Umair Akeel

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel

Chief technology officer in residence (CTO-IR) Umair Akeel is an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Umair brings 15 years of experience in technology development and leadership to Bessemer, focusing on machine learning, self driving/mobility as a service, and developer tools.

Umair loves the process of building and growing products, teams and organizations, and as CTO in residence, he works closely with BVP-funded companies as an advisor. Interestingly, he’s been in their shoes before, having worked at two BVP-funded companies: he was Eloqua’s chief architect through its IPO and subsequent acquisition by Oracle (where he served as VP of product development), and earlier, he worked as a software engineer for Trigo Technologies—a company founded by BVP partner Byron Deeter.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
2
Umair Akeel has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 26, 2019, when Courier raised $2.30M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Sep 14, 2020 Courier Series A $10.10M Developer APIs Detail
Apr 26, 2019 Courier Seed $2.30M Developer APIs Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Umair Akeel has 2 current jobs including Product Architect at Twilio , Associate at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Twilio Product Architect Jan 1, 2018 Detail
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Associate Detail