mahmoudimus.com

Hi! I'm Mahmoud Abdelkader (pronounced mæħˈmuːd æbdəlkeɪdər), but, online, I usually go by the nickname mahmoudimus.

I am an entrepreneur and a software engineer. I am the co-founder of VGS (formerly known as Very Good Security) where I served as CEO from 2016 until 2023, before stepping back into an advisory role. Before that, I served as the CTO and co-founder of Balanced Payments, a graduate of Y-Combinator's Winter of 2011 class, which exited to Stripe in 2015.

I've dabbled a bit in e-commerce as an early employee at Milo.com, which was acquired by eBay in 2010 to power their eBay Local initiative.

I'm currently experimenting with AI. I am passionate about fintech, payments, reverse engineering, and data security.

Investments

I'm an active investor with investments in Ramp, Vercel, Alloy, Envoy, Mercury, Stytch and a bunch more! If you're building in a space that you think I might add value in, please don't hesistate to reach out!

Contact

You can email me at m(AT-NOSPAM)mahmoudimus(DOT)com