Neda Amidi

Neda Amidi is the President of Plug and Play Ventures, a global early-stage investment firm and corporate innovation platform based in San Francisco, California. She began her career as a Business Analyst at Zamzee and Zong, a mobile payments startup acquired by PayPal for $240 million, after earning a finance degree from Santa Clara University. Joining the firm founded by Saeed Amidi, she initially built and served as the Global Head of Health, establishing strategic partnerships with major healthcare institutions like Johnson & Johnson and the Cleveland Clinic. Appointed President in 2020, she oversees operations for a platform that executes over 250 investments annually across 50 locations and maintains a portfolio with 30 unicorn exits, including Dropbox. Her current focus centers on scaling diverse investment verticals while advancing female entrepreneurship through the firm's FoundHer initiative.