Techstars Hires Saalim Chowdhury as New Managing Director in London

Saalim Chowdhury
Saalim Chowdhury

Techstars, the global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customised programming for early-stage entrepreneurs, appointed Saalim Chowdhury as Managing Director of Techstars London.

He follows predecessor Eamonn Carey. 

Formerly a Partner at 500 Startups, Chowdhury will lead the growth of the startup accelerator in London, as it expands to two programmes a year, in April and September. Techstars London will open to startups across new sectors, adding more b2b startups in healthtech, fintech and web3, and using technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. 

Whilst the programme is London-based, Chowdhury’s focus will be on attracting startups around the UK and will be touring the country to do so. 

Chowdhury is also an active angel investor, amongst his investments are Axie Infinity, a play-to-earn NFT game with a $3bn valuation backed by Andreeson Horowitz; Nothing.tech, a next-generation hardware startup, supported by Google Ventures; and Quit Genius, a digital addiction clinic, that received investment from Atomico.
Prior to 500 Startups, he was part of two notable exits. Internet security firm ScanSafe, sold to Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) for $183m. Chowdhury’s own machine-learning talent platform Skillbridge was acquired by Toptal. He has also held senior executive positions at News Corporation and Trinity Mirror Group, focussing on digital transformation.  His career started at the Boston Consulting Group. 

Applications for the next Techstars London Cohort close on February 10th:  https://bit.ly/tslondon22

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31/01/2022