Hamzah is a Partner at Real Ventures based in the firm’s Toronto office. Having worked in both developed and emerging markets over the last 20 years, he has accumulated diverse experiences and knowledge in technology development, startup building, and venture capital investing. Hamzah obtained his engineering and MBA degrees at Purdue University and started his career with Qualcomm in the US. He later moved into the startup world by co-founding a venture builder that invested in and helped scale online classifieds and marketplace businesses in the Middle East.