TJ

Tony Jamous

CEO @ Oyster | Leading with Empathy & Mental Wellbeing | 2x Unicorn Founder

Paphos

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Education

  • MBA

    (2009 - 2009)

  • Phelma Grenoble

    (2000 - 2003)

Work Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2020

    I’m the CEO and co-founder of Oyster, a unicorn company that empowers companies to hire, pay, and care for team members globally 🌏. We’re on a mission to create a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere. 🌎 In the past 2 years we’ve: → Raised $150 M in Series C funding, total raised $230m → Grown the team to over 600 + people across 60 + countries → Grown our payment volume to emerging economies by 86% → Increased compensation and benefits access for workers in emerging countries → Helped over 4000 people get certified on Remote Ready → Achieved B corp status. → Built in public to show how we work remotely Our 3 core values are: - We thrive together - We elevate talent - We build trust 👋Reach out if you want to learn more about what we do.

Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform (acquired by Ericsson)

2016 - 2018

  • President

    2016 - 2018

  • Cofounder and CEO

    2010 - 2016

    Nexmo is a leader in CPAAS (Communication Platform As A Service) and is now part of Vonage. Till May 2018: $750M in value created 25 Billion API Calls 500K registered developers 459 Staff

Paymo, Inc. (acquired by BOKU Inc, now Twilio)

2008 - 2008

  • Business Development

    2008 - 2008

mBlox ( acquired by SINCH)

2004 - 2008

  • Sales

    2004 - 2008