Venture capitalist with focus on European software-driven companies (internet and mobile). Former California startup person, now based in London.

Board Observer @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) London, United KingdomAnalyst @ From May 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Non-Executive Director @ From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Non-Executive Director @ From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) London, United KingdomNon-Executive Director @ From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) London, United KingdomAngel investor and advisor @ Exceptional.io (acquired by Rackspace) Exclusively.in (acquired by Myntra) Flypost GoCardless Halo Neuroscience Jaycut (acquired by RIM) KBG PopXO Signpost Tarmin Yieldify From January 2010 to Present (6 years) Member of the Board of Directors @ From June 2013 to August 2015 (2 years 3 months) Stockholm, SwedenBoard Observer @ From April 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 4 months) London, United KingdomBoard Observer @ From December 2013 to June 2015 (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomAdvisor to Chairman @ Conceived and shipped www.erosnow.com From September 2010 to May 2015 (4 years 9 months) London, United KingdomBoard advisor @ Cloud computing startup From October 2009 to September 2011 (2 years) London, United KingdomBoard Member, International Alumni Board (subsequently International Alumni Council) @ From October 2007 to October 2010 (3 years 1 month) London, United KingdomAssociate @ Board observer, Playfish (acquired by EA), 2008 - 2009 Board observer, United Mobile, 2008 - 2009 Board observer, Njini (acquired by Riverbed), 2007 - 2008 Board observer, The Cloud, 2006 - 2009 Helped make seed investments in OpenGamma and Dapper (acquired by Yahoo!). From June 2007 to August 2009 (2 years 3 months) Venture Consultant @ From October 2005 to June 2007 (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomSenior Manager @ Corporate Strategy, Planning & Analysis Ran new team in CSPA to make Microsoft business units more proactive about inorganic growth (acquisitions). Worked closely with MSN and the Server & Tools business units. From February 2005 to September 2005 (8 months) Platform Planner @ Home and Entertainment Division Shut down BillG-driven incubation project for Microsoft Hardware to commercialize Microsoft Research noise-cancelling Bluetooth technology. From January 2005 to March 2005 (3 months) Product Manager @ Server & Tools Business Unit - Microsoft Speech Server Launched Microsoft Speech Server 2004, an enterprise speech server product in the Windows Server family of products. Selected to Corporate Leadership program. From October 2002 to December 2004 (2 years 3 months) Independent Consultant @ Helped spin out Safe-View, a security startup, from Pacific Northwest National Labs (operated by Battelle) with Mike Lyons at Compass Capital From February 2002 to October 2002 (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaDirector, Business Development @ From October 2000 to February 2002 (1 year 5 months) Strategist @ Strategic Technology, Advanced Technology Group From February 1997 to August 1998 (1 year 7 months) Technologist @ Founding employee, Studio Verso (acquired by KPMG in 1998) From September 1995 to January 1997 (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaIntern @ From June 1995 to September 1995 (4 months) Intern @ Global equity derivatives From June 1994 to September 1994 (4 months)

MBA @ London Business School From 2005 to 2007 Symbolic Systems @ Stanford University From 1994 to 1998 Stuyvesant High School From 1990 to 1994 Hussein Kanji is skilled in: Venture Capital, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Business Strategy, Corporate Development, Private Equity, Mergers, Mobile Devices, Strategy, E-commerce, Financial Modeling, Due Diligence