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Immad Akhund

Founder of Mercury

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Immad Akhund is currently serving as the CEO and Founder of Mercury, a startup focused on banking for startups, and is also the host of the Curiosity Podcast. Previously, he was a Part-time Partner at Y Combinator and the Co-founder of Heyzap, which was later acquired by Fyber. Akhund has made significant investments in various companies at different stages, including Substrate, Amplifier Security, and Linear, showcasing his expertise in the startup and investment space.

Work Experience 

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Mercury - Banking for Startups

  • CEO & Founder

    2017 - Current

    Banking stack for startups, crypto and e-commerce.

YC

Y Combinator

  • Part-time Partner

    2017 - 2017

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Heyzap (Acquired by Fyber)

  • CEO & Co-founder

    2008 - 2017

    Heyzap was a complex journey. We were a social network for mobile gamers but eventually pivoted to building developer tools for mobile game developers to optimize their ad monetization. We were acquired in 2016 by RNTS Media.

Clickpass

  • CTO and Co-founder

    2007 - 2008

    OpenID made easy.

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Bloomberg

  • Financial Software Developer

    2005 - 2006

Aquila

  • Software Developer

    2004 - 2005

Education 

Investments 

Substrate

Seed

Total funding: $8M

Aerodome

Series A

Total funding: $29M

Amplifier Security

Pre Seed

Total funding: $3M

Coris

Seed

Total funding: $4M

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