Ifty Ahmed
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Ifty Ahmed, General Partner, joined Oak in Jan 2003 and he currently focuses on investing across the technology sector with an active interest in Consumer Internet and Communication Services sectors.
His current investments include Attivio (enterprise unified search), B5M (social eCommerce search in China), Giosis Gmarket (pan-Asian e-commerce), IMIExchange (interactive entertainment platform), Tikona Digital Networks (wireless broadband services in India), Wonga (online financial services) and Ybrant Digital (BSE: YBRANTDIGI).
His realized investments include Airespace (acquired by Cisco); CDNetworks (acquired by KDDI); GMarket (NASD: GMKT, later acquired by eBay), iTouch (acquired by Buongiorno), Kayak (NASD: KYAK, later acquired by Priceline), and Kenet (acquired by Intersil).
Prior to joining Oak, Ifty worked as an investment professional at Goldman Sachs and Fidelity Ventures. Right after college, he also worked in engineering and field operations with Schlumberger-Wireline & Testing across the Middle East, North Africa and the North Sea Region.
Ifty graduated in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, in 1993 and he earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1999, where he graduated with High Distinction and was selected to be a Baker Scholar.
Outside Interests:
Ifty is a member of the NYC Chapter of YPO and TiE-Tri State