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Azafran Capital Partners

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
New York, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA: Arizona
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • FinTech
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Health Tech
  • Blockchain
  • Crypto
About
Azafran Capital Partners is a venture firm and catalyst for applied deep tech in MedTech, IoT, and enterprise B2B markets. The firm consists of investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, market leaders, innovators, analysts, and data scientists investing in the next generation of disruptive companies.
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Investment Thesis

Azafran focuses on postSeed applied deep tech founders and companies with patentable solutions that combine technology and science. They leverage voice, acoustics, and imagery with machine learning and augmented AI delivered as products or platforms to MedTech, IoT, and B2B markets.
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Team

James F. Kenefick – CoFounder & Managing Partner

Jerry Garcia – Director of IR

Chief of Staff

Stephen Candelmo – Outside Counsel

Siva Kakuturi – Advisor

Martin Fisher – Founder & Partner

Adrian Boghui – Advisor

Megan Burns – Director Catalyst

Matthew Bauer – Director of Communications

Investments

Zubeyda Tebra – Analyst

Douglas Mellinger – Advisor

Amer Vohora – Advisor

Portfolio

Yobe (voice biometrics)

TagSpace (locationbased imagery and machine learning)

Aspinity (analogue wake word and intelligent sensory)

Aterian (techenabled consumer products platform)

and ArmorText (secure enterprise messaging and machine learning).

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