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 is the founder and Managing Director of Software technology company eGeneration PLC.

Shameem Ahsan is also the General Partner of Pegasus Tech Ventures. Mr. Ahsan is the Chairman of the World Social Innovation Forum (WSIF), a global platform of social innovators, impact investors, policymakers and startups.

A graduate from University of Central Oklahoma, USA, he is a General Partner of Fenox Venture Capital. He is the Past President of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the largest national trade body for IT and ITES. He served as a Director of Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBBCI) which is the apex trade body in Bangladesh. He was the founder and past President of TiE Dhaka

He has been praised many times for his important contributions to the growth and development of the ICT industry. He received the “Best Young Entrepreneur” award at the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce Business Award and was named a “Top Outstanding Young Person in Bangladesh” by JCI.