Ali Afridi

Investor

Ali is a Principal at Equal Ventures where he focuses on investments across the firm’s core verticals. Ali is in his second stint at Equal, previously being a part of the team from 2018-21. In between his time at the firm, Ali was an EIR at Fractal where he was a part of the founding team and CEO of Drenchworks, a project management system for specialty contractors in construction.

Ali got his start in VC as an intern at General Catalyst Partners and then worked full-time at Lightbank, a Chicago-based VC firm. On the side he maintains an industry-wide VC newsletter called SandHill.io that aggregates the latest theses from 700+ VCs.

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Jul 31, 2024

Pairing Generalists & Specialists in Venture

You’ve probably heard the saying, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” a concept often credited to Aristotle. The idea is that a well-coordinated team can achieve more collectively than the individual contributions of its members.

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Jan 25, 2024

The Ultimate Startup Quest

In the startup world, an aspiration many of us share is to be a part of building something special. A product or business that becomes a stalwart in its industry and innovates to better serve its customers and partners. Through my own journey, I believe that Equal Ventures has the potential to be one such institution in the venture industry, and I’m thrilled to rejoin the team after a few years on the operator side.

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