Rameez Ansar
Founder of Circles
Singapore
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2014 - Current
Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands. Circles offers the world’s first cloud-native, full-stack digital telco platform built for operators by an operator to launch digital telcos from anywhere in the world. Circles is backed by global investors such as Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, EDBI and Founders Fund. https://www.circles.co
Founding Partner
2011 - 2013
Co-Founded and managed a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) focused venture fund that received co-investment from the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF). Funded, incubated and mentored over a dozen entrepreneurs, startups during the formative stages of the Block 71 start-up ecosystem in Singapore.
Associate Director
2008 - 2011
Managed the investment portfolio & new investments, including during the 2008 global financial crisis. Founding member of the portfolio risk committee that reviewed capital allocation, investment strategy and macroeconomic implications
Consultant, Corporate Finance
2005 - 2008
Strategy, M&A, due diligence and go to market in telecoms, industrial, and consumers across Southeast Asia, Germany, South Africa and the Middle East. Setup the first of its kind regulatory pricing framework for the corporatism of Changi airport.
BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.
Analyst
2003 - 2004
Part of the early team member of the engineering team at US-based Ipsum Networks, a US$ 8.5M Rho Ventures and Sevin Rosen funded, start-up that focused on IP layer network diagnostics.