The GroupVestor Philosophy
GroupVestor was founded on a simple principle: Communities should build Communities. GroupVestor is looking to change the way small businesses grow. We provide online solutions to small businesses to raise funds directly from their communities for expansion and investment purposes. Since the recession of 2008, it has been near impossible for small businesses to raise captial to grow. On the other hand, it is expected that small businesses are going to be the major contributors to economic recovery and employment growth.
GroupVestor aims to fill this gap, by allowing small businesses to grow, and allowing communities to benefit directly in return. GroupVestor was founded in January 2010 by a group of students from the University of Waterloo. GroupVestor was selected as one of the teams in the Velocity Bootcamp competition, and has been operating out of the Accelerator Centre since May 2010.
Ahmed Shuaib: Marketing, Sales and Business Development
Ahmed co-founded Groupvestor after completing his Economics, Finance, Arts and Business degree. He is a forward looking individual who believes in the internet's power of crowd sourcing intelligence and forming a "global brain".
Moe Adham: Team Lead
Moe decided to help start GroupVestor after his career as a freelance astronaut didn't pan out. Moe recently finished his engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. He loves skiing, reading, and exploring new cultures. If you catch him late at night, ask for some pasta, you won't regret it.
Alex Sahu: Online Operations
Alex is a student at the University of Waterloo doing a double major, Computer Science and Mathematical Finance. Naturally his interests are in technology the world of finance, and the intersection between these two fields. In his spare time Alex enjoys playing tennis, and plays on the varsity team.
Michael Liu: Strategy and Finance
Michael Liu has always dream of being an entrepreneur. After building his first website when he was 10 he was hooked on "webpreneurship". Working on GroupVestor helps him merge his interests in entrepreneurship and finance/investments together into the perfect start up. Aside from working insane hours, he likes to read, invest, and play sports.
Jason Wang: Technologies
Jason is an all around technology person with main interests in emerging web technologies and techniques. He is currently enrolled in Computer Science with Statistics minor at the University of Waterloo.
Basil Al-Dajane: Development Lead
Basil is an expert in new web technologies who is keen on pushing the web app experience. He is currently studying Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Basil loves watching Top Gear, and cant wait to get his hands on a Jaguar XFR. Next time an Apple product launches, watch out, Basil is probably in front of you in line.
Vestor
Vestor is the guiding light of our business. He believes in transparency and agility. If the site goes down, it means that vestor has been digging around in the wires he shouldn't have.