Jaleh Daie

Dr. Jaleh Daie (born 1948) is a managing partner at Aurora Equity, an investment company in Palo Alto, California that provides financing for technology startups. She was the first woman on the U.S. Space Foundation board of directors, and was inducted in the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 1996.

Dr. Daie has been head of her department at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Rutgers University, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a member of Band of Angels and has been an advocate for women and girls in science and technology. Dr. Daie is Iranian American and a member of the Iranian American Women Foundation.