Impact Week | UCLA Anderson School of Management

Ahmed is an Investment Manager at Techstars, where he helps run the Los Angeles, Healthcare, and Space programs. At Techstars, Ahmed invests in ~50 companies a year across six sectors: B2B SaaS, Retail / E-Commerce, Health & Wellness, Deep-Tech, Prop-Tech, and Climate / Sustainability. Additionally, Ahmed serves as a Faculty Lecturer to the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

Previously, Ahmed incubated ideas at Wavemaker Labs, Share Ventures, and Pilot44 by helping the teams bring various concepts to market. There, he partnered with internal corporate venture groups at Fortune 100 companies to launch new products and build businesses. His expertise in early stage company building helped him go 0-to-1 seven times in a span of 3 years. 

Ahmed has also spent part of his career as an entrepreneur launching multiple ventures — from retail businesses to digital software products. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Ahmed was an investment banker transacting technology mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships.

In his spare time, you can find him cycling the sunny streets of Los Angeles, playing basketball (go Knicks!), and building elaborate Lego sets!