Imran Ahmad

General Manager - Bitso Business

2023 - Current

I lead Bitso Business, the B2B arm of Bitso, backed by QED Investors, Tiger Global, Coatue, Kaszek and others. Bitso Business provides the infrastructure for the future of cross-border payments. We are a payments infrastructure provider that enables global companies (and their customers) to pay and get paid in local currency and move money across borders. Leveraging blockchain-based technology, Bitso Business allows you to execute cost-effective and transparent transactions eliminating the need for pre-funding. Our platform is built on top of a single, easy-to-integrate API with direct connections to local banking rails, enabling instant local and cross-border transactions. As we operate under a unique regulatory model, we are able to serve companies worldwide transacting across the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina

Venture Capitalist

2022

Chief Growth Officer

2022

As an Executive in Residence, I lead growth, operations and strategy for Jampack, a QED Investors portfolio company. Jampack offers unique and memorable experiences that cater to every event-goer's desires. The company partners with event producers across music festivals, sporting events, conferences and more to curate exclusive in-event experiences only available within Jampack's platform. Jampack's proprietary technology and partner integrations allow its platform to bundle those once-in-a-life-time experiences at the best rate available, all within a single platform.

Advisor

2023

Fynite.ai helps companies that have dynamic pricing optimize profits with advanced machine learning and generative AI.

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) & Advisor

2023

Advisor

2024 - 2024

SVP Growth & Strategy - Patient Engagement Technologies

2020 - 2023

Led all revenue and strategy including Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Patient Engagement Technologies (aka Health iPASS). Sphere acquired Health iPASS in December 2020. Sphere is a leading financial technology and software company backed by Waud Capital revolutionizing integrated commerce solutions for healthcare and its synergistic verticals. Trusted by the nation's largest health systems, Sphere delivers a highly integrated cloud-based platform that reduces friction and facilitates better and more secure patient payments that drive revenue. Sphere's Health iPASS platform enhances provider revenue collection by simplifying the patient check-in process and facilitating pre-service, time-of-service and post-service engagement and payments through an innovative, multi-channel virtual software interface.

Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer / Investor

2017 - 2020

Health iPASS was successfully acquired by Sphere Commerce in December 2020. Sphere is a fintech company revolutionizing software integration for smoother payment experiences in the healthcare, wellness, and not for profit industries. Sphere Commerce is backed by Waud Capital and has processed over $28 billion in payments volume. Health iPASS is now a division of Sphere Commerce and the backbone of the patient engagement technology that supports the entire healthcare payments ecosystem. Prior to being acquired by Sphere, we raised over $15 million from some of the top venture capital funds in the country including QED Investors, HealthX, FCA, and OCA Ventures. Health iPASS gets your medical practice paid. High deductible healthcare plans are making it tougher to collect from patients, resulting in a significant reduction of provider operating income. Health iPASS transforms patient bad debt into guaranteed revenue, decreasing patient A/R in a way that your patients love...all while bringing the patient intake/registration process into the 21st century. Our innovative product suite is designed to engage at every step of the patient journey, from pre-arrival to final payment. Throughout the process, we provide patients with peace-of-mind through price transparency, so they know what they owe. Health iPASS is committed to delivering better check-ins for patients and better revenue for medical practices.

Partner

2012 - 2020

Partner at OCA Ventures ($220M AUM) leading Series A and Seed investments in early stage technology companies. Love working with entrepreneurs making a difference.

Board Member

2013 - 2017

VentureUP is a network of rising VCs investing in the Midwest. Our mission is to galvanize the next generation of VC leaders through authentic relationship building and professional collaboration. Our curated sessions help connect VentureUP members with veteran VCs, successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and other unique leaders from all over the country. Membership is free and is on an invite-only or application basis. We are supported by a roster of Fortune 500 corporations, global service providers, and world-class universities. Website - www.ventureup.vc