Bilal Zuberi
Investor at Aurora Solar
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and Managing Partner
2025 - Current
Early stage VC fund (Formation stage to Series A) at the intersection of AI and the physical world. Backing ambitious founders who wish to change the world and solve real world problems across industries with money, time, experience, network.
General Partner
2013
Two decades of experience investing in & helping build technology startups. $5B+ under management. Portfolio includes: Evolv (NASDAQ $EVLV), DesktopMetal (NYSE $DM), Applied Intuition, IronClad, Aurora Solar, Saildrone, OpenSpace, Nozomi Networks, Commure, Tendo Health, Paradigm, Cloaked, Frontera, Lanai, Happiest Baby, Zededa, Fiddler, Copia Automation, Kinetic, Nominal, Super, B12, Deep Sentinel, HighArc, Dawaai, Orbital Insight, Veo Robotics (acq. by $SYM), StrangeWorks, Pictorus, and others. Past companies: DesktopMetal (NYSE: $DM), Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: $EVLV), Nira (acquired by DropBox), Aria Insights (acquired by FLIR), AltSpaceVR (acquired by Microsoft), Noon (acquired by RPE), Lightform (acquired by Amazon), Yonder (acquired by Primer), AirMap (acquired by DroneUp), BlockStack, Orbital Insight (acquired by Privateer).
Lux Capital is an investment firm that invests in counter-conventional, seed-stage science and technology ventures.
Seed Investor
2025
Member Board of Directors
2023
Board of Directors
2017
Board of Directors
2020
Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management platform used by companies to handle every type of contract workflow.
Raised $334,000,000.00 from Franklin Templeton, Bond, Accel, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Sequoia Capital, Haystack, Lux Capital, Arrive and Emergence.
Board of Directors
2017
OpenSpace develops an AI-driven photo documentation tool that automatically creates navigable photo representations of job sites.
Raised $200,425,000.00 from GreenPoint Partners, Taronga Ventures, PSP Growth, BlackRock, Lux Capital, Taronga Ventures, Mirae Asset, Navitas Capital, GreenPoint Partners and Alpaca VC.
Investor
2022
Aurora Solar is a SaaS company that uses aerial imagery to assess solar installation projects.
Raised $523,470,493.00 from Emerson Collective, Energize Capital, Coatue, ICONIQ Growth, Lux Capital and Fifth Wall.
Board of Directors
2013
Evolv Technology an AI-enabled touchless security screening system that uses digital sensors and artificial intelligence to detect threats.
Raised $483,319,107.00 from Silicon Valley Bank.
Board of Directors
2016
Nozomi Networks is a cybersecurity company specializing in operational technology and IoT security for critical infrastructure.
Raised $265,999,996.00 from Energize Capital, Porsche Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Keysight Technologies, Johnson Controls, Triangle Peak Partners, Activate Capital Partners, Mitsubishi Electric, GGV Capital and Schneider Electric.