Haris Khurshid

Haris Khurshid, MBA, CFA, serves as the Chief Investment Officer at Karobaar Capital, LP, a Chicago-based quantitative investment management firm with over $250 million in assets under management, since January 2025. Additionally, Haris acts as an advisor at 1871 and Techstars, providing mentorship to entrepreneurs and assisting in their ventures. Other advisory roles include working with Plug and Play Tech Center, focusing on startups in the SaaS, Fintech, and Healthcare sectors, and serving as a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners. Haris has also invested as a pre-IPO investor in companies such as Klarna, Stripe, Carta, Rivian, and FIGS. Educational credentials include an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, and a BA in Economics from Michigan State University.