Taner Halicioglu

Taner Halicioglu is the founder and manager of Keshif Ventures, an angel investment firm in San Diego. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Taner Halicioglu

Taner Halicioglu is the founder and manager of Keshif Ventures, an angel investment firm in San Diego, while also serving as a lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego and a former early Facebook hardware engineer. He is recognized as one of San Diego’s few “super angels,” actively investing in early-stage startups primarily within high-tech sectors that feature innovative or disruptive ideas aimed at the greater good. His investment thesis focuses on early-stage companies in high-tech, with a geographic concentration in San Diego and a mission-driven approach toward positive societal impact. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed, his designation as a “super angel” implies significant personal capital deployment and active involvement in early rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Mogl, Portfolium, Doctible, CloudBeds, Soci, and PacketSled. Halicioglu is also distinguished by his landmark $125 million combined philanthropic gift to UC San Diego, which established the Halicioglu School of Data Science and Computing, reflecting his deep commitment to data science and computing education

Taner Halicioglu at a glance

Role
Angel Investor
Location
San Diego, CA, United States
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
Mr. Taner Halicioglu serves as Technology and Operations Advisor at CureMetrix. He serves as Venture Partner at Analytics Ventures. He is an Advisor at Packetsled. He is a Bay Area native who graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 1996 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science. After graduation, he returned to Silicon Valley where he participated as a very early (first 20) employee at multiple high-tech start-ups in the mid-to-late 90's and through the 2000's including: GlobalCenter, Loudcloud, eBay (post-IPO), and Facebook. In 2009 he moved to Southern California to work at the game company, Blizzard Entertainment, and then in 2012 moved to San Diego to teach Computer Science at his Alma Mater. The majority of his technical contributions were as a senior-or-higher technical operations position

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Taner Halicioglu (San Diego, CA, United States) — sector focus: Mr. Taner Halicioglu serves as Technology and Operations Advisor at CureMetrix. He serves as Venture Partner at Analytics Ventures. He is an Advisor at Packets….
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Taner Halicioglu is based in San Diego, CA, United States.

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