Moiz Kohari
About Moiz Kohari
Moiz Kohari is based in Telluride, Colorado. He is VP of Enterprise AI & Data Intelligence at DataDirect Networks (DDN), a company that provides AI data storage and management. He studied computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Earlier he was Senior Vice President and Global Chief Technology Architect at State Street. Before that he was EVP and Head of Global Technology Innovation at the London Stock Exchange Group, and CTO of Novell. He also founded and ran Mission Critical Linux, which worked on bringing enterprise capabilities to the Linux operating system.
After State Street he co-founded Manetu, a data privacy company, and served as its CEO. He later worked at MinIO, an open-source object storage company, in a business and engineering role, and MinIO announced him as an industry advisor. Crunchbase also lists him as a mentor at the Telluride Venture Accelerator.
Crunchbase records one personal investment, one portfolio company, no lead investments and no exits. The investment is MinIO's Series A. The investment date and amount are not shown publicly. He is a former MinIO employee, so the investment follows his operating relationship with the company. No other angel investments are publicly documented.
No AI-specific angel investments by Kohari are public. His AI work is operational. At DDN he works on enterprise AI data infrastructure, with a focus on financial services, and he has spoken at DDN events and industry panels. He draws on his experience running large data workloads at State Street and the London Stock Exchange.
He has not published a thesis, a check size or a list of what he looks for. Third-party investor directories list him as an individual seed-stage investor in cloud storage, data centers, open source and big data software, but these entries rest only on the MinIO investment. Founders building data infrastructure, storage or enterprise data and privacy tooling are closest to his operating background. He is based in Colorado, and no geographic preference is stated.
- MinIO: open-source, S3-compatible object storage for multi-cloud environments. Crunchbase lists his investment in its Series A. He also worked there in a business and engineering role.
- crunchbase.com/person/moiz-kohari
- linkedin.com/in/moizkohari
- finance.yahoo.com/news/minio-welcomes-industry-advisors-technology-130
- fixtrading.org/profile/moiz-kohari
- coindesk.com/tag/moiz-kohari
- siliconangle.com/2026/08/12/ai-deployment-supermicros-partners-vertica
- investorhunt.co/investors/moiz-kohari
- humantic.ai/public-profile/moiz-kohari-cd096cd2168c53a3
Investing activity
Moiz Kohari has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has founded 1 company.
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Frequently asked questions about Moiz Kohari
Is Moiz Kohari an angel investor?
Crunchbase lists one personal investment, in MinIO's Series A. His main roles are operating and advisory ones, and no wider angel track record is public.
What does Moiz Kohari do now?
He is VP of Enterprise AI & Data Intelligence at DataDirect Networks (DDN), and he is based in Telluride, Colorado.
What check size does Moiz Kohari write?
He has not made a check size public, and the amount of his MinIO investment is not disclosed.
What stage and sectors does Moiz Kohari invest in?
He has not published a thesis. Third-party directories list seed stage and data infrastructure sectors such as cloud storage and open source, based on his MinIO investment.
Has Moiz Kohari founded companies?
Yes. He co-founded Manetu, a data privacy company, and was its CEO. He also founded and ran Mission Critical Linux.
How can founders reach Moiz Kohari?
His public contact point is his LinkedIn profile. He has no personal website or X account that we could confirm.
Where is Moiz Kohari based?
Moiz Kohari is based in Telluride, Colorado, United States.