Imran Khan
About Imran Khan
Imran Khan is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Proem Asset Management, an investment firm focused on technology. He chairs its investment committee. Crunchbase lists him in Dallas, Texas.
Earlier in his career he was a managing director at JPMorgan from 2004 to 2011, where he also led global internet research. He then headed global internet investment banking at Credit Suisse from 2011 to 2015. He worked on the Alibaba IPO, and Forbes reported he was key to Alibaba's $200 million investment in Snapchat.
Khan was Snap's Chief Strategy Officer from 2015 to 2018 and was involved in its 2017 IPO. He later co-founded the e-commerce company Verishop and has served as its CEO. He is an independent director at Zeta Global, an AI-powered marketing cloud company, and was a director at Dave, Inc. from 2023 to 2026. He is also an operating partner at Flume Ventures.
Crunchbase lists four personal investments for Khan. The most recent is the District seed round. Read AI's seed round also appears on his Crunchbase profile. Check sizes and ownership stakes are not public, and this page does not state any.
On the Lounge deals desk, Khan took part in District's $14.7M seed round in May 2026. District is an AI commerce platform. Andreessen Horowitz and Kindred Ventures led the round, and Greylock Partners, SV Angel and 20VC also took part. Read AI, an AI meeting assistant, is the other AI company on his Crunchbase profile.
On X, Khan has posted about AI infrastructure. He has said that companies that own or control compute hold a strong competitive position.
Khan's public work centers on technology, including consumer platforms, commerce and AI. Proem invests across public and private markets, so his angel activity is one part of a wider practice. His own writing and interviews have covered IPO readiness and AI capital spending, which suggests he pays attention to how companies scale and what the business looks like at maturity. He has not published a check size or a stage preference as an angel, so neither is stated here.
- District: AI commerce platform. Participated in the $14.7M seed round announced in May 2026.
- Read AI: AI meeting assistant. Seed investor, according to Crunchbase. The year is not stated.
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Investing activity
Imran Khan appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $15M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $15M. The most recent is District (Seed, $14.7M, May 2026).
Imran Khan most often invests alongside Kindred Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Sellis and Maria Raga, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Imran Khan
Who is Imran Khan the angel investor?
He is the founder and CIO of Proem Asset Management and a former Chief Strategy Officer of Snap. He also co-founded Verishop and sits on the board of Zeta Global.
Has Imran Khan invested in AI startups?
Yes. He took part in District's $14.7M seed round in May 2026. Crunchbase also lists a Read AI seed round on his profile.
What is Imran Khan's check size?
No check size is public, so we do not state one. Founders should ask him directly.
What stage does Imran Khan invest in?
His recorded angel deals include seed rounds. He has not published a stage rule.
How can founders contact Imran Khan?
He is active on X at @dottkhan. A warm introduction through a shared investor or operator is the usual route, and no public pitch process is listed.
What did Imran Khan do before investing?
He worked in investment banking and research at JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, then was Chief Strategy Officer at Snap from 2015 to 2018.
Is Imran Khan an angel investor?
Yes. Imran Khan invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Imran Khan invested in?
Imran Khan's AI investments include District. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Imran Khan invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Imran Khan has invested at Seed, with a median round of $15M.
Who does Imran Khan co-invest with?
Imran Khan's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Kindred Ventures (1 deal), Andreessen Horowitz (1 deal), Peter Sellis (1 deal), Maria Raga (1 deal) and 20VC (1 deal).