Ahmed Al-Balaghi 柏亚德

Co-Founder at Biconomy | We’re Hiring!!

📍 United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Advisor and Seed Investor
Aug 2018
Polygon Labs is a global blockchain payments company building and operating infrastructure to move money instantly, reliably, and at internet scale, with the mission to move all money onchain. We are building the Polygon Open Money Stack, an open and integrated stack of services and technologies to instantly and reliably move money anywhere, and put it to work. Our infrastructure has facilitated trillions of dollars in onchain value transfer and supported millions of transactions daily for some of the globes largest banks, fintechs, enterprises, and consumer applications.
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2019
Co-Founder
May 2019
Biconomy is a web3 developer and infrastructure platform setting UX standards and removing onboarding complexities with Account Abstraction. Build seamless dApps now, powered by Biconomy SDK. Explore what AA can do for you: http://rebrand.ly/sdk-book-demo Our Account Abstraction SDK has helped power user onboarding and retention for more than 4M+ users and 400 dApps, such as Onyx by J.P Morgan, Trust Wallet, Acentrik by Mercedes-Benz, The Sandbox, dYdX, and FanTV. By empowering end-users to use dApps and transact on-chain without native knowledge of wallets, crypto or gas fees management, see how dApps are scaling fast with our AA-SDK. If you want to be a part of the future of the internet and are passionate about crypto – our team is for you!
2018
Partnerships
Oct 2018
The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become an integral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it. Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas. Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-) For more information please visit www.jabbar.com .
Advisor and Seed Investor
Aug 2018
Polygon Labs is a global blockchain payments company building and operating infrastructure to move money instantly, reliably, and at internet scale, with the mission to move all money onchain. We are building the Polygon Open Money Stack, an open and integrated stack of services and technologies to instantly and reliably move money anywhere, and put it to work. Our infrastructure has facilitated trillions of dollars in onchain value transfer and supported millions of transactions daily for some of the globes largest banks, fintechs, enterprises, and consumer applications.
Co-Founder and Co-Host
Jul 2018
Encrypted is a dedicated podcast to all things blockchain, cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology. Hosted by Ahmed Al-Balaghi and Nic Watson they will break down the latest developments, events and trends in this rapidly evolving and exciting space. Involving a range of superb guests of likeminded innovators, practitioners and implementers in the space, they will take a closer look on the evolution of how blockchain is being implemented in a variety of fields. Being the first blockchain podcast in the Middle East, there will be a special focus on Emerging Market developments that will involve a range of special interviews and educational content. Whether you've bought bitcoin in 2009 or you've just started looking into this space, then this podcast is just for you.
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Community Partner (Dubai)
Jan 2018
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