# Faraj Aalaei, Founding General Partner

> Faraj Aalaei, Founding General Partner. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

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Atherton, US · Partner

# Faraj Aalaei

Founding General Partner at [Candou Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/candou-ventures)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 episodes

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Candou Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Candou Ventures** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **4** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/candou-ventures)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [ApplyBoard](https://millionrounds.com/company/applyboard)
- [Clusterone](https://millionrounds.com/company/clusterone)
- Yuansfer

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Signal Rank Corp.** Director since 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Candou Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/candou-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer on 19 filings · since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **AQUANTIA CORP** Executive Officer, Director on 8 filings · since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Candou Ventures

- [**Laleh Masnavi** Operating Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/laleh-masnavi)
- [**Leela Najafi** Associate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/leela-najafi)
- [**Linda Reddick** CFO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/linda-reddick)
- [**Nader Vasseghi** Venture Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/nader-vasseghi)
- [**Sallee Hartbeck** Administrative Lead *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sallee-hartbeck)
- [**Shahin Hedayat** Founding General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/shahin-hedayat)
- [**Susan Akbarpour** Managing Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/susan-akbarpour)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 14 Sept 2026 · 2h 50m The AI Slowdown Debate | Nico Wittenborn, Scott Keogh, Mitchell Green, David Rosenthal & Ben Gilbert, Faraj Aalaei With [Ben Gilbert](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-gilbert)[Faraj Aalaei](https://millionrounds.com/person/faraj-aalaei)[Mitchell Green](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitchell-green)[Nico Wittenborn](https://millionrounds.com/person/nico-wittenborn) Mentions [Lead Edge Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lead-edge-capital) About this episode (04:30) - The "Pacing AI" Debate (27:51) - Nico Wittenborn discusses his journey from growing up in Germany and selling refurbished iPhones to founding Adjacent, a solo-GP venture firm. He shares his investment strategy across consumer subscriptions, AI, hardware, and European technology,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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