# Munier Afshar

> Munier Afshar is a co-founder at Maze, the AI-powered user research and continuous product discovery platform trusted by over 60,000 brands including Atlassian, Lowe's, and Sony. Based in the Baltimore/Washington DC area, Afshar helped build Maze into a category-defining research platform that raised a $40M Series B in 2022, bringing total funding to over $57M. Beyond tech, he serves as Vice President of the Afghan Relief Fund, lending organizational leadership to a nonprofit supporting vulnerable Afghan families. His career spans entrepreneurship, operations, and community impact.

- **Role:** Co-Founder at Maze
- **Organizations:** Maze, Afghan Relief Fund
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Business, The George Washington University School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Maze, which raised over $57M in total venture funding, Helped grow Maze to 60,000+ brand customers including Atlassian, Sony, Lowe's, Volvo, and Fidelity, Secured Series B led by Felicis Ventures with Atlassian Ventures and Zoom Ventures participating

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Maze founded, focused on making product research accessible for all teams
- **2020** — Maze closes seed funding, begins scaling research platform
- **2021** — Maze Series A funding secured; platform reaches tens of thousands of users
- **2022-06** — Maze raises $40M Series B led by Felicis Ventures with participation from Emergence, Amplify, Partech, Seedcamp, HubSpot Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, and Zoom Ventures
- **2022+** — Serves as Vice President, Board of Directors at Afghan Relief Fund
- **2024** — Maze grows to 180+ employees across 35 countries, serving 60,000+ brands

## Achievements

- Co-founded Maze, which raised over $57M in total venture funding
- Helped grow Maze to 60,000+ brand customers including Atlassian, Sony, Lowe's, Volvo, and Fidelity
- Secured Series B led by Felicis Ventures with Atlassian Ventures and Zoom Ventures participating
- Built Maze into a 180-person company spanning 35 countries
- Serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors at Afghan Relief Fund

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Maze continues expanding its AI-powered research capabilities with AI-moderated interviews, automated transcripts, and real-time insight generation
- **2022-06** — Maze raised $40M Series B, the largest funding round in the company's history, to accelerate platform development and global expansion

## Links

- Website: https://maze.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/munier-afshar-22b0b117a
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mazeHQ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/mazedesignHQ/

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