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Rameez Ansar

Co-Founder at Circles - Join us on the journey!

Singapore

Work Experience

2014

  • Co-Founder

    2014

    Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands. Circles offers the world’s first cloud-native, full-stack digital telco platform built for operators by an operator to launch digital telcos from anywhere in the world. Circles is backed by global investors such as Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, EDBI and Founders Fund. https://www.circles.co

2011 - 2013

  • Founding Partner

    2011 - 2013

    Co-Founded and managed a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) focused venture fund that received co-investment from the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF). Funded, incubated and mentored over a dozen entrepreneurs, startups during the formative stages of the Block 71 start-up ecosystem in Singapore.

2008 - 2011

  • Associate Director

    2008 - 2011

    Managed the investment portfolio & new investments, including during the 2008 global financial crisis. Founding member of the portfolio risk committee that reviewed capital allocation, investment strategy and macroeconomic implications

2005 - 2008

  • Consultant, Corporate Finance

    2005 - 2008

    Strategy, M&A, due diligence and go to market in telecoms, industrial, and consumers across Southeast Asia, Germany, South Africa and the Middle East. Setup the first of its kind regulatory pricing framework for the corporatism of Changi airport.

2003 - 2004

  • Analyst

    2003 - 2004

    Part of the early team member of the engineering team at US-based Ipsum Networks, a US$ 8.5M Rho Ventures and Sevin Rosen funded, start-up that focused on IP layer network diagnostics.