Shameem Ahsan is a VC & PE Investor and Co-Author of Startup Kingdom. He has been helping founders create social impact by converging business, tech and innovation to solve socio economic problems. He has played a pivotal role in the implementation of major policy changes related to the ICT sector in the last one decade. He founded Software technology company eGeneration and successfully took it to IPO.

Shameem Ahsan is a General Partner of Pegasus Tech Ventures, a US$ 1.6 billion fund. Located in Silicon Valley, USA, Pegasus Tech Ventures provides funding to innovative startups around the world. With more than a dozen multi-million dollar funds under management, Pegasus Tech Ventures focuses its investment in IT, Health IT, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, FinTech and Next Generation Technologies.

Pegasus has invested in over 180 startups in the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asia which include SpaceX, Airbnb, DoorDash, Robinhood, 23andMe, SoFi, Bird, Vicarious, Genius, H2O.ai, Affectiva, Color.

Shameem Ahsan is the Chairman of the World Social Innovation Forum (WSIF), a global platform of social innovators, impact investors, policymakers and startups.

He is Chairman of Venture Capital & Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB). He is the founder and President of TiE Dhaka.

He has been lauded many times for his significant contributions to the growth and development of the ICT industry–he has received the “Best Young Entrepreneur” award from the Prime Minister of Bangladesh at Dhaka Chamber of Commerce Business Award; he was awarded “Top Outstanding Young Person in Bangladesh” by JCI.