Kamran Ansari

Founder & Managing Partner at Kapital Ventures

Speaker

Kamran Ansari is the Founder of Kapital Ventures and, for the past two years, served as a Venture Partner at Headline VC, where he supported early-stage founders across consumer and fintech. Previously Head of Corporate Development at Pinterest and a Board Partner at Greycroft, Kamran is a seasoned investor and operator with nearly two decades of experience in both Silicon Valley and New York. He’s led investments in companies like Venmo, Recurly, and Billie, and oversaw nine acquisitions while at Pinterest. At Kapital Ventures, he’s now backing the next generation of breakout companies. A graduate of Yale and Stanford, Kamran brings a dual perspective as both investor and operator, and is a frequent voice on VC and tech trends in outlets like Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, and more.