Akif Malik manages Podium VC and serves as the managing partner as well. He has approximately two years of expertise as a pioneer in technology, early-stage investing, and startup ecosystem development. He started his career as a co-founder of the Chicago Olympic Bid. He moved on to spearheading new company development partnerships and negotiating early-stage product and technology deals worldwide.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Akif led Sports Metro’s Sports Media-Tech Startup as a Co-Founder. He also developed the fund’s portfolio support platform and a network of over 150 mentors and partners to assist startups in their growth.

Akif is a VC at Tech Inception. He oversees equity financing, which involves funds invested in exchange for stock, usually minority ownership, in a firm that appears to be on the verge of considerable growth.