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Ameet Shah
Partner at Golden Ventures
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Ameet Shah
Partner at Golden Ventures
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Ameet Shah is a General Partner at Golden Ventures with a background as a founder/operator, investing in a variety of sectors including Enterprise Infrastructure, FinTech, and Web3/Crypto. He has successfully invested in notable companies like Notch, HyperComply, and Horizon Blockchain Games, showcasing his expertise in strategic partnerships and mobile technology within the venture capital landscape.
With a Hons. BSc from the University of Toronto, Ameet Shah has held key roles at Zynga as Studio Director and Five Mobile Inc. as Managing Partner, demonstrating his strong leadership skills and experience in product management. His investments in diverse founders and companies across different sectors highlight his ability to drive successful go-to-market strategies and foster growth within the start-up ecosystem.
Work Experience
Partner
2015 - Current
Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.
Studio Director, Toronto
2011 - 2015
Zynga is the world's leading provider of social game services with hundreds of millions of monthly active users playing its games, which include Words With Friends, Draw Something, Zynga Poker, Cityville, Farmville, Scramble With Friends, Mafia Wards and many more. Zynga's games are available on a number of global platforms, including Facebook, Zynga.com, Google+, Tencent, Apple iOS and Google Android.
Zynga is a mobile game developer that creates and operates social games as live services played on the Internet.
Raised $2,318,550,786.00 from Kleiner Perkins, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley and Fidelity.
Managing Partner
2008 - 2011
Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga Inc, July 2011) is a leading provider of custom mobile application development software and services. Some of its clients include Disney, Sony Pictures, Cisco, AOL, Cineplex, The Associated Press, The Globe and Mail, Sun Media, The Score, Rogers, Bell Media, Vivendi Universal and Zynga.
Director, Systems Engineering & Strategic Accounts
2007 - 2008
Regional Account Manager & Sales Engineer
2005 - 2007
Developer
2004 - 2005
Software Developer
2002 - 2003
Education
Hons. BSc
1999 - 2003