Salman Azhar

Azimuth Opportunity Fund

I’m a season VC on a mission to make pre-IPO VC accessible with Azimuth to help people append a zero to their net worth. We derisk with downside protection for capital preservation and have low minimums (50K). My portfolio already includes several unicorns, such as Stripe and Amplitude (now public), and I’m loading more.

General Partner

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

o	Designed, produced, and taught an asynchronous course in Fraud Analytics.
	Developed and delivered script
	Supervised editing and post-production
o	Fostered Entrepreneurship in the Duke community (students, alumni, faculty, etc.) through participation in the Duke Angel Network and Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship events.
o	Served as a judge in innovation competitions sponsored by DukeGEN, Fuqua, TechStars, Citadel Securities, youngStartup, and others.
o	Appeared as an expert on NPR-affiliate WUNC’s show on robo-advisors in the financial industry. 
o	Managed Duke Angel Network’s portfolio companies and curated new investments:
	Managed total investment portfolio of over $11 million in 21 portfolio companies in technology, healthcare, consumer goods, and services 
	Identified & reviewed 300+ opportunities & presented 17 investable opportunities to members
	Recruited, trained, supervised, and developed 14 associates in diverse specialties (medicine, engineering, law, business, and other areas) for technical evaluations

Executive in Residence & Faculty

BAYAREACHESS INC

•	Founded 2005, volunteered part-time 2005-09 & full-time 2009-10, and grew to #1 West of Texas (standings).
•	Designed, developed, & supported a BayAreaChess.com/my with 2300+ users in a solo programming effort driven by need and desire to sharpen my programming skills (mostly php & MySQL).
•	Initiated 50+ After-school programs with highest quality standards and top chess coaches.

Founder, President (2013-present) & Executive Director (2005-2013)

Pakistan Katalytic Fund

We provide management, fundraising, scaling, and go-to-market support to the success of startups across Pakistan.

Strategic Advisor

University of Minnesota

Volunteer to help innovators commercialize technology and create a quality deal flow for investors (and myself).
See https://research.umn.edu/units/techcomm/startups/external-entrepreneurs for more information on the program.

Regiment Investment Bank

• Early-stage investment fund run by superstars with over 80+ years’ partner experience
• Capitalizes on an economy that will be ripe for tenacious entrepreneurs and seasoned investors to team up to create incredible companies in a post-COVID world.
• Digital investment bank that utilizes reg-compliant marketplace technology to connect emerging entrepreneurs & funds with investors

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Henry Health

Building on culturally intentional mental health services for Black Americans!

The Egg

Advisor

ExpatBuddy

OPEN Silicon Valley

OPEN is a network of entrepreneurs and professional who help each other to achieve our professional goals. My specific goal is to connect OPEN Silicon Valley to the talent and technology at Duke and in North Carolina

Life Charter Member

Dr. Salman Azhar has unique access in the venture world after investing in 250+ startups over 20+ years, and generating a positive return with his first 12 exits. He specializes in buying pre-IPO unicorns’ shares from early investors.
Dr. Azhar is a General Partner of Azimuth Opportunity Fund and Executive in Residence at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He is a Charter Life Member of OPEN Global and an advisor to several funds, including Quartus, Moment, and Regiment. His former business partners and clients include Toyota, Sony, SAP, and others. 
Dr. Azhar earned his MS and PhD in Computer Science from Duke as a James B. Duke Fellow and a BS in Math and Physics from Wake Forest University as a Carswell Scholar.

o	Designed, produced, and taught an asynchronous course in Fraud Analytics.
	Developed and delivered script
	Supervised editing and post-production
o	Fostered Entrepreneurship in the Duke community (students, alumni, faculty, etc.) through participation in the Duke Angel Network and Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship events.
o	Served as a judge in innovation competitions sponsored by DukeGEN, Fuqua, TechStars, Citadel Securities, youngStartup, and others.
o	Appeared as an expert on NPR-affiliate WUNC’s show on robo-advisors in the financial industry. 
o	Managed Duke Angel Network’s portfolio companies and curated new investments:
	Managed total investment portfolio of over $11 million in 21 portfolio companies in technology, healthcare, consumer goods, and services 
	Identified & reviewed 300+ opportunities & presented 17 investable opportunities to members
	Recruited, trained, supervised, and developed 14 associates in diverse specialties (medicine, engineering, law, business, and other areas) for technical evaluations


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