Noosheen Hashemi
About Noosheen Hashemi
Noosheen Hashemi is the founder and CEO of January AI, a precision health company based in Menlo Park, California. She was born in Iran and moved to the United States as a teenager in 1977. She earned a BS in economics from San Jose State University in 1984 and an MS in management from Stanford in 1993.
Early in her career she worked at Oracle, where she was vice president of finance and administration. Stanford GSB says she built the sales and administrative capacity that let Oracle grow revenue from $26 million in 1985 to $3 billion in 1995. In an interview she also described joining a Sequoia-backed online personal investing company after Oracle.
After about a dozen years in tech, she says she focused on raising her children and running a family office. That office held more than a dozen startups and two foundations at the time. She began taking operating roles in portfolio companies in 2013 and moved into founding January AI in 2017. With her husband, Zod Nazem, she manages the family office. She also co-founded and is president of the HAND Foundation, a family foundation that supports social entrepreneurs and nonprofits.
She is an advisory council member at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. She has also advised SignalFire, and her profiles list advisory roles at Stanford GSB, Ploughshares Fund and the Eurasia Foundation. She served on the board of UpCounsel and Atheer, according to PitchBook. January AI and Hashemi were named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2021. Crunchbase lists three companies she has founded, but only January AI is named in the sources we reviewed.
Hashemi describes herself as an angel investor and business advisor focused on disruptive ideas and platforms. Her investing runs mostly through the family office. Stanford GSB and the HAND Foundation bio say the office holds a portfolio of over 90 startups and several limited partnerships in various funds. An older interview profile described her as a private investor in more than 20 startups across mobile, productivity, convenience, travel and beauty. That profile says she takes an active role in fundraising, hiring, operations and business growth.
Crunchbase records 5 investments in 5 portfolio companies, with no lead investments and 2 exits. Only some of those deals are visible publicly. PitchBook lists a smaller set of two, Convoy (December 2015) and BoomGen Studios (August 2012). Tracxn dates her Convoy seed investment to October 2015. These databases cover only part of the family office's activity, so the full portfolio is likely larger than any one of them shows.
No source we found lists AI-specific angel investments by Hashemi. Her clearest AI involvement is as an operator. January AI describes itself as a precision health company applying artificial intelligence to extend healthspan. According to her Milken Institute speaker bio, she leads its patented virtual continuous glucose monitor and its Health Context Engine. The engine organizes fragmented health data into a Personal Health Knowledge Graph. She also sits on the advisory council of Stanford HAI.
Founders building in AI and health will find the most direct overlap with her operating experience. The sources do not say whether she invests in AI companies outside that area.
Her public record points to early-stage companies. Crunchbase lists a pre-seed round for AnyRoad and a seed round for Convoy. Tracxn puts the Convoy seed round at $2.5 million with many co-investors. Her own bio emphasizes more than three decades of experience helping early-stage companies scale.
Sectors seen in her public record include enterprise software, consumer, travel and experiential marketing, freight logistics, cloud infrastructure, marketing intelligence and, through January AI, health. Her portfolio companies are based in the United States. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hashemi has not published a check size, fund size or investment thesis that we could find. Her bios describe her as hands-on with fundraising, talent and operations, which suggests she may be useful beyond capital. That is an inference from those descriptions, not a stated policy.
- Convoy: digital freight network for trucking. Crunchbase and Tracxn show her in the 2015 seed round. PitchBook lists Convoy among her exits.
- AnyRoad: experiential marketing platform that began as a way to match travelers with tour guides. Crunchbase lists her in its pre-seed round, and she has been an advisor to the company.
- BoomGen Studios: media company listed by PitchBook as an August 2012 investment and as an exit.
- January AI: precision health company she founded and leads. This is an operating role, not an angel investment.
- Cloud Lending Solutions and Radius: companies she has advised, per her Stanford GSB bio. Investment details are not public.
- crunchbase.com/person/noosheen-hashemi
- gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/contact/alumni-association/about-alumni/nooshe
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/229524-22
- tracxn.com/d/people/noosheen-hashemi/__6dPfyaAoz4E81J0TQCqdUWvKof6JlSU
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosheen_Hashemi
- signalfire.com/team/noosheen-hashemi
- milkeninstitute.org/events/global-conference-2026/speakers/noosheen-ha
- linkedin.com/in/noosheen-hashemi-a74686b
Investing activity
Noosheen Hashemi has made 5 investments according to Crunchbase across 5 portfolio companies, and has seen 2 exits and founded 3 companies.
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Frequently asked questions about Noosheen Hashemi
Who is Noosheen Hashemi?
She is the founder and CEO of January AI, a precision health company in Menlo Park, California. She is a former Oracle vice president of finance and administration and an angel investor who manages a family office with her husband, Zod Nazem.
What stage does Noosheen Hashemi invest in?
Her visible deals are early stage. Crunchbase lists a pre-seed round in AnyRoad and a seed round in Convoy. She has not published a stage policy.
What is Noosheen Hashemi's check size?
It is not public. We found no stated check size, and Crunchbase shows no lead investments. Founders should ask her directly.
Does Noosheen Hashemi invest in AI startups?
We found no publicly listed AI angel investments. She runs January AI, an AI health company, and serves on the Stanford HAI advisory council. Her interest in AI founders is likely, but it is not documented in her investment record.
What companies has Noosheen Hashemi invested in?
Public databases show Convoy, AnyRoad and BoomGen Studios, among others. Her family office reportedly holds a portfolio of over 90 startups, so the full list is much larger than what is public.
What can founders expect from Noosheen Hashemi beyond capital?
Her bios say she takes an active role in fundraising, talent acquisition, operations and growth, and she spent years scaling operations at Oracle. Founders in health and AI may find her operating experience relevant.
Is Noosheen Hashemi an angel investor?
Yes. Noosheen Hashemi invests personally as an angel and is Founder & CEO at January AI. Crunchbase counts 5 investments and 2 exits.
Where is Noosheen Hashemi based?
Noosheen Hashemi is based in San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States.
How can founders reach Noosheen Hashemi?
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