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Amir Rustamzadeh

Partner at Firestreak Ventures

United States

Overview 

Amir Rustamzadeh is a Partner at Firestreak Ventures, specializing in investments in various sectors including Enterprise Infrastructure, AI, and Cybersecurity. With a background in engineering and a PhD candidate at the University of California, Riverside, Amir has successfully invested in and supported numerous tech startups like Spline, Etched, and Modal Labs, showcasing expertise in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

Firestreak Ventures is an investment firm that invests in cybersecurity, machine learning, infrastructure, and AI companies.

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2024

Etched.ai is an AI chip startup that develops Sohu, a chip designed specifically for running transformer models.

Raised $125,360,000.00 from Dolik Ventures, Lightscape Partners, Mei Z., Oceans, Fundomo, Fontinalis Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Amjad Masad, Thomas Dohmke and Peter Thiel.

  • Investor

    2024

  • Investor

    2023

Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud.

Raised $23,000,000.00 from Neha Narkhede, Definition, Essence Fund, Elad Gil, Creandum, Lux Capital, Lindsay M. Pettingill, Christopher Ré, Allison Pickens and Quiet Capital.

  • Investor

    2022

Robust SDKs, Terraform Providers and a toolkit to power REST development at scale.

Raised $25,900,000.00 from Quiet Capital, Google Ventures and FPV Ventures.

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2024

  • Investor

    2023

Oleria is an identity security company that offers proactive tools for identifying and mitigating risks to organizations.

Raised $41,100,000.00 from Tapestry VC, Salesforce Ventures, Zscaler and Evolution Equity Partners.

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