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About
Hussein Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of Limited, a stablecoin-focused fintech company. He previously founded and served as CEO of Oxygen, which reached over 1 million users and a $500 million valuation. Ahmed holds a PhD in Distributed Systems from Virginia Tech and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas.
Founder at OxygenYC S18
Intro paths
YC
Hussein went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Hussein can intro founders to Oxygen's investors below.
Oxygen's investors · 7
Base Venture Management, Inc.Oakland · $100K – $700K checksLocus VenturesPalo AltoMAGIC FundLos Angeles · $50K – $5M checksRuna CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Tribe VenturesHalifax · $185K – $370K checks · since 2021VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $250K – $50M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018
Experience
- LimitedFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- OxygenFounder & CEO2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessHaas Venture Fellow2017 — 2019Berkeley, CA
- Transpose Technologies Inc.Founder and CEO2014 — 2017Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonEngineering Manager2013 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
- VTLSHead Of Engineering2010 — 2013Blacksburg, VA
- Virginia TechEngineering and Research2008 — 2010Blacksburg, VA
- MicrosoftTechnical Student Partner2008 — 2009
- Arab Academy for Science and Technology, EgyptLecturer2001 — 2008
- Gawab.comFounding Engineering Lead1999 — 2003
Skills & more
Software Engineering75Software Development64Web Development26Programming24Distributed Systems24Algorithms14Architecture11Agile Methodologies9Web Services8Product Management10Database Design7Scrum7
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Cloud ComputingTestingWeb SolutionsDatabase AnalysisAPIsUser ExperienceSystem ArchitectureSolrJavaPythonDatabasesPHPLanguages Arabic · English
- Design Thinking — IDEO
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hussein Ahmed?
- Hussein Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of Limited, a stablecoin-focused fintech company. He previously founded and served as CEO of Oxygen, which reached over 1 million users and a $500 million valuation. Ahmed holds a PhD in Distributed Systems from Virginia Tech and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas.
- Where does Hussein Ahmed work?
- Hussein Ahmed is Founder of Oxygen.
- What companies did Hussein Ahmed found?
- Hussein Ahmed founded Oxygen.
- Where did Hussein Ahmed go to school?
- Hussein Ahmed studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Y Combinator (Summer 2018); Virginia Tech (PhD, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,218
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia264
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Raj Shekhar SinghManagement of TechnologyFounded Z21 +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1Kevin ChouBachelor of Science - BSFounded Superlayer +1
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Virginia Tech mafia108
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Khaled HusseinMaster’s DegreeFounded Tilt +2Joseph DeSimone, PhDDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Blue Current +2John HigginbothamBSCEFounded Blueridge +1Jason CorwinBachelor's DegreeFounded Safely Finance +1Rob LaFaveBAFounded Foodzie +1Mike HenryB.S.Founded Parasail +1
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Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport mafia6
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business819
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera CapitalAnna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture Group
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Virginia Tech203
Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsRyan LawrenceDirector, Tax at JMI EquitySamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI Equity
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Also attended Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport15
Hassan FayedSenior Associate, Email Marketing at Endeavor CatalystGermin ElzoghbyVP of People & Operations at InVitro CapitalMalak IbrahimSenior Product Owner at Flat6LabsAdham MersalCreative Designer at Flat6LabsEman IbrahimSenior Venture Analyst at FuturesightAlyaa KassemHead of Operations at Acasia Angels
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Shared employers
Also worked at Oxygen2
Also worked at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business104
Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lana DevlikamovaLegal Operations Manager at CapitalGAlex TranInvestor at CapitalGLisa SuennenVenture Partner at PROOFSebastian KreisVenture Partner & IC Member at ATTOM CAPITAL
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Also worked at Amazon936
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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Also worked at Virginia Tech47
Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Ethan ImbodenPartner at Tuesday CapitalMiten SampatAdvisor at Roots VenturesAnuj ShahInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsNoel HeiksManaging Partner at Kirenaga Partners
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