Adzmel Adznan

Co-Founding Partner at Piva Capital · Joined 2019

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Biography

Adzmel Adznan is a Co-Founding Partner of Piva Capital, named Partner and Operating Manager when the firm launched in San Francisco in 2019 with a 250 million dollar fund backed solely by PETRONAS, a partnership he originated. He spent more than a decade at PETRONAS in engineering, project development, and strategy roles tied to Malaysia's upstream petroleum sector and was a founding member of the company's corporate venture effort focused on new energy, advanced materials, and industrial automation. At Piva he manages limited partner relationships and fundraising strategy and has sourced and supported investments including Oobli, OneRail, and Ineratec. He is a Kauffman Fellow and holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

VELO3DOobliNovastusXage SecurityOneRailIneratec

Career Timeline

2019
Co-founded Piva Capital, named Partner and Operating Manager at the firm's San Francisco launch.
2019
Piva closed its 250 million dollar inaugural fund with PETRONAS as sole limited partner, a partnership he originated.

Sources & References

Piva Capital - Adzmel Adznan bio ↗Piva Capital - People ↗Piva $250M fund launch press release (Dec 2019) ↗