Find your path to Shady
449 people in our graph share verified history with Shady — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Angela ToyunlockedShady: together at HSBC (2012)
×4Shady: together at AIESEC
×3Shady: together at HSBC
×3Shady: together at The American University in Cairo
About
Shady El Tohfa is co-founder of Amenli, an Egyptian insurtech startup. He previously served as chief commercial officer at Paymob, a payments company he helped establish in 2015, which expanded to five markets and processed millions of transactions. He studied business administration at the American University in Cairo and participated in UC Berkeley's Skydeck accelerator program.
Founder at AmenliYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Shady went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Amenli's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shady can intro founders to Amenli's investors below.
Amenli's investors · 5
Co-founders at Amenli
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Adham NaumanFounder
Experience
- AmenliCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentEgypt
- PaymobChief Commercial Officer2018 — 2020
- PaymobBusiness Development Director2015 — 2018Cairo
- Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program | AUCMember of Experts-in-Residence Program2014 — 2015Cairo
- Flat6LabsBusiness Development Intern2014Cairo
- Skydeck | BerkeleyEntrepreneur in Residence2014San Francisco Bay Area
- AUC Business AssociationCo-Founder & President2013 — 2014the american university in cairo
- Nestle S.A.Supply Chain Management Intern2013Cairo
- Entrepreneurs' Society AUCModerator2012 — 2013The American University in Cairo
- HSBCTrade Department Intern2012
- AIESECOutgoing Exchange Member2011The American University in Cairo
Skills & more
Teamwork34Strategic Planning17Team Management14Team Leadership27Leadership17Strategy4Crystal Ball2Market Research22Microsoft Excel18Business Strategy12Economics5Marketing8
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Marketing StrategyFinancial AnalysisFinanceBusiness AnalysisOperations ManagementGARCH ModelFinancial ModelingFrom Shady's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shady El Tohfa?
- Shady El Tohfa is co-founder of Amenli, an Egyptian insurtech startup. He previously served as chief commercial officer at Paymob, a payments company he helped establish in 2015, which expanded to five markets and processed millions of transactions. He studied business administration at the American University in Cairo and participated in UC Berkeley's Skydeck accelerator program.
- Where does Shady El Tohfa work?
- Shady El Tohfa is Founder of Amenli.
- What companies did Shady El Tohfa found?
- Shady El Tohfa founded Amenli.
- Where did Shady El Tohfa go to school?
- Shady El Tohfa studied at The American University in Cairo (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Administration).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
HSBC mafia91
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Berk CaglayanCorporate BankingFounded Foodback +2Mickey BoodaeiTechnical Advisory Board MemberFounded Transmit Security +1Vlad IlyushchenkoFX Market Making DeveloperFounded QuestDB +1Ali LadhubhaiPremier BankerFounded ABHI +1Adeniyi AbiodunSenior Engineering ManagerFounded Peernova +1Adam IsraelEVP, Global Standards-Customer Due Diligence - Global Retail BankFounded Front +1
+ 84 more
Nestle mafia15
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Guillermo GarciaMaster Production Schedule (MPS)Founded SmartHop +1Guido SchaerHead of Quality Assurance CondimentsFounded GRA Nutra +1Claudia RibasChannel and Category Manager Middle East and North AfricaFounded Theqapp +1Alex PetrovBrand ManagementFounded Yes HealthMatt MillerVice President, Generating DemandFounded Targeted PetCareMark Aaron ChanStudent TraineeFounded Thermosphr
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Flat6Labs mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended The American University in Cairo103
Amira AminChief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI VenturesAniqua BokhariLegal Counsel at Red Cell IncubationLeslie HarwellCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Alante CapitalSaud AbbasiAdvisor at Autotech VenturesMohamed OkashaManaging Partner at DisrupTech VenturesHabiba ElSayedInvestor Comms & PR Manager at DisrupTech Ventures
+ 97 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Paymob5
Cutler CookVenture Partner at DeciensFope AdelowoPrincipal, PE Team and Co-Head of Helios Digital Ventures at Helios Digital VenturesWale AyeniManaging Partner, Co-head of Helios Digital Ventures at Helios Digital VenturesBruno LusicInvestor at EBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeAdham NaumanFounder at Amenli
Also worked at Flat6Labs36
Ahmed El AlfiPartner & Chairman at Sawari VenturesErik GordonFaculty Managing Director at Innovation Partnerships at the University of MichiganRemie BastiaansenInvestment Manager at BOMFahed QteishatAssociate Director at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)Sumeet SuranaPartner at Cypher CapitalYehia HouryChief Executive Officer at Flat6Labs
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Also worked at Nestle S.A.123
Xavier MesnierPartner, Head of Frontiers in Health & Bio Investments at Verve VenturesManpreet RatiaManaging Partner, Portfolio Success at Jungle VenturesEinat NemeshVenture Partner at TAU VenturesErich SieberFounding General Partner at PeakBridge VCPaola BranniInvestor at Extantia CapitalValentin BulaHead of Studio at FoodLabs
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