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Moaffak Ahmed

Founder of Cooler Future

United Kingdom

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2019 - Current

    The consumption choices of the next billion middle class consumers will determine the future of humankind and how we address climate change. Unless the products and services they (and we) choose are produced sustainably, it’s game over for civilisation as we know it. Done right, investing in climate positive assets represents a massive opportunity for humanity.

  • Partner

    2018

    A group of top Nordic angels working closely together to be the best angel investors in the Nordics.

  • Co-founder and Chairman

    2014

    Sisu Game Ventures is an exclusive advisory and investment company focused 100% on games. It was setup in 2014 by Paul Bragiel, Moaffak Ahmed and Samuli Syvähuoko and it focuses on the best gaming companies in the Nordic region. We are advising and have invested in the following companies: Armada Interactive, Combo Breaker, Dazzle Rocks, Epic Owl, Kopla Games, Next Games, Oddshot, Reforged Studios, Resolution Games, Shark Punch, Singa, Small Giant Games, Snowprint Studios, Sólfar Studios, Theory Interactive, Umbra and Vizor.

  • Investor

    2014

    In most of the 100 fastest growing economies, more than half the population has no access to formal financial services - that's 2.5 billion individuals who resort to loan sharks or stash their life savings under the mattress or in the cupboard. Oradian aims to change that by providing a disruptive cloud-based core-banking platform for the frontier markets.

  • Investor and Chairman of the Board

    2012

    Nosto’s SaaS platform offers features designed to drive more sales to online stores, including tailored product recommendations and automated emails.

  • Board Member

    2010

    A Scandinavian hedge fund.

  • General Partner & Co-Founder

    2008

    Veturi Venture Accelerator works with passionate entrepreneurs and researchers to translate innovative ideas to significant growth companies. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, Veturi provides seed funding, strategic guidance and hands-on participation.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2022

    Slush is the focal point for startups and tech talent to meet with top-tier international investors, executives and media. In 2016, Slush brought together over 17.000 attendees and more than 3500 companies for the two-day event. More than 1100 investors came to Helsinki to meet startups in nearly 6.000 pre-booked meetings. Next Slush will take place in Helsinki on November 30th - December 1st, 2017. Slush is a non-profit event organized by a community of entrepreneurs, investors, students and music festival organizers. Although Slush has grown from a 300-person event to become one of the leading events of its kind in the world, the philosophy behind it has remained the same: to help the next generation of great, world-conquering companies forward.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2022

    Kasvuryhmä brings together Finnish mid-sized companies (10M-1Bn€) in the pursuit of growth and has currently over 200 scaleup leaders and owners as members. Founders of Kasvuryhmä include well-known names from the Finnish business world such as Mika Anttonen, Aaro Cantell, Matti Alahuhta, Bengt Holmström, Risto Siilasmaa and Ilkka Paananen. Kasvuryhmä member companies are collectively committed to deliver 15 billion € new revenue growth by the end of 2023.

  • Co-founder and Chairman of the board

    2017 - 2019

    Startup Foundation was founded in fall 2012 together with fifty-seven serial entrepreneurs, investors and executives to support the nascent tech ecosystem in Scandinavia. The foundation is the home for grassroots initiatives in the region, including Slush, Junction, The Shortcut, Wave Ventures, Maria 01. I've served on the board since 2017 and been the Chairman during 2018.

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