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About
I'm currently a fund manager investing across asset classes, and have spent my career across venture capital as a GP, CFO for multiple VC-backed startups. Prior, I have worked in corporate finance, banking and management consulting. Over the years, I’ve sat on both sides of the capital table, as a founder, startup CFO, venture investor, and fund manager. I’ve helped raise capital from Pre-Seed through Series A+, built investor pipelines from scratch, and evaluated thousands of opportunities as the one making investment decisions. Across my fund and angel investments, I’ve backed 50+ companies with multiple exits. I also advise founders through 1871, Techstars, Plug and Play, and 500 Global. I don’t coach full-time. I do this alongside my day job because I enjoy working with a small number of motivated people and giving back where I can. I’ve learned a lot by being in the seat myself, and I try to pass along what I’ve picked up from actually doing the work. It keeps things grounded and practical.
Haris also coaches for Venture Capital, MBA, Hedge Fund, Executive Assessment, Career Coaching, and AI for Finance. View all.
Haris’s Build with AI Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Executive
20+ Build with AI clients
Haris has helped clients get into these companies:
I teach AI agents and automation from a very practical, operator’s perspective. My background is in hedge funds and venture capital, where I’ve worked with teams building AI-native workflows and deploying automation inside real businesses. At my fund (AI-native), we integrated AI across research, operations, and internal tooling, and I’ve helped portfolio companies design and implement AI agents that automate repetitive work, improve decision-making, and scale small teams. Because I’ve built and deployed these systems in production environments (and not just experimented with them) I focus on what actually works: designing useful workflows, choosing the right tools, and turning AI from a demo into a reliable part of a company’s operations.
Haris can help with:
AI Agents
AI Automation
AI Ethics & Responsible AI
AI Fundamentals
AI Graphics Creation
AI Podcast Creation
AI Research
AI Tools & Integration
Prompt Engineering
Work Experience
Chief Investment Officer
Karobaar Capital Management, LP
2025 - Present
Hiring Manager
Karobaar Capital Management, LP is a Chicago-based quantitative investment firm focused on systematic relative-value and volatility strategies across global markets, capacity-constrained to ~$500M.
Advisor
500 Global VC
2022 - Present
500 Global is a leading venture capital firm with over $2.3 billion in assets under management. As a mentor and advisor, I engage with numerous accelerator programs and support founders in refining their growth strategy, strengthening product-market fit, preparing for fundraising, and building scalable operations
Advisor
1871
2022 - Present
1871 is a global innovation hub making more than $3.5B in impact, where I provide mentorship and advisory support to founders, helping them scale their ventures and navigating complex startup challenges.
Advisor
Plug and Play Tech Center
2022 - Present
Plug and Play is a global innovation platform, nurturing 30+ unicorns in their portfolio. As a mentor, I focus on working with startups in the SaaS, Fintech, and Healthcare sectors.
Advisor
Techstars
2021 - Present
Techstars is the world's most active pre-seed investor, and as a mentor I support entrepreneurs with getting access to capital, finding customers, hiring talent, choosing the right infrastructure, and scaling.
Venture Partner
NextGen Venture Partners
2021 - Present
NextGen is an early-stage venture fund investing in disruptive startups (e.g., Everlywell, Carta). As a venture partner, I help in sourcing startups, performing due diligence and advising portfolio companies.
General Partner
Chalo Ventures, LP
2020 - 2024
$50M early-stage investment fund focused on identifying and supporting the most compelling startups in Pakistan and LatAm (stage and sector-agnostic, targeting ~$50K-$750K initial check sizes).
Education
Chicago Booth
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship , Finance
2023 - 2025
Admissions Committee Experience
Admissions Committee, Member
Columbia Business School
Master of Science - MS, Financial Engineering, Financial Engineering
2017 - 2018
Admissions Committee Experience
Graduate Student Committee, Member
Michigan State University
Bachelor Degree
2010 - 2014
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Haris was also personally admitted to
Darden School of Business (UVA)
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
Duke's Fuqua School of Business
McCombs School of Business (UT Austin)
NYU Stern School of Business
Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell)
MIT Sloan
Michigan's Ross School of Business
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Haris has helped clients get into these companies:
Haris also coaches for Venture Capital, MBA, Hedge Fund, Executive Assessment, Career Coaching, and AI for Finance. View all.