Omid Ashtari
Limited Partner at VOYAGERS.io
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Host & Producer
2024 - Current
Explorations of topics about society, culture, arts, technology and science. The perfect audio diet for shallow polymaths! Co-hosting with Natascha McElhone who is an actor and producer. Previous guests: Alastair Campbell, Nitin Sawhney, Maria Popova, David Whyte, Nick Lane, Janine Benyus, Tim Minchin, Ben Macintyre & more.
Investor & Advisor
2020
Cosmos, WellEasy, Code First Girls, Odin, Hyper AR, Fair HQ, ClimateX, Customuse, Hyper, SigmaOS, Shopscribe, Xip, Condense Reality, Opply, With Juno, Phycoworks, Ark Kapital, Hybryd, Quench, Muddy Machines, MAGIC, Granular, Verse, Azava, Lightgarden, Boku, Playback, Manara, Cala, Formation Games, Gravel AI, anotherblock, Sloyd, Co:Helm aka Anterior, Hyperact, Gaea, Pacifico Biolabs, Metris Energy, Ankar.ai, Messium, Trustpath, Fit Collective AI
Business Advisory Board Member
2016
Investor & Advisor
2023
Investor & Advisor
2020
Investor & Board Director
2016 - 2022
Chief Operating Officer
2020 - 2021
Advisor
2020 - 2020
President & Head of Business
2017 - 2020
General Manager
2014 - 2017
Managing Director Europe
2013 - 2014
Expanded remit from previous role to also oversee monetizing inventory in EMEA + LATAM + MENA
Business Development Director Europe
2011 - 2013
Developing and executing foursquare's European partnerships strategy by working with Retail, Media, Publishing and Sports brands with the goal of content, user and merchant acquisition.
New Business Development Manager
2011 - 2011
Working with Product and Engineering teams on incubation-exploratory efforts, technology and meta-data licensing, strategic partnerships, urgent special projects, and alternative distribution for existing and new business initiatives.
Search Properties Lead EMEA
2009 - 2011
Coordinating and managing a virtual team of Business Development Managers to strike strategic deals in order to enhance the user experience on Google's Map and Search Properties.
Strategic Partnership Development Associate
2007 - 2009
Acquiring content to launch or enhance various Google products and properties (Maps, Finance, Product, Image, Video, Web Search etc.) through strategic partnerships.
AdWords Account Manager Lead
2006 - 2007
Leading AdWords Sales Team. Revenue responsibility for DACH key accounts.
Account Manager
2005 - 2006
Key Account Manager for top spending AdWords clients in DACH.
Adwords Coordinator
2004 - 2005
Supporting AdWords clients with customer support and optimization strategies.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Education
BA
2001 - 2004