Mo Islam

Mo was formerly a partner at DFJ and its early-stage spinout Threshold. He led investments and served on the boards of companies such as Benepass, EdgeQ, Freeform, Moonlake AI, Parasail, Parspec, Topos Bio, and was involved in the firm’s investments in Mythic, Nervana (Intel) and Zoox (Amazon), among other disruptive technology companies.

Before DFJ, Mo was on the engineering team at In-Q-Tel, where he conducted technical diligence on behalf of the CIA. Mo also held engineering roles at Lockheed Martin, the National Science Foundation, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Mo is an author of Disrupting Unemployment: Reflection on a Sustainable, Middle-Class Economic Recovery, addressing the disruption of employment by the rise of automation and artificial intelligence.

Mo graduated with a BS in electrical engineering, with interdisciplinary honors in international security studies, and an MBA from Stanford.