Naza Metghalchi

CEO

London, United Kingdom13 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in B2B AI investment strategies.
  • Strong background in supporting execution-driven founders.
  • Diverse international experience across multiple cultures.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B AI investment expert with a focus on transformative startups.

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👋🏽 Ex operator turned early stage investor at Heartcore Capital, after 5 years at EQT Ventures. 📈 I focus on the B2B AI transition, backing the next generation companies transforming the way the world works. 🤩 I love partnering with execution-driven, and self-reflective founders. I enjoy working with startups as a problem-solver and people-person at core. 🌎 Third culture kid: from Tehran, via Paris, now in London.

Experience

13 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
2 mos
Current Experience

Heartcore capital

Partner

Apr 2026 – Present · 2 mos

Kota (formerly yonder)

Board Member

Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs

  • Building the infrastructure for global benefits

Stealth

Board Member

Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs · Paris, Île-de-France, France

  • AI for modern life science

Eqt ventures

3 roles

Principal

Jun 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

VP

Promoted

Nov 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Business Development

Dec 2017 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Focusing on cultivating relationships with executives at corporates. Some eventually became clients, trade buyers, provided due diligence, or became advisors/NED’s to our B2B portfolio.

Cytora

Board Observer

Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs

  • Driving a 100% GWP uplift per commercial underwriter with AI

Unmind

Investor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs

  • Enterprise workforce mental healthcare

Flow engineering

Investor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs

  • Accelerating the development of next-generation hardware systems

Treecard

Board Observer

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs

  • Climate super-app

Semper

Angel Investor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Secondary market liquidity for teams. Acquired by Crowdcube in November 2023

Nous

Angel Investor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 · 0 mo

  • Helping households with the cost of living crisis

Peanut

Board Member

Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 · 5 yrs

  • A community for women

Cleo

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 · 5 yrs

  • AI financial assistant that speaks, thinks, and remembers likes a human. Cleo helps >10 million + users in the US manage their money every week

Hofy

Angel Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 · 4 yrs

  • Remote work equipment and IT OS. Acquired by Deel in July 2024 and became Deel IT

Sonantic

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Voice AI platform. Acquired by Spotify in June 2022

Virgil

Angel Investor

Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 · 0 mo

  • Democratising home ownership

Index ventures

Project Consultant

Jun 2017 – Dec 2017 · 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Whether you’re first time founder or not, employee equity remains an opaque topic. Decided to democratise and demystify the subject by developing a 100+ page guidebook and product on employee stock options with the very best lessons from founders of Mimecast, Carta, King, Just Eat, Criteo, Farfetch and more.
  • Learn more about it here: https://www.indexventures.com/rewardingtalent/

Founders factory ltd

Head of Accelerator Program

Mar 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Early employee at the startup studio

Onefinestay

2 roles

Product Marketing Manager

Oct 2015 – Mar 2016 · 5 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • onefinestay redefines the experience of city travel. The company raised $80m in total and was backed by Index Ventures, Canaan Partners, Intel Capital and PROfounders Capital.

Global Sales Lead

Nov 2013 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · London, United Kingdom

Nesta

Policy & Research Intern

Aug 2013 – Nov 2013 · 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

Seedcamp

Business and Community Development Intern

Jun 2012 – Oct 2012 · 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

Sandbox network

Community Manager

Sep 2011 – Apr 2012 · 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

Bloomberg lp

Editorial Intern at the Charlie Rose Show

Jun 2009 – Sep 2009 · 3 mos · New York City, USA

Education

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

MSc — Management

King's College London

BA

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Ecole Jeannine Manuel