Azeem Ansar

Current

Director of Business Development at Pinch Media

Past

Investment Banking Analyst at Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin
Investment Banking Analyst at CIBC World Markets
Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at CoffeeStain Research

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Education

University of Pennsylvania

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Azeem Ansar’s Summary

Career Focus: Mobile; Digital Media; Technology; Venture Capital; Emerging Markets

Azeem Ansar’s Specialties:

Business Development, Partnership Negotiation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing, Product Marketing, Mobile Strategy and Marketing, Emerging Business Models, Product Management

Azeem Ansar’s Experience

Director of Business Development

Pinch Media

(Online Media industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Pinch Media helps mobile application developers grow their businesses and make more money through our best-of-breed analytics products. Since launching in April 2008, we've helped thousands of application developers make more informed decisions about revenue models and user experiences, and have provided the most detailed information available about the emerging mobile application ecosystem.

Pinch Media is funded by Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, W Media Ventures, Dave Morgan, Jerry Neumann, Mike Yavonditte, and Sharkey Goldstein Capital.

email: azeem@pinchmedia.com
Investment Banking Analyst

Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin

(Privately Held; Investment Banking industry)

2007 — September 2008 (1 year )

Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm was ranked the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $2 billion in 2008 and the No. 1 U.S. fairness opinion advisor over the past 10 years by Thomson Reuters. In addition, the firm advised in 11 of the 15 largest corporate bankruptcies and on over 500 restructuring transactions valued in excess of $1.25 trillion in the past 10 years. The firm has over 800 employees in 14 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Each year we serve more than 1,000 clients ranging from closely held companies to Global 500 corporations.
Investment Banking Analyst

CIBC World Markets

(Public Company; CM; Investment Banking industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Co-Founder and VP of Business Development

CoffeeStain Research

(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )

CoffeeStain Research provides small- to mid-market consulting for data and operations outsourcing.