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Zarafshan Khan is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, City Gate Ventures. Previously, he was the managing director of Silicon Valley Bank. He has founded and led several technology companies, including Navic Networks, Inc., which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2006 for over $300 million
Zarafshan has served on several corporate boards of directors, including Yahoo!, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, PayPal/eBay, and American Express Company. He has also served on several public policy initiatives, including GovLab at Harvard University. An active angel investor in early stage companies, he has invested in more than 40 startups across a range of industries including cloud computing, mobile/wireless communications, social media, e-commerce and health care.
His current focus is on investing in sustainable energy technologies to solve global environmental challenges.