Amir Banifatemi

Newport Beach, California, United States Contact Info
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I am a Technology and Innovation Strategist, investor, and entrepreneur. My general focus…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Techstars Graphic

    Investor and Mentor

    Techstars

    - Present 11 years 10 months

    Science and Technology

  • UC Irvine Graphic

    Board Member, Beall Center for Inovation and Entrepreneurship

    UC Irvine

    - Present 10 years

    Science and Technology

  • Solve - MIT Graphic

    Brain trust, Judge, Mentor

    Solve - MIT

    - Present 6 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

  • Chapman University Graphic

    Board Member Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship

    Chapman University

    - 4 years 1 month

    Education

  • Creative Destruction Lab Graphic

    Observer and mentor

    Creative Destruction Lab

  • University of California, Irvine School of Law Graphic

    Board Member

    University of California, Irvine School of Law

    - Present 5 years 5 months

    Human Rights

  • TEDxOrangeCoast Graphic

    Curator - Executive Producer

    TEDxOrangeCoast

    - 5 years

    Science and Technology

    An independently produced TED event, TEDxOrangeCoast mission is to help turn inspiring ideas into actions.

    TEDxOrangeCoast strives to bring together a community of like-minded and highly engaged forward-thinking innovators, designers, educators, technologists, and environmentally and socially concerned individuals to turn “Ideas Worth Spreading” into immediate action.

    TEDxOrangeCoast organizes also a yearly event that brings a global lineup of speakers to address modern issues and…

    An independently produced TED event, TEDxOrangeCoast mission is to help turn inspiring ideas into actions.

    TEDxOrangeCoast strives to bring together a community of like-minded and highly engaged forward-thinking innovators, designers, educators, technologists, and environmentally and socially concerned individuals to turn “Ideas Worth Spreading” into immediate action.

    TEDxOrangeCoast organizes also a yearly event that brings a global lineup of speakers to address modern issues and growing trends and key breakthrough in their various field via TED talks.

  • Chairman, board member

    JazzXchange

    - Present 10 years 7 months

    Arts and Culture

    JazzXchange's mission is to make certain the creative potency of jazz through live and digital performance. A synthesis of artforms is created through a creative dialogue between America, Africa and Europe giving jazz a fresh, forward motion.

  • SCORE Mentors Graphic

    Management Consulting and Mentorship

    SCORE Mentors

    - 4 years 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

    Volunteer effort to help identify small business opportunities that would not otherwise go to the traditional route of VC funding. Help formulate product and services, market validation, coaching and mid term mentoring. Work also in association with the SBA office

Projects

  • NEXT Orange County

    NEXT is the #1 pre-accelerator program that helps committed early stage startup teams to get into accelerators.
    NEXT is backed by Startup Weekend, Google for Entrepreneurs, Techstars, and the Global Accelerator Network.

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  • Lean Startup Machine

    Mentor and Judge for LSM Los Angeles - June 2012, coordinator and sponsor for LSM Orange County

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  • Quantified Self

    - Present

    Organizer for Quantified Self group Orange County

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  • Startup Weekend

    - Present

    I have been a judge & mentor, and sponsor for several Startup Weekend Events: October 2012- Chapman University; January 2013 - UC Irvine, March 2013- Chapman University, November 2013 - Chapman University; January 2014 - UC Irvine.

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  • Board Member and Advisor

    - Present

    Board Member and Advisor for numerous companies. Active companies Unfold Inc, USA - Wonder Technologies, USA - Galeo Ventures, Switzerland - Conductrics, USA - Fundly, USA - Fusion Brakes, USA- Primetime Commercial Group, USA- Arpege Corporation, USA - Sedona SA, France- Kwaga, France - OSS Foundation, USA - Digsy, USA

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • Farsi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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