Shervin Kordary Pishevar (Persian: شروین پیشه ور; born March 24, 1974) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, super angel investor, and philanthropist.

He was previously a managing director at Menlo Ventures, where he led investments in Warby Parker, Tumblr, Machine Zone, and Uber Series B.

[6] He was chosen by the U.S. Government as an Outstanding American by Choice in 2012, and in 2015 he was appointed by Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Abraham Pishevar moved to the United States after he was placed on Ayatollah Khomeini's execution list for broadcasting instructions on leaving Iran for foreign nationals.

While driving the cab, Abraham Pishevar, who already held a Master's degree, studied for and received a Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Howard University.

[11] As a science project, he began researching Magainin peptides, and later, while majoring in molecular cellular biology at UC Berkeley, he received a Presidential Fellowship to continue the study.

In 1996, he co-authored an article in Journal of the American Medicine Society which helped lead to the Istanbul Protocol, the first set of international guidelines for documentation of torture.

[14] Rather than go into a medical profession, Pishevar decided to become an entrepreneur and at 23 founded WebOS, the first company to create cross-browser windows-like interfaces for the internet, establishing the concept of a Web-based operating system.

In a 1999 article in the Financial Times, Pishevar called WebOS "disruptive technology", and predicted that it would change the dominant distribution of channels for software.

Also in 2001, Pishevar co-founded Ionside Interactive, and served as the company's president, director, and head of product, business development and sales.

Creating an advanced 3D graphics and AI engine for the Pocket PC, Pishevar led the product development on several software titles.

[32] After leaving the fund, he founded Sherpa Capital with Scott Stanford, formerly the co-head of Goldman Sachs' Global Internet Investment Banking division.

[38] Sherpa Capital investments have also included Uber, Airbnb, Munchery, ipsy, Shyp, Stance, Rent the Runway, Beepi, PillPack, Doctor on Demand, and Cue Health, among others.

[53][54][55] Pishevar said he would be using the time off to investigate and pursue a legal case against the people who have instigated a smear campaign and the spreading of false allegations against his reputation.

[64][65] In April 2016, a fundraising event to benefit Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was hosted by George and Amal Clooney at Pishevar's home.

[74] He filed suit at the San Francisco County Superior Court against Washington, D.C.-based political opposition research firm Definers Public Affairs, accusing them of contacting reporters to spread false rumours, including that Pishevar was a Russian agent, that he had embezzled investors' money from Uber and that he had paid off his accuser to settle the rape claim.

The suit also names Jill Hazelbaker, senior vice president of Global Policy and Communications at Uber and former political operative, without accusing her of complicity in the alleged smear campaign.

[75] Pishevar dismissed the lawsuit against Definers in February 2018, and stated that he intended to continue focusing his efforts on finding the people responsible for the forged London Police report.

[82] Pishevar co-founded the organization 1% of Nothing with Matt Galligan, Michael Birch and Scott Harrison in 2011, with the goal of connecting startups and their founders to various causes.