Ramy Adeeb

Ramy Adeeb is a venture capitalist investor and founder/CEO of Snip.it, a social curation platform.

Early life and career

He started writing software at the age of 12 and built a database for a large Egyptian corporation's employee records when he was 13.[1][2] He attended Pearson College UWC in Canada on scholarship and later earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from Harvard University, as well as an MBA from Stanford University. Adeeb worked at Tellme Networks before becoming a principal at Khosla Ventures,[3] where he worked with noted investors Vinod Khosla and Pierre Lamond on investments such as Square and Groupme.[4] Adeeb founded Snip.it in 2011 as a way to share information about the Arab Spring uprisings.[5] In 2013, Yahoo! acquired Snip.it for $10 million.[6][7]

References

  1. Guyunn, Jessica (23 September 2012). "Ramy Adeeb is helping people share what interests them online". Business. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. Dishman, Lydia. "Meet Snip.It Founder Ramy Adeeb, Who's Debunking Web-Induced A.D.D." Innovation Agents. Fast Company. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  3. Kirkpatrick, Marshall (26 September 2011). After Building $800m Voice Platform, TellMe Engineer Gets Funding for Social Bookmarking Startup. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/inside_top_tellme_engineers_new_bookmarking_startu.php. Retrieved 15 October 2012. 
  4. Dishman, Lydia. "Meet Snip.It Founder Ramy Adeeb, Who's Debunking Web-Induced A.D.D." Innovation Agents. Fast Company. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  5. Dishman, Lydia. "Meet Snip.It Founder Ramy Adeeb, Who's Debunking Web-Induced A.D.D." Innovation Agents. Fast Company. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  6. "Yahoo Buys Snip.it, The Pinterest-Meets-News Startup, For $10 Million Plus Earnouts". TechCrunch. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-11.[dead link]
  7. Thomas, Owen. "Yahoo Has Acquired Snip.it, And The Startup Dealmaker Who Launched It". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-05-11.