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Faran Nouri
Venture Capital Executive, Board Member, Semiconductor Technologist
Los Altos, California
Overview
Faran Nouri is a Venture Capital Executive and Board Member with a background in semiconductors and technology. He has held key leadership roles at companies like Lam Research and America's Frontier Fund, showcasing expertise in corporate strategy, entrepreneurship, and cross-functional team leadership.
Nouri's career highlights include serving as the Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Lam Research and being a General Partner & EVP at America's Frontier Fund, demonstrating a track record of success in driving business growth and strategic partnerships within the semiconductor industry.
Work Experience
Senior Partner
2025 - Current
Member of the Board of Advisors
2024
General Partner & EVP
2023 - 2025
Advisory Board- University of Colorado School of Engineering Advisory Council
2020 - 2024
Advisory Board Member- CU Boulder Research & Innovation External Advisory Board
2020 - 2024
Board Member
2020 - 2023
Geminus is pioneering AI for engineering and science, delivering new, disruptive AI approaches based on physics.
Raised $22,900,000.00 from SLB.
Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Lam Research & Global head of Lam Capital
2016 - 2023
Lam Capital (www.lamresearchcapital.com) is the corporate venture arm of Lam Research. We invest in early stage companies that are addressing some of today’s most challenging, high-impact problems.
Mentor for Stanford Ignite
2013 - 2022
I mentor Stanford Ignite teams of entrepreneurs. Stanford Ignite teaches innovators to formulate, develop, and commercialize their ideas.
Emerging Businesses
2014 - 2016
Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
VP, Business Development
2013 - 2014
Stanford Graduate School of Business
2011 - 2012
Sloan Fellow 2012