Invests in
Stages:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$25,000.00Max Investment:
$500,000.00Target Investment:
$250,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Aadil
Investments
Orca Fraud
Total Funding: $550K
Stan
Total Funding: $5M
Blanq
Total Funding: $600K
Lottielab
Total Funding: $4M
nGrow.ai
Total Funding: $300K
LocoNav
Total Funding: $37M
Typedream
Total Funding:
Checkstep
Total Funding: $7.4M
SkillMagic
Total Funding:
Ilara Health
Total Funding: $4.7M
Work Experience
2024
Product + Growth
2024
2011
Angel Investor
2011
- Seed Investor in 200+ startups in 18 countries (40% in Africa) over 15 years - Scout @ Sequoia Capital and Network Leader @ Village Global
2021 - 2023
Head of New Products
2021 - 2023
OpenSea is a marketplace for NFTs. I was responsible for the core marketplace (buying and selling), protocol development, dev tooling, and data science.
2019 - 2021
CPO, Head of Product
2019 - 2021
Automattic is a fully distributed company (no offices) making software to power the open web. - Led 150+ person remote WordPress.com product & engineering team (including mobile and international) - Ran Internal "startup" products and distributed work initiatives (P2)
2017 - 2019
Entrepreneurship and Travel
2017 - 2019
- Created 'Playback,' a live-action mobile VR series fully funded by Oculus Studios. - Hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro, Annapurna Circuit and cycle toured in New Zealand.
2015 - 2017
VP, Head of Product
2015 - 2017
Led product development for payment gateway focused on mobile money in Africa. Segovia was acquired by Crown Agents Bank (IPO: CAPB) and spun out Tap Tap Send (https://www.taptapsend.com/) as a separate company.
2010 - 2015
VP, Head of Product
2010 - 2015
First product manager (4th employee) at Pocket Gems creating mobile entertainment products. - Built and led a team of 25+ product managers - Led all live products (including P&L) with ~100 cross-functional staff and $X00M revenue - Led studios responsible for building new products from concept until post-launch including Pet Hotel (#3 top-grossing app worldwide in 2011)
2009 - 2009
Associate
2009 - 2009
Summer Associate on the venture team focused on gaming and eCommerce.
2006 - 2008
Data + Product
2006 - 2008
Used search data to build internal tools for sales teams and external tools for advertisers.
2004 - 2006
Consultant
2004 - 2006
Management consultant for financial services practice in London with experience across financial sectors and time spent evenly between Europe, USA and UK.