Summary
Keyan Kazemian is a founder and product-focused operator with 8 years of experience building social-first products and early-stage venture initiatives from New York. As Cofounder & CEO of 222 he’s focused on accelerating chance social encounters at local venues, blending product design with real-world behavioral insights developed during his Serendipity Project research. He previously raised and deployed capital for student founders through Crescent Fund and sharpened growth and retention skills at Airtime and Match, alongside product roles at American Express and a Kleiner Perkins fellowship. Technically grounded from internships at Facebook, Cylance, and other engineering roles, he brings full-stack fluency to product leadership and a knack for shipping measurable activation and retention features. Notably, his background bridges psychology, social systems, and engineering—an uncommon mix that informs how he designs serendipity into products.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Washington
W23, W23 at Y Combinator
University of California, Irvine
English, Persian