Ahmed Medhat
About Ahmed Medhat
Ahmed Medhat is based in Brooklyn, New York, and is a co-founder of Colleqtive AI. From 2023 to 2024 he worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in computational neuroscience (NeuroAI), in the Zador Lab.
Before that, he spent about eight years at Meta (formerly Facebook). He was a Principal Data Scientist from 2015 to 2020 and a Staff Research Scientist in graph learning from 2020 to 2023. Earlier, he was Founding Chief Data Officer at DueDil from 2011 to 2015. He was also a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and a software engineering intern at Microsoft in 2008.
He studied at the University of Oxford, where his public profiles list an MSc in Computer Science and a master's in Machine Learning. He holds a BSc in Electronics Engineering from The American University in Cairo. Crunchbase counts one company founded. Little else about Colleqtive AI is public, so check its own channels for what it builds.
Crunchbase lists 9 investments in 9 portfolio companies, with 0 lead investments and 1 exit. The exit is Grin Gaming. Crunchbase's most recent listed investment is the pre-seed round of Anarchy. The other rounds it lists are mostly seed, plus a pre-seed in Automata.
His angel activity runs back to at least the mid-2010s. LinkedIn shows him as an investor in Automata Technologies from 2015 and as an investor and advisor at hackajob from 2015. It also shows him as an investor in Stepsize, Ntropy, CloudCath and Cytera CellWorks, and in Grin Gaming and The Oasis from early 2021. PitchBook dates individual deals from 2016 to 2021, and the dates differ slightly between sources.
He has also taken advisory roles. Crunchbase lists him as advisor at FullCircl and as an advisory board member at Pylon. LinkedIn lists him as a Techstars mentor in London and a Notion Expert at Notion Capital. It also shows him as an advisor to DueDil from 2015 to 2016.
Most of his public investing record sits outside pure AI. His own work is in AI: machine learning, graph learning at Meta, and NeuroAI research. Crunchbase also places the Anarchy pre-seed round in its virtual workforce startups list.
NFX Signal's profile for him tags AI at seed and Series A among his sectors, alongside social networks, data services, logistics and marketplaces. That is a third-party tag. He has not published a thesis that we could find, so founders should ask him directly how he thinks about AI deals.
The public record points to early-stage checks. Crunchbase shows pre-seed and seed rounds and no lead investments, so he appears to join rounds that others lead.
Sectors in the record are varied. PitchBook classifies his deals as B2B information services (Ntropy), monitoring equipment (CloudCath), healthcare discovery tools (Mytos), business and productivity software (Stepsize) and human capital services (hackajob). A Nordic9 listing places his portfolio mainly in the United Kingdom, which fits the London-based deals above.
We found no public statement from him on check size or on what he looks for in a pitch. Third-party sites show dollar figures, but they appear to belong to a venture firm or to be estimates, so we have not repeated them. Founders should not assume a check size.
- Anarchy: pre-seed round, listed by Crunchbase as his most recent investment.
- Pylon: seed investor and advisory board member. Crunchbase lists a round with him and five other investors in April 2022.
- Grin Gaming: seed investor and his listed exit. Crunchbase describes it as a technology platform that lets users predict every moment.
- Ntropy: seed round in January 2021 per PitchBook, in B2B information services.
- CloudCath: seed investor and advisor, in monitoring equipment. PitchBook dates the deal to February 2020.
- Mytos: seed investor, in healthcare discovery tools. PitchBook dates the deal to January 2019.
- Stepsize: business and productivity software. PitchBook dates the deal to December 2018.
- hackajob: seed investor and advisor, in human capital services. PitchBook dates the deal to May 2016.
- Automata: pre-seed investor per Crunchbase.
- OASIS: seed investor per Crunchbase.
- crunchbase.com/person/ahmed-medhat
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/159950-35
- signal.nfx.com/investors/ahmed-medhat
- linkedin.com/in/ahmedmedhatm
- me.sh/profile/ahmed-medhat
- contactout.com/Ahmed-Medhat-82687105
- nordic9.com/companies/ahmed-medhat
- crunchbase.com/organization/loftyinc-capital-management/investor_summa
Investing activity
Ahmed Medhat has made 9 investments according to Crunchbase across 9 portfolio companies, and has seen 1 exit and founded 1 company.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Ahmed Medhat
Who is Ahmed Medhat?
Ahmed Medhat is a Brooklyn-based co-founder of Colleqtive AI and an angel investor. He previously worked at Meta and DueDil, and in NeuroAI research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
How many investments has Ahmed Medhat made?
Crunchbase lists 9 investments in 9 portfolio companies, with no lead investments and 1 exit, Grin Gaming. PitchBook lists fewer deals, so counts vary by source.
What stage does Ahmed Medhat invest in?
His listed rounds are pre-seed and seed, and none are as lead investor. That suggests he joins early rounds led by others.
What is Ahmed Medhat's check size?
No check size from him is public, so we do not state one. Ask him directly before assuming a range.
Does Ahmed Medhat invest in AI startups?
He works in AI himself and NFX Signal tags AI among his sectors. His public portfolio also spans healthcare, B2B data, productivity software and recruiting.
How can founders reach Ahmed Medhat?
His LinkedIn profile is the main public channel. A warm intro through a shared investor, advisor or Oxford contact is likely to work better than a cold message.
Is Ahmed Medhat an angel investor?
Yes. Ahmed Medhat invests personally as an angel and is Co-Founder at Colleqtive AI. Crunchbase counts 9 investments and 1 exit.
Where is Ahmed Medhat based?
Ahmed Medhat is based in Brooklyn, New York, United States.