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Rafat Ali

Overview

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Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Primary Job Title Founder & CEO
  • Primary Organization 
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    Skift
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Rafat Ali is the CEO and Founder of Skift. Rafat Ali attended Indiana University Bloomington and Aligarh Muslim University.

Personal Investments

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Number of Investments 2
Rafat Ali has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - DHARMA on
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El Camino Travel Logo
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Jobs

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Number of Current Jobs 2
Rafat Ali has 2 current jobs as Founder & CEO at Skift and Chief Editor & Publisher at ContentNext Media.

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Rafat Ali is the Board Member at International Women Media Foundation - IWMF.
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Media Development Investment Fund Logo
Media Development Investment Fund
Board of AdvisorsSep 2013Dec 2015

Related Hubs

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Advancit Capital Portfolio Companies Logo
Advancit Capital Portfolio Companies
93,037
Northeastern US Seed Stage Companies (Top 10K) Logo
Northeastern US Seed Stage Companies (Top 10K)
7,556
New York Seed Stage Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees Logo
New York Seed Stage Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees
11,691
Greater New York Area Seed Stage Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue Logo
Greater New York Area Seed Stage Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue
26,764
City of New York Seed Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees Logo
City of New York Seed Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees
29,988
United States News Companies (Top 10K) Logo
United States News Companies (Top 10K)
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Travel Companies With More Than 50 Employees Logo
Travel Companies With More Than 50 Employees
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Northeastern US Seed Stage Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K) Logo
Northeastern US Seed Stage Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)
7,905
East Coast Seed Stage Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue Logo
East Coast Seed Stage Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue
19,926
News Seed Stage Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue Logo
News Seed Stage Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue
68,707

Education

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Rafat Ali studied at Aligarh Muslim University and  Indiana University Bloomington.

Events

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Number of Events 2
Rafat Ali has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Skift Tech Forum 2019 on Jun 27, 2019.

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•Oct 4, 2023
DHARMA raised
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from Amity Supply and 11 other investors
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Funding Round•Feb 24, 2023
El Camino Travel raised
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from Joe Zadeh and 4 other investors
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