Shafaq Ahmed
Head of Operations, Founders, Inc.
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Shafaq Ahmed is the Head of Operations at Founders, Inc., the San Francisco-based venture firm headquartered at Fort Mason, a position held since November 2022.42
Ahmed holds a BA from San Jose State University.3 After graduating, Ahmed taught math, English, science, history, and art to 9th--12th graders in the East Side Union High School District in San Jose, California.3
Ahmed spent five years at Enjoy Technology, the at-home consumer electronics delivery startup founded by former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson.35 Enjoy partnered with AT&T and other carriers to hand-deliver devices to customers' homes, with trained "Experts" setting up the products on-site.6 Ahmed joined as a Field Expert and rose to Co-Captain/Manager by the time of departure in 2022.3 Enjoy Technology filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2022, less than a year after going public through a SPAC.5
Ahmed manages operational processes across Founders, Inc., which deploys $100K--$250K checks at pre-seed and seed stage to over 100 portfolio companies.27 The Operations team supports the firm's Fort Mason campus infrastructure and day-to-day functions alongside Mike Shin (COO) and Kiran Khanzada (Founder Experience).1