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Yalda Moshiri

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Angel Oregon Fund & Program Director, Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
📍 Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States

Yalda Moshiri is a capital formation and ecosystem leader at the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, where she directs the Angel Oregon Fund. She focuses on making early-stage companies investable and building angel investor communities. A two-time founder with experience at Amazon and Disney, she co-launched Oregons first statewide AI accelerator with Google.

An Iranian immigrant, Yalda is passionate about supporting underrepresented founders, shaped by her experience of growing up in Silicon Valley and adapting to a new culture. She is deeply committed to leveraging economic empowerment and inclusive entrepreneurship as a tool for long-term community impact and is motivated to help future generations of women lead.

She once co-founded a marketplace startup called SaF, an on-demand service that provided a Line Concierge to wait in lines on behalf of clients.

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Current Role
Angel Oregon Fund & Program Director, Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Yalda shows up

Self-Confident
Fast-Paced
Decisive

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Yalda cares about

Early-Stage Investing
As Director of the Angel Oregon Fund, she designs programs on fundraising, valuations, term sheets, and due diligence to educate founders and angel investors.
Founder Mentorship
Serves as a mentor at Portland State University's Center for Entrepreneurship and advises on commercialization and venture development at Oregon State University.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Angel Oregon Fund & Program Director, Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
10-2025
Board Member
Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator, a member of the Northwest Regional I-Corps Hub
9-2025
Steering Committee Member
Oregon AI Accelerator
1-2025
Mentor - PSU Center for Entrepreneurship (CE) and PSU Business Accelerator (PSBA)
Portland State University - School of Business
10-2024 - 1-2026
Angel Oregon Program Director
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
In the press

Media appearances

Oregon Entrepreneurs Network adds Yalda Moshiri to enhance Angel offerings. Featured in Silicon Florist
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Meet the OEN Staff – Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. Featured in Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
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Education
Bachelor of Science - BS
The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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