Kamran Elahian (Persian: کامران الهیان) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur who is the chairman and founder of Global Innovation Catalyst[1] and advises governments on transitioning out of fossil-based economies. Over his career, he co-founded ten companies and had six exits, three of which were Unicorn IPOs.[2][3] For 15 years he was Chairman of Global Catalyst Partners, a global VC firm with investments in the U.S., Japan, China, India, Israel and Singapore.