Safa Rashtchy is the founder and Managing Partner of Think + Ventures. Safa has been a Silicon Valley investor, advisor, and board member for over 16 years and has invested in over 60 companies. His investments include ApplyBoard, Signifyed, Bina Technologies (acquired by Roach), Tubi.tv (acquired by Fox Media), Nimble VR (acquired by Facebook), and several others.  He is an active advisor with many of Think + portfolio companies including Serve Robotics, Contilio, Covu, Tumeke, Boxbot, Kiwidrop and others.

Safa developed his thesis on consumer value proposition and market-driven investments that have been at the core of Think + Ventures. Before founding Think +, Safa worked on Wall Street for 10 years as a top-ranked analyst, covering the Internet and technology sectors.  During those years, Safa pioneered the concept of “Teen Focus Groups” for internet and online trends and has continued his mission to encourage companies to get close to their customer and to listen to them.

Safa has worked with and advised numerous public companies during his Wall Street years, including Google, Alibaba, Netflix, Yahoo, and others. From 1997 until 2007, Safa was a Managing Director at Piper Jaffray and Company. He led the firm’s expansion efforts in the Internet industry and its expansion to China, as well as active involvement with leading Internet and technology companies.

In 2007, Safa was named the Investment Analyst of the Year and received the 2007 New Economy Award from iResearch in China.  In 2002, Safa was named to The Wall Street Journal’s ”Best on the Street” analyst survey and was also a winner in Institutional Investor magazine’s “Home Run Hitters of 2001″ top stock pickers list.

Safa holds a Master’s degree in business administration, summa cum laude, from Boston University, and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from Purdue University.