Saqib Awan
About Saqib Awan
Saqib E. Awan is the Founder and Managing Director of GTM Capital, a venture firm based in Miami, Florida. Investor databases date the firm to 2022. They list him alongside Chief Investment Officer-in-Residence Suhit Gupta and limited partner Michael Keithley.
His LinkedIn activity shows he was named a Lightspeed Summer Fellow in 2018. In 2024 he spoke on a Bank of America summit panel in Miami about generative AI and emerging enterprise IT. He also announced the launch of Flip AI, an AI observability startup, on LinkedIn in 2023.
This page covers Saqib E. Awan of GTM Capital only. Other people named Saqib Awan, including a Trillo co-founder, are not the same person.
Public profiles list him as an investor and advisor to startups, with early-stage positions going back to 2022. Aggregator listings show a mix of personal and GTM Capital investments in security, data and AI infrastructure companies. They include Cyera and Vectara (both listed from 2022), Lightrun (2023), and Flip AI (2023). Later listings include Luminance, DataBahn.ai, Revefi and Andromeda Security (2024), and WisdomAI and Straiker (2025). Crunchbase credits him personally with an Airrived seed investment. It credits GTM Capital with the Flip AI seed round.
On the Lounge deals desk, his AI round is the Airrived seed of $6.1M, announced in February 2026. Airrived builds an agentic AI platform for enterprise cybersecurity and IT automation. Cannage Capital led the round. Plug and Play Ventures, Rebellion Ventures and Inner Loop Capital took part. The announcement named Awan with Manoj Apte and Mahendra Ramsinghani as strategic investors from cybersecurity.
Other AI-related companies listed in his portfolio include Luminance, a legal AI platform, and WisdomAI, an AI business intelligence platform.
NFX Signal lists him as investing from pre-seed through Series B. Its sector rankings cover AI, developer tools, security, cloud infrastructure and SaaS. It also lists a Southeast US developer tools ranking at pre-seed. NFX Signal gives an investment range of $100K to $5.0M. That is a profile-level range, not a stated personal angel check size. We found no public statement from him about what he looks for in a pitch.
- Airrived: agentic AI platform for cybersecurity and IT automation; $6.1M seed announced February 2026.
- Flip AI: generative AI observability platform for DevOps; launched in 2023.
- Cyera: data security company; listed from 2022.
- Luminance: legal AI platform; listed from 2024.
- WisdomAI: AI-powered business intelligence platform; listed from 2025.
- Andromeda Security: identity security platform for human and non-human identities; listed from 2024.
- Vectara, Lightrun, Revefi, DataBahn.ai, Straiker: listed as investments in aggregator profiles.
- signal.nfx.com/investors/saqib-awan
- crunchbase.com/person/saqib-awan-781b
- siliconangle.com/2026/02/03/airrived-says-agentic-ais-breakthrough-mom
- fintech.global/2026/02/09/enterprise-ai-security-firm-airrived-raises-
- pulse2.com/airrived-6-1-million-seed-funding-raised-for-enterprise-sec
- linkedin.com/posts/saqibeawan_flip-ai-predict-resolve-business-disrupt
- linkedin.com/posts/saqibeawan_it-was-great-to-share-the-stage-with-and
- investorlist.com/investor/gtm-capital
Investing activity
Saqib Awan appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $6M. The most recent is Airrived (Seed, $6.1M, Feb 2026).
Saqib Awan most often invests alongside Cannage Capital, Manoj Apte, Plug and Play and Mahendra Ramsinghani, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Saqib Awan
Who is Saqib Awan?
Saqib E. Awan is the Founder and Managing Director of GTM Capital in Miami, Florida. He invests in early-stage AI, security and infrastructure software companies.
What stage does Saqib Awan invest in?
NFX Signal lists him from pre-seed through Series B. His most recent AI round on the Lounge deals desk is the Airrived seed.
What is Saqib Awan's check size?
NFX Signal shows an investment range of $100K to $5.0M for his profile. He has not publicly stated a personal angel check size that we could find.
Did Saqib Awan invest in Airrived?
Yes. Press coverage of Airrived's $6.1M seed round, announced in February 2026, names Saqib E. Awan among the strategic investors. Cannage Capital led the round.
What sectors does Saqib Awan back?
NFX Signal lists AI, developer tools, security, cloud infrastructure and SaaS. His known holdings are mostly in security, data and enterprise AI.
How can founders contact Saqib Awan?
He is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/saqibeawan, and GTM Capital's site is gtm-capital.com. NFX Signal also offers warm introductions.
Is Saqib Awan an angel investor?
Yes. Saqib Awan invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Saqib Awan invested in?
Saqib Awan's AI investments include Airrived. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Saqib Awan invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Saqib Awan has invested at Seed, with a median round of $6M.
Who does Saqib Awan co-invest with?
Saqib Awan's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Cannage Capital (1 deal), Manoj Apte (1 deal), Plug and Play (1 deal), Mahendra Ramsinghani (1 deal) and Rebellion Ventures (1 deal).