Youcef Es-skouri
Founder of Welovebuzz
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Director of Product, Office of the CEO
2019 - Current
Leading product, design, and engineering teams building new AI-powered products within the Office of the CEO. • Since May 2023: Director of Product, Office of the CEO • Nov 2020 to Apr 2023: (Founder) Head of Product, Dropbox Capture • Aug 2019 to Oct 2020: Senior Product Manager, Dropbox for Teams
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.
Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.
Co-Founder, Board Member
2012
#1 digital media company in Morocco for the young generation with 80M views per month and 13M social followers. • Since Nov 2016: Co-Founder, Board Member • Apr 2012 to Oct 2016: Co-Founder, Head of Product
Angel Investor
2018
Investing early-stage and helping founders with product and growth. 30+ Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A startups in B2B/Enterprise SaaS, Future of Work, Commerce, Creator Economy, Marketing Tech, FinTech, and Proptech. Portfolio on cef.im.
Board Member
2024
Reservation, table management, and CRM platform for restaurants founded in 2015. Raised $13M to date, most recently a Series B in 2022.
Head of Product
2018 - 2019
Waze for parking (YC S14). Invested in SpotAngels’ Pre-Seed, then joined the team to lead product and design after the Seed. Increased users by 10x, expanded to 7 new metros, and launched a curb management product used by cities such as Las Vegas.
SpotAngels is the world's largest community-based parking app, featured by both Apple and Google as “Waze for parking”.
Raised $4,420,000.00 from Afri Mobility, Sure Ventures and Streamlined Ventures.
Product Lead
2016 - 2017
Rewards for in-store and online shopping. Redesigned the mobile app, expanded to grocery stores, and built a new referral program that is driving ⅓ of user acquisition. (Acquired by Trax)
Shopkick, a Trax company, is the leading shopping rewards app, bringing moments of joy to everyday shopping – both on- and off-line.
Raised $26,700,000.00 from Employee Stock Option Fund.