Jay Shapiro - CEO & Founder @ Usiku Games - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Primary Job Title CEO & Founder
Primary Organization
Usiku Games

Location Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Gender Male
Also Known As Josh Shapiro

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Jay Shapiro is based out of Nairobi and is the CEO and Founder of Usiku Games. Jay previously worked at Calm as an Angel Investor. Jay Shapiro attended the National University of Singapore.

Personal Investments

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has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Series A - Infinite Monkeys

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Infinite Monkeys

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Infinite Monkeys	—	Series A - Infinite Monkeys	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Infinite Monkeys	—	Seed Round - Infinite Monkeys	obfuscated obfuscation

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Infinite Monkeys

Jay Shapiro

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Infinite Monkeys

Infinite Monkeys Drag-and-Drop Mobile App Building Platform

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Jay Shapiro

has

current jobs including

CEO & Founder

Usiku Games

CEO

Appifier

, and

CEO & Co-Founder

Infinite Monkeys

. Additionally,

Jay Shapiro

has had

past jobs including

Co-Founder & CEO

AppMakr

Usiku Games CEO & FounderAug 2018
Appifier CEONov 6, 2014
Infinite Monkeys CEO & Co-FounderJan 3, 2011
The Muskoka Foundation Director & Co-FounderOct 2008
CrowdStrike Director of the Intel Advisor Group

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
AppMakr	Co-Founder & CEO	Aug 21, 2010	Aug 2018
BLUE Interactive Marketing	Founder & CEO	Sep 15, 1999	Oct 4, 2008
WPP	Founder	Sep 1999	Aug 2008
IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau)	Founding Chairperson	Sep 1999	Oct 2002
Publicis Technology	Strategy Director	Sep 1998	Aug 1999

Board and Advisor Roles

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Jay Shapiro

is the

Chairperson

Pan Africa Gaming Group

Pan Africa Gaming Group ChairpersonFeb 2022

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
WPP Alumni Founded Companies	82,106
Kenya Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees	25,844
Kenya Consulting Companies	61,880
Private Nairobi Companies	26,041
Gaming Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	5,441
Kenya Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees	30,675
Africa Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue (Top 10K)	4,286
Nairobi Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees	35,174
Nairobi Area Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees	33,069
AppMakr Alumni Founded Companies	97,270

Education

Jay Shapiro

studied at

National University of Singapore

and

Wilfrid Laurier University

National University of Singapore MBAMarketing Strategy19971998
Wilfrid Laurier University BACommunication & Computer Science1997

Events

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has participated in

event,

RSA Conference 2023

Apr 24, 2023

RSA Conference 2023 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaApr 24, 2023