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Immad Akhund

Founder of Mercury

San Francisco, California

Overview

Work Experience

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Mercury - Banking for Startups

  • CEO & Founder

    2017 - Current

    Banking stack for startups, crypto and e-commerce.

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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

Latest Articles

Mercury

How I CEO: Why I don't believe in bonuses

Talks about Immad Akhund, Mercury and CEO insights

Mercury

How I CEO: On thinking about competitors

Talks about CEO leadership, competitor analysis and startup strategy

Mercury

How I CEO: Treat your investors as partners not parents

Talks about CEO leadership, founder-investor relationships and investor partnership

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