Summary
Ramy Khorshed is a seasoned entrepreneur and technology leader, currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Sakneen, where he is building the fastest and easiest way to search for and buy a home in Egypt. With a decade of experience spanning product, business development, and startup acceleration, he has combined economics and information science training from Duke University with hands-on software engineering from Flatiron School to drive growth and product-led strategies. Since 2019 he has steered Sakneen as a fast-growing real estate tech platform in Egypt, leveraging a global accelerator mindset from his SPARK! Ventures tenure, where he directed two summers of MVP sprints for hundreds of participants. His background includes business development roles at Future Energy Corporation and leadership at SPARK! Ventures, illustrating a track record of turning market insight into scalable ventures. He is an alum of Y Combinator W20 through Sakneen, signaling strong ties to startup ecosystems and a bias for rapid experimentation and execution in emerging markets.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
W20, Sakneen, W20, Sakneen at Y Combinator
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics and Information Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics and Information Science at Duke University
Software Engineering Bootcamp, NYC, Full Stack Web Development, Software Engineering Bootcamp, NYC, Full Stack Web Development at Flatiron School
English, Arabic, Polish, French