Amidi Group business units hold strong global positions in a diverse range of domestic and international industries, including real estate, industrial products/supplies, and technology investing. Having historically built its holdings and brands from scratch, the Amidi Group’s experience and network now allow it to create proprietary international expansion opportunities for the conglomerate. By leveraging the unique resources and core capabilities of each business division, the Amidi Group is well-positioned to continuously create value by successfully expanding in a variety of industries in new regions.
Amidi Group
With Thriving Businesses Across the Globe, We Never Stop Creating Value.
Our Core Businesses
Our individual businesses may seem diverse, but each is driven by our central focus on being at the cutting edge of technological innovation, real estate development, and building a global community of professionals in the technology, entertainment and entrepreneurial fields.
Real Estate
With more than 65 years of experience, The Amidi Group holds and operates more than 1,000,000 square feet of real estate with a focus on large scale commercial, mixed-use, and residential properties across three highly successful brands; TENTEN, Hollywood Production Center, and Plug and Play Tech Center. While each brand continues to expand globally, Amidi Group is simultaneously growing its US real estate holdings with several notable projects in the development pipeline including Phase II of TENTEN Wilshire and TENTEN Hollywood.
Technological Innovations
With over 65 years of combined entrepreneurial experience in building profitable, global enterprises from the ground up, and over 65 years of combined investing experience in successful technology startups in a vast variety of fields, the Amidi Group has assembled an extensive network of resources designed to help startups grow and succeed. Today, a world-class network of serial entrepreneurs, strategic investors, and industry leaders actively collaborate with its successful and growing investment portfolio. Through relationships with successful entrepreneurs and access to an extensive network, Amidi is committed to building successful companies through its seed and early-stage investments in emerging fields.
Amidi around the World
The Amidi Group is active in 15+ countries and has more than 300 corporate partners including world leaders like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Samsung and Walmart. Business holdings include operations in key regions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and China. Amidi’s international business reach has been built on decades of experience spanning key industries including: distribution of raw plastics and industrial supplies, importing/exporting building materials, textiles and consumer products, and direct delivery of clean bottled water.
Featured Businesses
Each TENTEN Community has been master-planned for the comprehensive and demanding lifestyles of today’s entrepreneurs and business professionals. TENTEN combines the best attributes of luxuriously furnished, full-service apartments, executives suite offices, and resort hotels, to create the quintessential Live-Work-Play environment.
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The Hollywood Production Center services the entertainment industry in Southern California, specializing in immediate occupancy of beautiful production and post-productions office space in both cities of Hollywood and in Glendale.
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Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that connects the best startup companies to the biggest corporations in the world. Founded in 2006, and headquartered in Silicon Valley, Plug and Play has built industry-themed accelerator programs, corporate innovation services, and an in-house VC to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Now, with over 20 locations across the world, 10,000 startups in the ecosystem, and 400 corporate partners, Plug and Play is the largest innovation network on the planet.
Plug and Play Tech CenterLocations
Hollywood Production Center
Hollywood Production Center – 225 E. Broadway
Hollywood Production Center
Hollywood Production Center – 1149 N. Gower
Hollywood Production Center
Hollywood Production Center – 6350 Santa Monica
Hollywood Production Center
Hollywood Production Center – 127 S. Brand
Hollywood Production Center
Hollywood Production Center – 121 West Lexington
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Abu Dhabi
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Amsterdam
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Beijing
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Cleveland
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Frankfurt
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Hamburg
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Houston
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Jakarta
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Los Angeles
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Madrid
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Milan
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Munich
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - NW Arkansas
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Paris
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Paris II (Lafayette)
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Plug and Play - Sao Paulo
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play Headquarters - Silicon Valley
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Shanghai
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Shenzhen
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Singapore
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Stuttgart
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Plug and Play - Thailand
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Geneva, Switzerland
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Plug and Play - Tokyo
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Kyoto
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Fargo, North Dakota
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Valencia, Spain
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play - Vienna
TENTEN
TENTEN Glendale
TENTEN
TENTEN Oceanside
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TENTEN Wilshire – 1010 Wilshire BLVD
TENTEN
TENTEN Wilshire – 1027 Wilshire BLVD
Other
Amidi Group Corporate Office
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American Liquid Packaging Systems, Inc.
Other
Chemtex (Europe)
Other
Chemtex (Mexico & South America)
Other
Chemtex (North America)
Other
La Costanera Restaurant
Other
Macrocons
Other
Medallion Rug Gallery
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Medallion Rug Outlet
Meet Our Founders
Rahim Amidi and Saeed Amidi are the two principal managers of the Amidi Group of Companies. Rahim and Saeed have accumulated more than 65 years of expertise in start-up investing, real estate, international trading companies, manufacturing and distribution, both domestically and internationally.
Rahim Amidi
Rahim is a technology investor, serial entrepreneur, and seasoned executive with over 35 years of experience in early-stage venture capital, as well as commercial real estate development and management.
With a deep network in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, Rahim has been a successful investor in early-stage startups since 1998. Rahim is an early-stage investor in PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), DropBox (NASDAQ: DBX), Genapsys, CourseHero, ApplyBoard, Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), SoundHound, Vudu (Acquired by Walmart), IntegenX (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), Camstar (Acquired by Siemens), Quantenna Communications (Acquired by ON Semiconductor), Aquantia (Acquired by Marvell Technology), CyberFlow Analytics (acquired by Webroot), NextBio, Surkus, Tenor (Acquired by Google), and The Bouqs Company.
Rahim co-founded the Amidi Group in 1980, a conglomerate of privately-held business enterprises consisting of several domestic and international entities with significant manufacturing, distribution, trading, retail, and real estate holdings. For the past 35 years, he has chaired and spearheaded the operations and management of a number of the Amidi Group entities, growing the aggregate value of its assets under management to over $2 billion.
Rahim is an active member of the technology community and a frequent contributor to numerous charitable foundations.
Saeed Amidi
Saeed is a technology investor, serial entrepreneur, and seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in founding, operating, and growing successful companies, as well as investing in early-stage startups. He has successfully started and scaled businesses both domestically and internationally including countries such as: Japan, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Saeed founded Plug and Play, the ultimate innovation platform, in 2006. Since then, the Plug and Play portfolio has raised over $9 billion and has gained invaluable support alongside Plug and Play’s network of over 10,000 startups. With 30+ locations worldwide and 400+ VC Partners, Plug and Play has extended Silicon Valley’s expertise across the world.
Saeed has actively invested in startups since 1998. He has invested in high-growth startups such as PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Honey (Acquired by PayPal), Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), DropBox (NASDAQ: DBX), LendingClub (NYSE: LC), Tenor (Acquired by Google), and Deepscale.AI (Acquired by Tesla). Some of his other investments include Rappi, N26, Hippo Insurance, SoundHound, ProcessGold (Acquired by UiPath), api.ai (Acquired by Google), Drastin (Acquired by Splunk), Grove (Acquired by Wealthfront), PowerPlan (Acquired by Roper), Aquantia (Acquired by Marvell), Kamcord (Acquired by Lyft), NextBio (Acquired by Illumina), URX (Acquired by Pinterest), and ChangeCoin (Acquired by Airbnb).
Saeed co-founded the Amidi Group in 1980, a conglomerate of privately-held business enterprises consisting of several domestic and international entities with significant manufacturing, distribution, trading, retail, and real estate holdings.
Saeed is an active member of the technology community, helping bring together entrepreneurs and Fortune 1000 Companies alike. He is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a world-class network of Fortune 500 CEOs, accomplished serial entrepreneurs, and veteran financial executives.