Arif Fazal Rashid

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Principal, Ironwood Ventures - hardware · venture capital · energy

Ironwood Ventures
Ahmedabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
7+ years experience
University of Delhi
English, Hindi, Gujarati
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Overview

7 years around startups; now investing in climate. Led or co-led 29 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later. Backed 44 founders at pre-seed and seed. Most at home with energy and venture capital. Swimming before work keeps me sane.

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venture capitalhardwareclimate techenergy

Experience

  1. Principal
    Feb 2024 - Present
    Ironwood Ventures · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Sit on 2 boards.
    • Led or co-led 38 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
  2. Consultant
    Sep 2022 - Feb 2024
    Philips · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $69 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 12 thousand-person transformation.
  3. Business Analyst
    Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
    Deloitte · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
    • Shipped 30 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
    • Reduced cloud spend on firmware by 38% in two quarters.

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Education

  1. University of Delhi
    B.Com, Finance
    2015 - 2019

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