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Ameet Shah

General Partner Golden Ventures | former founder/operator

Toronto, Ontario

Skills

Venture Capital
Sales
Mobile Applications
Mobile Technology
Strategic Partnerships
Mobile Content
Mobile Internet
Mobile Games
Start-ups
Go-to-market Strategy
Product Management
Management
Wireless
Business Development
Business Strategy
Digital Media
Strategy
Mobile Marketing
Mobile Communications
Leadership

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2015

    Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.

2011 - 2015

  • Studio Director, Toronto

    2011 - 2015

    Zynga is the world's leading provider of social game services with hundreds of millions of monthly active users playing its games, which include Words With Friends, Draw Something, Zynga Poker, Cityville, Farmville, Scramble With Friends, Mafia Wards and many more. Zynga's games are available on a number of global platforms, including Facebook, Zynga.com, Google+, Tencent, Apple iOS and Google Android.

2008 - 2011

  • Managing Partner

    2008 - 2011

    Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga Inc, July 2011) is a leading provider of custom mobile application development software and services. Some of its clients include Disney, Sony Pictures, Cisco, AOL, Cineplex, The Associated Press, The Globe and Mail, Sun Media, The Score, Rogers, Bell Media, Vivendi Universal and Zynga.

2004 - 2008

  • Director, Systems Engineering & Strategic Accounts

    2007 - 2008

  • Regional Account Manager & Sales Engineer

    2005 - 2007

  • Developer

    2004 - 2005

Grey Interactive Canada

2002 - 2003

  • Software Developer

    2002 - 2003