Hussain Ahamed

Entrepreneur - Advisor - Venture Partner, Wearables/Health Monitoring, and Diagnostics Tech in San Diego, CA, USA

Hussain Ahamed

Entrepreneur - Advisor - Venture Partner, Wearables/Health Monitoring, and Diagnostics Tech in San Diego, CA, USA

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Summary

Made in Paris, France.

Dozen years in wearables, health tech & hardware.

Passionate about working on tough problems, leading high-performing teams, and having a positive impact.

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Current Involvements

  • Founder at HuTech Ventures - advising, sourcing, incubating (and sometimes investing):
    • Deep tech venture funds & syndicates, startups & corporates
    • New at-home/on-the-go precision health tracking/diagnostic solutions: specialty wearables, biowearables & "otherables" = point-of-care biosensing devices & multiomic kits (blood, urine, sweat, saliva, breath)
    • Health tracking programs (remote or hybrid care, athlete performance, longevity initiatives…) building bundle solutions with such devices/kits
  • Strategic Advisor - Global Strategy & Partnerships | Americas at Ultrahuman, makers of the Rings PRO, & AIR (world's lightest) + preventive blood testing, continuous glucose (M2/M1 Live) + Home monitoring platform ( & Blood Vision) that provide a unified view of the human body. Responsible for global strategy, partnerships & fundraising.
  • Strategic Advisor
    • AliveCor, makers of the most portable, personalized ECG devices, Kardia Mobile
    • Ozlo, makers of the most comfortable sleep buds
    • SiPhox, makers of at-home blood test kits (and devices)
    • Viome, makers of the most sold gut and oral microbiome at-home tests
    • Kickmaker, makers of makers

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Previous Experience

  • Headed & launched the Gucci x Oura Ring collaboration, marking Gucci's first tech product launch ever (27 countries, 250+ retail stores) and ŌURA's first retail and lifetime membership launches.
  • Headed Business Development at Matrix Industries, a Silicon Valley pioneer in high-performing thermoelectrics enabling ultra-efficient energy harvesting (and conversely, ultra-rapid, refrigerant-free cooling) for a wide range of consumer/industrial applications (launched among others the PowerWatch & Medirom's MOTHER bracelet, world's first body heat-powered smartwatches & fitness tracker).
  • Founding CEO of MainTool, a French IoT company that created the world's first smart leather watchbands, bringing wearable device features to traditional timepieces.

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Hobbies

Mixed martial arts (MMA), lifting/fitness, diving, aquatic & racquet sports.

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Interests

Deep tech, complex systems & social impact. Wearables & Watches, Health & Hardware, Fitness & Fashion.

  • Work
    • HuTech Ventures
  • Education
    • Haverford College
    • The Wharton School
    • St. Clare's, Oxford