Saad Khan

Saad Khan is a Co-Founder and Partner of Uprising Ventures. He was the partner at CMEA Capital and a co-founder of the Film Angels network.

Saad grew up between Pakistan and the Bay Area, and attended an American high school in Karachi where his soccer tournaments and theater performances were often played out in locations including Kathmandu, Delhi, and Islamabad. After moving back to the Bay Area, Saad launched his first internet startup while still a student at Stanford. Those early lessons were subsequently put to use at the Walt Disney Company, where Saad helped launch their Internet Strategy across their media properties, and then at IBM alphaWorks, one of the first corporate crowd-sourcing initiatives for IBM research.

Saad then spent years building companies, advising entrepreneurs, and investing in Silicon Valley startups at Garage Technology Ventures where he worked closely with early stage entrepreneurs across the Garage portfolio including Pandora, cFares, and TripleHop (ORCL). Saad led Garage’s software and media investments, and spun-out (and subsequently sold) the Garage advisory business.

In addition to his activities at CMEA, Saad also co-founded the Film Angels, an angel network for indie film where recent presenters have included Carlos Santana, Steve Wozniak, and many Academy award winning actors, directors and producers. Saad is an advisor to peer-to-peer internet lending platform Lending Club and is a Charter member of TIE.

Saad Khan is the Co-Founder, Partner at Uprising Ventures, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Saad Khan has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Saad Khan studied BS Symbolic Systems @ Stanford University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.