Raaid Hossain
General Partner at The Pay It Forward Company
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2019 - Current
Investing in, and building alongside incredible entrepreneurs solving some of the most important problems in the world.
Venture Partner
2022
Managing Director
2020 - 2021
$1.5B+ AUM firm focused on using product and data science to engineer N-of-1 companies and investments. https://tribecap.co/
Tribe Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on capturing a perpetual edge in venture and crypto using data science.
Board Observer
2020
Republic started as a crowdfunding platform with a mission to democratize fundraising and a vision to become a true marketplace for private investing. Republic’s family of companies now provides end-to-end fundraising, distribution, and advisory solutions targeting token and equity sales to retail and institutional investors. Republic is an industry leader in this effort through Equity Crowdfunding, syndicated investments, and direct VC introductions. Whether from Republic’s angel and family office network through Republic Labs or our proprietary VC networking tool Radar, Republic has helped hundreds of founders with capital raises to date. www.republic.co
Republic Crypto offers a compliant and inclusive blockchain financing and investment platform for investors seeking high growth potential.
Board Observer
2023
Chipper Cash is a financial technology company serving more than five million customers across the African continent. In 2018, Chipper Cash revolutionized moving money in Africa with the introduction of fee-free transfers for personal payments—providing a frictionless way to send and receive money cross-border and enabling financial inclusivity across the continent. Since then, Chipper has increased its product suite by offering personal investment products and business solutions, and expanded its reach into the US. Led by co-founders Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled, Chipper Cash is focused on its mission to provide the most trusted and accessible financial services for people living in Africa and beyond.
Chipper Cash is a fintech platform that offers mobile, cross-border money transfer services.
Raised $337,200,000.00 from Alameda Research.
Board Observer
2023
Resugar is a FoodTech company that uses innovative technology to reimagine the future of sweet. Our sugar replacement solutions perfectly replicate the taste and properties of sugar while eliminating its harmful effects.
Board Observer
2021 - 2025
Building connectivity infrastructure to serve the global ever-growing demand for machine data. Doing this with satellites that are roughly the size of a loaf of bread that is 1/100th the cost of traditional telecommunication satellites. Fast company most innovative space company in the world.
Co-Founder
2018 - 2024
At Edvo, we care deeply about helping people think well. We believe the next revolution in computing will be Personal Intelligence and Intelligence Augmentation — the same way everyone has a personal computer (now multiple personal computers), we have a thesis that everyone will have a personal database that augments them wherever they are, on whichever device they use.
Edvo is creating next generation tools for interpersonal computing, to help people think well and make better sense of information.
Raised $4,950,000.00.
Co-Founder
2013 - 2024
Skillify is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of our education system by implementing work-based learning programs at the high school and college levels. We equip students with real world skills, and empower them to pursue meaningful work-based learning opportunities, like internships and mentorships. Skillify programs begin with day-long conferences consisting of interactive workshops where participants acquire crucial skills (everything from networking to building a unique and relevant resume) that complement the students' academics and provide them with a diversified skill set for the real world. The programs continue with varying months of virtual support, where students and Skillify coaches work one-on-one to set and achieve professional goals, like acquiring mentorships and internships. Our goal is to equip our students with the most relevant skills necessary to build successful academic and professional careers. - 100% of students say they found Skillify beneficial - 100% of students say they would recommend Skillify to a friend - 85% of students acquire professional opportunities while in high school - 220 high schools supported
Board Observer
2020 - 2023
Upward Farms grows leafy greens and fish with the highest ecological and quality standards so that everyone can nourish their body, family, and the planet. With 95% of leafy greens grown on the West Coast and 90% of seafood imported, our mission is to heal the broken food system and reconnect eaters with flavorful and nutritious local food. Upward Farms designs and operates complete ecosystems of plants and fish in vertical farms, supplying these organic and local products to grocers.
Upward Farms grows high ecological and quality standard leafy greens and fish to nourish people, families, and the planet.
Raised $141,668,565.00 from Flux Capital, Recharge Capital and White Buffalo Capital.
Board Observer
2019 - 2021
Officially founded May of 2016, Starcity became one of the largest global developers and operators of coliving. The company was featured in the WSJ, NY Times, and Citylab, and raised over $50M of venture capital from a great stable of existing investors including Bullpen Capital, NEA, Social Capital, Urban Us, Y Combinator and notable angel investors Immad Akhund, Paul Buchheit, Othman Laraki, Trip Adler and David Rusenko. Acquired by Common in 2021.
Starcity is a tech-enabled platform that provides coliving options for renters in expensive cities.
Raised $51,250,000.00 from Peak State Ventures, Reshape, Bullpen Capital, Pay It Forward VC, Y Combinator and Deciens Capital.