# Ameet Shah: investor, Golden Ventures

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General Partner at [Golden Ventures](/investors/golden-ventures), focusing on commerce, consumer, communities, and marketplaces. An experienced founder, operator, and investor with 15+ years of product development and sales experience. Prior to joining Golden, Ameet co-founded Five Mobile, a premier product design and development firm that was acquired by Zynga, where he became GM overseeing Toronto operations — managing P&L for several live games, launching the mobile ad platform, and kickstarting machine learning initiatives. He was also one of the first employees at Tira Wireless (co-founded by [Matt Golden](/people/matt-golden)), later becoming Director of Systems Engineering and Strategic Accounts. Ameet began his career as a software engineer at IBM and Grey Interactive. He holds a B.Sc Hons in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Toronto. He is an active mentor, advisor, and angel investor, and a co-founder of Toronto Tech Week. Select investments include Brightwheel, Skywatch, Horizon, ResQ, and Rebelstork.

- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Investor roles (1)

- Golden Ventures general_partner (venture)

## Education (1)

- University of Toronto B.Sc Hons Computer Science and Economics

## Sources (5)

1. https://www.golden.ventures/team
2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameetshah/
3. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ameet-shah-2
4. https://medium.com/golden-ventures/building-the-franchise-d3ea2c38bd50
5. https://www.torontotechweek.com/


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