Zain Rizavi

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DISC Type : c

Co-founder & CEO at Stealth

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Zain Rizavi is the Co-founder and CEO of a stealth startup at the intersection of AI and security, leveraging his experience as a venture capitalist at Ridge Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. He previously handled special projects at Cloudflare and graduated from the University of Utah.

Outside of work, Zain is an avid reader and cyclist who is passionate about supporting the Utah tech scene. He hosts events for the tech community in Salt Lake City and focuses on mentoring the next generation of founders from the area.

He played rugby as a student-athlete while at the University of Utah.

Personality Overview

Price-Sensitive

Systematic

Not Easily Convinced

They prefer to analyze every situation thoroughly.
  They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms.

Topics They Care About

AI in Security
His current stealth-mode company is building AI-native solutions for enterprise threat detection, leveraging autonomous agents for real-time monitoring and self-healing protocols.
Venture Capital
As a former Principal at Ridge Ventures and investor at Pelion, he has significant experience evaluating and backing early-stage enterprise and cybersecurity startups.
Supporting Founders
He co-founded the Cloudflare Angels Network to back the next generation of founders and often speaks about what it takes to build a company VCs want to fund.

Media Appearances

Zain has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Co-founder & CEO at Stealth
5-2025
Scout at Kleiner Perkins
3-2024
Co-founder at Cloudflare Angels Network
1-2021
Angel Investor at Angel Investor
10-2022 - 3-2025
Principal at Ridge Ventures

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from University of Utah

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Insights For Selling To Zain

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Zain is

  • Confidence that the product provides ROI, effective pricing and process adherence matter the most to them.

  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Zain

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Zain move?

  • They can move at a reasonable pace while making their decisions if they have the necessary information.

  • Can Zain take some risk or not?

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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