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MenuTouraj Parang M&A / Biz Dev / Strategy Executive
M&A and Business Development Executive at GoDaddy (focusing on Domains, Business Applications, PWS, Voice and Messaging strategic initiatives). Operating Partner at Pear Venture Capital (early stage fund, with world-class portfolio including DoorDash, Gusto, Branch and over 50 others). Previously Founding COO @UpCounsel (legal marketplace), Founder @jaxtr (pioneering viral cloud telephony mobile startup), VP Corporate Development & Strategy @Webs (largest website creation tool, and I lead its sale to VistaPrint). Over 20 years of M&A and Business Development experience with 150+ startups totaling over $1.7B in deal value.
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TP$8.33/min per minute(5)Fundraising / Venture Capital StrategyTouraj Parang • San Francisco Bay AreaCreated 12 years ago in Funding / Venture CapitalHaving been involved with many venture capital transactions (over 100 startups raising hundreds of millions of dollars) on multiple sides of the table (as an attorney, entrepreneur, VC, angel investor, or advisor), I have developed a sense for how to raise money effectively and impactfully.Touraj Parang San Francisco Bay Area(5)
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TP$8.33/min per minute(5)Business DevelopmentTouraj Parang • San Francisco Bay AreaCreated 12 years ago in Business / Getting StartedAs the head of business development at Webs, I sourced, evaluated, negotiated and executed major strategic distribution strategies which were instrumental in the eventual successful exit of the company.Touraj Parang San Francisco Bay Area(5)
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TP$8.33/min per minute(5)Corporate Development / M&A StrategyTouraj Parang • San Francisco Bay AreaCreated 12 years ago in Business / Getting StartedI lead M&A for several strategic business units at GoDaddy and have successfully led 7 acquisitions in the past 4 years valued at over $300M in aggregate. Previously, I have been on the sell side and buy side of many M&A transactions of all sizes as an attorney, VC as well as startup founder and executive. At Webs, I bought 2 companies and led the sale of Webs to Vistaprint in 2009 for $118M without using an outside banker.Touraj Parang San Francisco Bay Area(5)
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TP$8.33/min per minute(5)Mass Consumer Internet / Mobile StartupsTouraj Parang • San Francisco Bay AreaCreated 12 years agoAs a Founder of jaxtr, I learned how to create and scale a mass consumer social mobile startup that grew to over 10 million registered users. As the business strategist at Webs.com, I led the successful market repositioning of a platform that had more than 40 million registered users and millions of monthly active users.Touraj Parang San Francisco Bay Area(5)
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Very helpful and charismatic on how to ignite potential and capacity to understand marketplace with growth hacking mindset.
Source: Clarity Iman Esfahani Oct 23, 2019I derived a lot of value on my call Touraj. I highly recommend him if you are looking for expert advice on M&A from someone who has experience launching and growing successful companies as well as M&A expertise.
Source: Clarity Paul Champaneria Aug 17, 2018Touraj was among the best hires I have ever made and I would be honored to work for him again. He is an incredible business mind and strategist but one who can take something from strategy through implementation. In addition, his legal background and extensive deal experience was tremendously helpful on the corpdev side of the business and especially during our process to successfully be acquired by Vistaprint. I give him my highest recommendation.
Source: LinkedIn Haroon Mokhtarzada Feb 28, 2013I admire Touraj's ability to analyze a landscape and succinctly formulate the problem and the solution. Throughout our time together at Jaxtr he demonstrated an amazing drive and devotion to the company's success. Like a true entrepreneur, he easily jumped between high level strategy and the details of execution. Touraj has a deep knowledge of the consumer web industry in general, and viral growth in particular.
Source: LinkedIn Eugene Mandel Feb 28, 2013Touraj is one of the best visionary entrepreneur executive. He co-founded jaxtr and was very instrumental in several aspects of jaxtr. In a role of COO he led company to bring VCs to invest about $20M in company. In role of director of product management he plays significant role in shaping jaxtr's products offering by keep one key focus in center which was customers. He is a person who can is capable of playing as many roles as needed for a startup company and can play them very effectively. I recommend Touraj to any organization who is seeking for a seasoned and diverse executive to strengthen their management team.
Source: LinkedIn Hetal Velani Feb 28, 2013In many respects, Touraj is an ideal boss. Supportive and available, able to clear roadblocks while empowering his people to do what they do best without the need to micromanage. As a COO, Touraj is thoughtful and insightful bringing tremendous market knowledge and customer focus. I very much enjoyed the opportunity to work for and work with Touraj, and would enthusiastically recommend Touraj to any organization.
Source: LinkedIn Stacy Martin Feb 28, 2013Touraj's deep understanding of the high tech market segmentation and dynamics, combined with his comprehensive understanding of technology has had a profound an positive impact on positioning of our products and services.
Source: LinkedIn Al Alaverdi Feb 28, 2013Touraj and I were co-investors in a technology company. I witnessed how Touraj expertly managed the issues confronting the company, as well as relations with other investors. Touraj's work was instrumental in a follow-on financing into the company in which both our companies participated.
Source: LinkedIn Andrew Rhomberg Feb 28, 2013Touraj is very competent, thorough & professional. Specifically his knowledge of Law and Investments as it pertains to startups was of great value to us. It was a pleasure to be his client. Thank you.
Source: LinkedIn Cameron Bahar Feb 28, 2013Touraj has been a very important part of Amidzad.His vast knowledge of the industry helped us invest in some great startups.There are not many professionals in Silicon Valley with his expertiese.
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