KAMRAN ELAHIAN
Venture Capitalist
Managing Principal of Global Catalyst Partners

Kamran Ehahian; Iranian venture capitalist is a man of many accomplishments -

In 1975, at the age of twenty, he had earned both a BS in Computer Science and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1977, he earned a Master of Engineering in Computer Graphics from the University of Utah, SLC. In 1978, he worked for Hewlett Packard designing automation software. Then Elahian began co-founding companies:In 1981, CAE Systems, Inc (sold to Tektronix Corp for over $75 million within 3 years of founding).

In 1984, Cirrus Logic, Inc (revenue grew to over $1 billion within 10 years); in 1989, Momenta Corp (failed within 3 years but led to other companies and to personal growth); in 1993, NeoMagic Corp (achieved IPO valuation of over $300 million within 4 years); in 1996, Planetweb, Inc; in 1997 and Global Catalyst Partners. Kamran Elahian is also one of co-founders and has served as Chairman of the Board of Centillium Communications since they started operations in April 1997.

He co-founded 3 more companies - Actelis Networks, cahoots.com and KangarooNet.