and VIDA (acq: Cimpress).
Ali has served on several boards and led investments at Docker, LumaHealth, Unitas Global, and Eight among other companies.
Ali has spent more than 10 years in senior leadership positions within engineering, product and business development in data management and analytics.
Prior to his investment career, he led global business development for IBM’s Information Management and Analytics software businesses.
In addition, he led product and engineering teams building relational databases and enterprise search products.
Ali holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he won the Venture Capital Investment Competition and was the CFO of the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club as well as the Assistant Producer of the HBS Show.
He has also served as the global chair of the HBS Alumni Angels Conference, part of the largest university-affiliated angel group in the world.
He received his BS in Computer Science from McMaster University.
Ali Wasti active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
 Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC (Hewlett Packard) is a venture capital subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/04/2021 |
Former positions of Ali Wasti
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Atami Capital Ltd.
 Atami Capital Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2017, Atami Capital Ltd is a privately-owned investment company located in Isle of Man, UK. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2019 |
VIDA & Co.
 VIDA & Co. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services VIDA & CO. provides designers, artists, producers and consumers. The company was founded by Umaimah Mendhro, Alexandra Day Golden and Cameron Preston in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/05/2018 |
Eight Sleep, Inc.
 Eight Sleep, Inc. Home FurnishingsConsumer Durables Eight Sleep, Inc. manufactures non wearable sleep tracker. The firm also provides smart mattress, mattress and bed sheets. It offers purchasing and shipping services. The company was founded by Matteo Franceschetti, Massimo Andreasi Bassi, Alexandra Zatarain and Andrea Ballarini in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 01/05/2018 |
| APPLE INC. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/05/2017 |
| SALESFORCE.COM, INC. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2016 |
Training of Ali Wasti
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
| McMaster University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 3 |
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| APPLE INC. | Electronic Technology |
| IBM | Technology Services |
| SALESFORCE.COM, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 9 |
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Belzberg Technologies, Inc.
 Belzberg Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Belzberg Technologies, Inc. provides trading technology and technology-based brokerage services. The company specializes in supporting trading professionals at dealers, hedge funds and money managers. The firm's clients use its tools and services for order management, market connectivity, execution and clearing services in equities and options for all major markets across North America. The company was founded by Sidney Belzberg and Alicia Belzberg in January 1993 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada | Technology Services |
Azure Capital Partners, Inc.
 Azure Capital Partners, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Azure Capital Partners, Inc. (Azure Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Cameron Lester, Mike Kwatinetz, Paul Ferris and Paul Weinstein. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
MDV Management Co. LLC
 MDV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Finance |
Docker, Inc.
 Docker, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Docker, Inc. engages in the operation and development of a container management platform. It provides developers, architects, development operations, and information technology clients solutions for building, sharing and running modern applications. It offers Docker Enterprise and Docker Hub. The firm serves the government, higher education, financial services, insurance, and healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. The company was founded by Solomon Hykes, Benjamin Golub, and Pahl Sebastien in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Convercent, Inc.
 Convercent, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Convercent, Inc. engages in the provision of a software-as-a-service platform for corporate compliance and ethics management. It offers ethics and compliance solutions including anti-corruption, board reporting, data privacy, conflicts of interest, and advisory services. The company was founded by Barclay Friesen, Patrick Quinlan, and Philip Winterburn in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. | Technology Services |
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC
Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hewlett Packard Ventures LLC (Hewlett Packard) is a venture capital subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Eight Sleep, Inc.
Eight Sleep, Inc. Home FurnishingsConsumer Durables Eight Sleep, Inc. manufactures non wearable sleep tracker. The firm also provides smart mattress, mattress and bed sheets. It offers purchasing and shipping services. The company was founded by Matteo Franceschetti, Massimo Andreasi Bassi, Alexandra Zatarain and Andrea Ballarini in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Durables |
Atami Capital Ltd.
Atami Capital Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2017, Atami Capital Ltd is a privately-owned investment company located in Isle of Man, UK. | Finance |
VIDA & Co.
VIDA & Co. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services VIDA & CO. provides designers, artists, producers and consumers. The company was founded by Umaimah Mendhro, Alexandra Day Golden and Cameron Preston in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
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