Ozi Amanat

Ozi Amanat
Residence Singapore
Education Harvard University
Occupation Businessman, Venture Capitalist, Chief Investment Officer

Ozi Amanat is a Singapore based investor and venture capitalist. Ozi is the Founder and Chairman of K2 Global a venture capital and investment firm focused on tech companies and has the backing of many prominent Asian billionaires as investors. [1]

As an international investor and venture capitalist, Ozi's investments include Alibaba, Uber, Spotify, Palantir, Twitter and Facebook.[2] Due to his large stake in Alibaba, both personally and for other investors, he gained media attention at the time of Alibaba's IPO.[3]

Career

A graduate of Harvard University, Ozi worked at an investment bank and a billion dollar family office before founding K2. He is a board trustee of Astia Angels,[4] a Silicon Valley VC firm backed by Google, on the board of OneHope Wine,[5] and Seeds of Peace.[6]

Ozi is also the chief investment officer of Spice Global, a $2 billion investment holding company operating in the sectors of telecom, finance, entertainment and technology with over 10,000 employees.[7][8]

K2 Global

K2 Global is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies.[9] The firm is seeking to bridge Asia capital[10] with the U.S. technology sector.[11] K2 makes early-stage and late-stage venture and private equity investments.[12]

K2 has attracted a number of billionaires as investors in the firm, and combines venture capital and private equity to provide capital as well as strategic value to the technology companies that are set to change global business models.[13][14][15]

K2 is expanding, with partners in Singapore and Silicon Valley. It has already invested over $50 million in tech companies.[16]

Forbes

Ozi led an investor consortium and made a bid to acquire the American business magazine Forbes Media, known globally for its "billionaires list" and technology entrepreneurs, from the Forbes family and the private equity group Elevation Partners led by U2's Bono. Valuing the company and acquisition price at US $300–$500 million he quoted it as one of the world’s most brilliant brands.[17] The bid for Forbes was short listed as the three top bidders for acquisition, beating Time Inc, Fox, Bloomberg, Warren Buffett and other major investors.[18]

Alibaba

Bloomberg reported that "more than a month before the Alibaba IPO Ozi got a block of the company’s pre-IPO shares valued at $35 million, and successfully placed a majority with Asian families. Investors who got Ozi’s pre-IPO shares at below $60 apiece, were sitting on returns of at least 48 percent as of the Sept. 25 closing price of Alibaba in New York. Alibaba raised $25 billion earlier this month in the world’s largest IPO". Providing access to more of these opportunities Ozi raised a venture capital fund exclusively for this purpose.[19]

Awards

Ozi received the "Young Peacemaker Award" for his outstanding philanthropic work and entrepreneurial pursuits and was nominated for "CIO of the Year" by the Family Office Review.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ "Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  2. ↑ "Asian Venture Capital Journal". Avcj.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  3. ↑ "Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  4. ↑ "Astia Angels VC". Astia.org. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  5. ↑ "OneHope Wine". Onehopewine.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  6. ↑ "Seeds of Peace". Seedsofpeace.org. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  7. ↑ "Telenet Media". Tele.net.in. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  8. ↑ "Chief Inevstment Officer". Samachar.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  9. ↑ "K2 Global VC - Crunchbase". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  10. ↑ "Buisiness Insider". Businessinsider.in. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  11. ↑ "K2 Global Venture Capital Firm". K2globalvc.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  12. ↑ "K2 Global VC - Crunchbase". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  13. ↑ "Economic Times- Billionaire club invests in tech-savvy companies in India, China and US". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  14. ↑ "Silicon India - Billionaire club invests in tech-savvy companies in India, China and US". Siliconindia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  15. ↑ "Business Insider - Billionaire club invests in tech-savvy companies in India, China and US". Ptinews.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  16. ↑ "Aiming global disruption, billionaires are ready to invest in Indian, American and Chinese tech companies". Businessinsider.in. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  17. ↑ "Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  18. ↑ "Wall Street Journal". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  19. ↑ "Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  20. ↑ "PeaceMaker Award". Peacemarket2010.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  21. ↑ "Family Officer Review - CIO of the Year". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
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