When Forbes Magazine ranks you in the top 10 of venture capitalists in the world, it shows you know how to spot a good opportunity. That pretty well sums up Asad Jamal, the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ePlanet Ventures. Since founding the firm in 1999, Mr. Jamal has led the firm's investments in multiple sectors covering a wide range of industries such as advertising & media, communication & wireless, computing software, consumer internet, energy, enterprise software, financial, life sciences, network, optical, security, and storage networks. ePlanet Ventures has funded over 80 innovative high-growth companies worldwide, including landmark deals Baidu, Skype, and Focus Media. Mr. Jamal and his firm won the China Venture Capital Association Exit of the Year 2005 for Baidu, the European Venture Capital Association Deal of the Year 2005 Award for Skype, and has been profiled in Forbes as a "Pioneer in Global Venture Capital." Mr. Jamal previously worked in a senior executive capacity with Peregrine Investment Holdings, a Hong Kong merchant bank, and was the Head of Principal Investing at the Interest-Rate Derivatives Trading Unit of the Chase Manhattan Bank in London. Mr. Jamal graduated with from the London School of Economics and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
When Forbes Magazine ranks you in the top 10 of venture capitalists in the world, it shows you know how to spot a good opportunity. That pretty well sums up Asad Jamal, the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ePlanet Ventures. Since founding the firm in 1999, Mr. Jamal has led the firm's investments in multiple sectors covering a wide range of industries such as advertising & media, communication & wireless, computing software, consumer internet, energy, enterprise software, financial, life sciences, network, optical, security, and storage networks. ePlanet Ventures has funded over 80 innovative high-growth companies worldwide, including landmark deals Baidu, Skype, and Focus Media. Mr. Jamal and his firm won the China Venture Capital Association Exit of the Year 2005 for Baidu, the European Venture Capital Association Deal of the Year 2005 Award for Skype, and has been profiled in Forbes as a "Pioneer in Global Venture Capital." Mr. Jamal previously worked in a senior executive capacity with Peregrine Investment Holdings, a Hong Kong merchant bank, and was the Head of Principal Investing at the Interest-Rate Derivatives Trading Unit of the Chase Manhattan Bank in London. Mr. Jamal graduated with from the London School of Economics and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.