Sobhan Khani

I'm Sobhan, Partner and VP at Plug and Play Ventures focused on global business development and strategy. I helped scale Plug and Play from a small Bay Area team into a global innovation platform and have led expansions across mobility, energy, fintech, real estate, and Smart Cities while opening international hubs and accelerator programs. I oversee U.S. and global operations, work with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and investors, and previously worked as a business analyst and in business development roles while studying at USC, Thunderbird, Stanford GSB, and Harvard. If you want to talk corporate innovation, strategic partnerships, or global market expansion, reach out.

And my hot take is corporations hire innovation teams to avoid doing the actual hard work of changing their business.