Ansaf Kareem

Term Member at Council on Foreign Relations

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Ansaf Kareem is an Early Stage Investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in business development, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Notable achievements include serving as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and investing in companies like Synctera (Series A) and Kikoff (Series B). Kareem's career highlights include being a Board Member at multiple organizations, such as Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Rain, and investing in diverse sectors like Consumer Internet, FinTech, and Enterprise, showcasing a strong track record in identifying and supporting successful startups.

Work Experience

Latitude Capital

Founder & Managing Partner
2024 - Current

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

Board Member
2023

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research is a nonpartisan economic research institution.

siepr.stanford.edu

Glean

Investor
2019
Board Member
2019 - 2023

Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers through a tool in any company.

Raised $618,200,000.00 from Coatue, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, ICONIQ Growth, Cacti, Latitude Capital, Craft Ventures, Altimeter, Lightspeed Venture Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund.

glean.com