Full Name
Ahmed M Amer
Job Title
CEO
Firm
Emurgo
Professional Bio
Ahmed is an experienced investor when it comes to understanding strategy and finding alignment - with a global footprint in Africa, US, Europe, MENA and GCC regions. Having attracted, directed and managed USD 80 million in private/public capital to date, leveraging his strong stakeholder management skills, Ahmed provided high-level technical expertise to HNWIs and family offices, financial institutions, DFIs, governments and Fortune 500s including IFC, JP Morgan Chase, UNICEF, Saudi's SAMA/CMA, Morocco's Ministère de l'Industrie and others.
Ahmed has been involved with blockchain since 2013, and has since developed multiparty SaaS and BaaS implementations in digital transformation, fintech, payments and supply chain solutions leveraging distributed ledger technologies and smart tokens.
Ahmed also founded GIFGIF in 2016, a tech business that renders customized animated GIFs for marketing campaigns, growing the business 15x in five years. There, Ahmed developed GIFGIF's go-to-market strategy and created long-lasting partnerships with leading Fortune 500s.
Ahmed leads Emurgo Africa's USD100M fund-of-funds, investing in web2 and web3 funds and startups in Africa with a focus on climate resilience and access to finance and liquidity.
Ahmed is a generalist with a strong background in business growth and transformation using frontier tech having supported startups, businesses, governance and family office development for long-term wealth planning.
Always on the lookout for exciting people, conversation and opportunities.
Ahmed has been involved with blockchain since 2013, and has since developed multiparty SaaS and BaaS implementations in digital transformation, fintech, payments and supply chain solutions leveraging distributed ledger technologies and smart tokens.
Ahmed also founded GIFGIF in 2016, a tech business that renders customized animated GIFs for marketing campaigns, growing the business 15x in five years. There, Ahmed developed GIFGIF's go-to-market strategy and created long-lasting partnerships with leading Fortune 500s.
Ahmed leads Emurgo Africa's USD100M fund-of-funds, investing in web2 and web3 funds and startups in Africa with a focus on climate resilience and access to finance and liquidity.
Ahmed is a generalist with a strong background in business growth and transformation using frontier tech having supported startups, businesses, governance and family office development for long-term wealth planning.
Always on the lookout for exciting people, conversation and opportunities.
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