Emerge
Saqib Awan is an accomplished professional in product management and entrepreneurship, currently serving as the Director of Product Management at Lansweeper since March 2022. Awan co-founded Centric Mind Ventures in January 2020 and has held advisory and partnership roles at Emerge Education and Super Savvy Education, respectively. A significant contributor to the education sector, Awan has served as a mentor at Oxford Foundry and previously held leadership positions as Chief Product Officer at WCBS and Instinct Studios, as well as founder and CEO of School Kompanion. Early career experience includes product management roles at Deutsche Bank and Barclays. Awan holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence from City, University of London, earned between 2002 and 2006.
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Emerge
Emerge - The first check for founders defining the future of work and learning Emerge is a global pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best future of work and learning operators. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity – by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders, providing first-cheque financial support, ongoing expertise and access to a community who have ‘been there and built it’ with unrivalled market-specific know-how. Founded in 2014 as Europe’s only edtech specialist fund, Emerge now invests in B2B and B2C startups across all categories enabling people to grow and fulfil their potential, from early childhood, K12 and higher education through to lifelong learning, workforce development, career navigation and the future of work. Emerge has invested in over 80 companies, now valued at over $2b and impacting more than 31M people worldwide, including Yoto, Causaly, Colossyan, Edurino, Mattilda, Unibuddy, MyEdSpace and Solvely. Emerge invests anywhere between $250k and $2.5M at pre-seed and seed. The team welcomes direct applications - apply through our website. Read more about Emerge’s investment thesis and the startup ideas we’re excited by in our Fund II manifesto linked below.