my name is omar waseem.

I incubate and invest in internet startups.

I started my first company at 12. Since then, I’ve built and closed more companies than I can remember: a social app, clothing brand, multiple agencies, AI products - the list goes on.

In 2021, I became the CMO of Fei Protocol. We ended up going through one of the largest DAO merges in history.

In 2022, I dropped out of UC Berkeley to lead growth at Founders Inc. We backed over 100 founders building companies at the cutting edge, and built one of the most well-known brands in venture capital.

In 2023, I announced Alif - the first startup accelerator for Muslim founders - and later raised a fund to invest up to $500k checks into pre-seed and seed stage companies.

Over the past few years, I’ve worked closely with a handful of companies that shaped their entire categories - across consumer hardware, B2B software, venture, and media.

I’m creating this Substack to be a living notebook.

It’s a collection of internal memos, notes, and links I already share with my teams — things I’m learning in real time.

I think it may be interesting for me to look back on later.