Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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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
Umair Akeel has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Apr 26, 2019, when Courier raised $2.30M.
Jobs
Umair Akeel has 2 current jobs including
Product Architect at Twilio
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Associate at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
and
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