
Growing Venture Funds
Early stage venture investments powered by data driven growth programming
Orbit (Partner 2021- & Growth Director, 2019-)
2023 Top active VC in Pakistan (#2), India (#7) and MENA
Orbit Startups helps startups with breakthrough technologies reach a global scale by expanding across emerging and frontier markets. We actively invest in startups driving economic independence, digitization and sustainability.
Since 2010, Orbit invested nearly $80M in 200+ startups that have gone on to raise more than $780M in follow on funding. We are a global investor in internet and software startups operating in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. .
Since joining Orbit in 2019, we helped over 200 venture based startups grow them from MVP to traction and follow on funding to drive value for our startups, LPs and network of investors. I work hands-on with 40-50 startup founders per month on initiatives that drive traction including data analytics, customer interviews, marketing channels, etc.
The Orbit program offers startups corporate business development, data driven growth and fundraising support through our rigorous guidance, training, and expert resources from mentors, partners, and investors.
Orbit is the successor to SOSV’s Chinaccelerator, which started in 2010 and was Asia’s first startup accelerator, and MOX, the mobile-first accelerator launched in Taipei in 2015.
SOSV (Program Director; 2019-2023)
Top 5 Most Active VC Globally in '21 & '22
SOSV ($1.6B AUM) is a multi-stage venture capital investor operating vertical global startup programs:
- HAX (SZ/NJ) #1 global hardware and deep tech investor
- IndieBio (SFO/NYC) Top 3 global life sciences and climate tech investors
- Orbit Startups (Global) internet & software for frontier, developing markets.
SOSV provides seed, venture, and growth-stage follow-on investment into superstar companies. SOSV's model has delivered a net IRR over the last 20 years that puts us in the top 10% of all venture funds worldwide.
At SOSV, I was responsible for providing Growth related consulting to a portfolio of 1,000 startups across hardware, software and climate tech. Additionally I leveraged my network of global growth expert speakers to share with our startups at our bi-annual Virtual Growth Summit, featuring speakers from TikTok, Slack, Alibaba, etc.
Antler (Fund Advisor, Mentor, LP investor; 2017-)
Turning the world's top talent into great founders of great companies.
Antler is a startup generator and early-stage VC that turns the world's top talent into great founders of great companies.
Antler selects the most passionate, aspiring entrepreneurs, helps them find the right co-founders, and connects them to a global mentor network. Antler provides funding from day one, office space, hands-on coaching, access to experienced venture partners
I was recruited by Antler's founding general partners to advise about Antler's expansion into the US and China startup ecosystems. I worked hands on with Antler leadershp and local city partners to settle on the Brooklyn shipyards as their initial US base.
FugeTech (Mentor, Angel Investor, 2015-)
Making AdTech Beautiful
Advisor & Minor Angel investor since 2015. FugeTech is a Series A invested startup that helps the senior management teams (Unilever, L'Oreal, Didi; WPP, Publicis, etc.) improve the transparency and effectiveness of their marketing investment.
FugeTech's transparent marketplace covers media, social, and creative resources. FugeTech is able to cost benchmark your marketing activities vs accurate industrial level data.
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