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Arif Gursel is a VC Angel Investor, Business Development & Product Leader at Black Angel Group in Seattle, Washington. His investments range from $100K to $5.0M, with a sweet spot of $1.5M. Arif focuses on sectors such as Messaging, Hardware, SMB Software, Data Services, and Enterprise Applications at both Pre-seed and Seed stages. He has a track record of successful investments and is affiliated with the Black Angel Group. Arif’s partnership and collaboration style involve founding initiatives like VIBEHEAVY incubator and P.A.C.E. non-profit, focusing on S.T.E.A.M education and activism.
Location: Seattle, Washington
Country: Türkiye
Industries: Not available
Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: not-found
AI Reasoning: Searches found biographical pieces (GeekWire Sep 2025) about Arif Gürsel and his nonprofit SEA619 and initiatives (VIBEHEAVY, PACE) but did not cite any specific startup investments or dates of investments prior to November 1, 2025. No verifiable recent investment event or named startup with date was found to calculate recency. Given lack of identifiable transaction dates, classify as not-found.
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