Mahmoud Abdelkader is a full-cycle startup founder who has been around the block more than once. His latest venture could massively change how businesses handle data. His venture, Very Good Security has recently raised over $100M from top-tier investors like Andreessen Horowitz, GS Growth, Vertex Ventures, and Visa Ventures.

In this episode, you will learn:

* Cybersecurity
* The future of data management
* The role of founding CEO

Alejandro Cremades · EP 315 Mahmoud Abdelkader On Raising Over $100 Million To Make Your Data Unhackable
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About Mahmoud Abdelkader :
Mahmoud and Marshall started Very Good Security to solve recurring data security and privacy challenges faced by organizations in regulated and/or compliant environments. Today's modern organizations face ever-changing data security challenges in an evolving landscape and require an adaptive approach to cyber security to augment securityinfrastructure investments.

Mahmoud co-founded and served as the CTO of a a YCominbator W2011 company, Balanced Payments, a leading-edge developer friendly payments processor acquired in 2015. He is also an active angel investor, serves as an advisor to numerous FinTech startups, and is an avid fan of cryptography.

Mahmoud holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from University of Maryland: College Park. A fun fact is that actually learned to code by reverse engineering Age of Empires and Warcraft III.
Connect with Mahmoud Abdelkader:

* Crunchbase
* LinkedIn
* Twitter

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