Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Mohamed Elkasstawi is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Tribal Credit, where he leads the blockchain vision, strategy, and execution. From forming strategic partnerships with blockchain firms to building Tribal’s blockchain infrastructure, Mohamed focuses on harnessing the technology to give startups in emerging markets greater access to financial services.

He was an early investor and believer in Bitcoin and Ethereum and has founded ZK Capital, a research-focused blockchain investment firm that invests in and mentors startups using the technology. He co-invested with Sequoia, USV, Coinbase VC, and Pantera in pioneering blockchain projects like Filecoin, bloXroute, Blockstack, Nervos, and others.

Mohamed was featured by Scene Arabia as one of "5 Middle Eastern entrepreneurs working with blockchain to transform the future." He has a BS in Engineering Management from Northern Illinois University, and he studied Entrepreneurship at Stanford.