Ahmad Butt

Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur with 25 years in finance and deep tech, as a founder, investor, operator and mentor. Most recently, founded, scaled and exited a multi-billion AUM Quant Hedge Fund. LP and Exec-Chairman at Deep Science Ventures, has recently been appointed as a commissioner to the Energy Transition Commission, founders circle at IFOW, a think-tank, he is also a mentor at CDL, MIT Media Labs, Zinc and Transcend Networks. Ahmad is also an early stage Investor in deep tech, AI, edTech and climate companies with 60+ investments. Ahmad's various companies have spun-out 40 companies in the climate, restorative agriculture, computation, life science and education sectors - from rowing back the senescence of the immune system, to resolve more than 80 inflammatory linked diseases simultaneously, to cure cystic fibrosis, to cure pediatric oncology, to regenerate soil, remove carbon from the atmosphere at a gigaton scale, produce trillions of joules of renewable fuels. Now he is trying to solve the problems of 'deploying and commercializing' these novel technologies and is creating a 'developer co as a service' with the Rocky Mountain Institute. He is also trying to crack hard problems in scaling the process of invention itself and DSV has launched a new global decentralized accredited University, The Venture Science Doctorate, reinventing the PhD program for interdisciplinary combinatorial innovators, that brings venture creation to the heart of scientific research. Ahmad is a YPO Member. He is an avid sportsman and plays Padel for Team GB, representing them in the world and European (vets) championships in 2021, 2022 and 2023. He is also a keen Polo player.