# Ali Hamed

> Ali Hamed is a seed investor at Crossbeam Venture Partners backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Crossbeam Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crossbeam-venture-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alihamed
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/alibhamed
- Website: http://www.coventure.us
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alibhamed

Ali Hamed is a seed investor at Crossbeam Venture Partners in New York focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Ali Hamed is based out of New York and is the Partner of Crossbeam Venture Partners. Ali previously worked at Dorm Room Fund as a Manager. Ali Hamed attended Cornell University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 40% |
| Retail | 2 | 20% |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 20% |
| Gaming | 1 | 10% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 60% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| Spain | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yaba | Yaba is an operator of an online brand management platform intended to buy, finance, and support the growth of businesses based on amazon. | $82.6M | Series A | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Benitago Group | Benitago creates, acquires, and grows Amazon businesses. They began when they created their first product to alleviate their own back pain. They take a scientific approach to product creation— lean, data-driven, and iterative. Custom-coded algorithms automate our marketing, finance, and supply chain — unlike any small operator. Over time, they havefully bootstrapped a proprietary scalable platform to launch and operate Amazon brands. | $325M | Series A | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Powerhouse91 | Powerhouse91 operates as an eCommerce roll-up platform. Powerhouse91's business model relies on identifying high-potential consumer brands, acquiring, and scaling them through growth capital, shared resources, and e-commerce focused optimizations. |  | Seed | Jun 30, 2021 |  |
| Quicknode | QuickNode is a Web3 developer platform which helps you build & operate blockchain-powered applications (dApps).A lightning-fast global API provides instant access to Ethereum & Bitcoin networks (JSON-RPC over https:// or wss://).Monitor usage with analytics dashboard and ship faster with tools like 1-click WebHooksfor smart-contract events.Over 3000 nodes launched; trusted by top blockchain projects; helping the blockchain ecosystem grow since 2017! | $5.3M | Seed | May 27, 2021 |  |
| Acquco | Acquco is an E-commerce platform that focuses on acquiring and growing Amazon Marketplace businesses. | $160M | Series A | May 11, 2021 |  |
| Snipfeed | Snipfeed is building Shopify but for content creators. The platform allows them to build their storefront directly on top of social and consolidate all the monetization tools they need in one place. Snipfeed lets them monetize their audience in one click through on-demand content, direct interactions, tips, and commerce. On the back-end,Snipfeed's dashboard helps you optimize and grow your business by integrating with all the third-party tools you need as a creator (analytics, financial tools...). | $5.5M |  | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Snipfeed | Snipfeed is building Shopify but for content creators. The platform allows them to build their storefront directly on top of social and consolidate all the monetization tools they need in one place. Snipfeed lets them monetize their audience in one click through on-demand content, direct interactions, tips, and commerce. On the back-end,Snipfeed's dashboard helps you optimize and grow your business by integrating with all the third-party tools you need as a creator (analytics, financial tools...). | $7.5M | Seed | May 05, 2021 |  |
| 1v1Me | 1v1Me is an application that allows the user to play one on one matches in their favorite video games for cash. It is a community where anyone can meet and play with other members. The company was founded in 2020 and based in New York. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| Finova Financial | Finova Financial is a socially responsible lender that provides fast affordable loans based on the equity in your car, to the 70 million financially underserved Americans that spend $138 billion in fees and interest annually. Finova’s Car Equity Line of Credit (C-LOC) costs 70% less than the current national average, provides instant access tocapital, and a 12-month pathway back to financial health, online, mobile, anywhere, 24/7.Finova clients benefit from the ability to complete the loan process online, instant approval decisions and same day cash funding. The Finova client portal provides personalized access to our financial dashboard allowing real time management of your financial health. Payments can be made from the convenience of any computer or mobile device and at 32,000 US retail locations. Successful payment history provides declining rates, the opportunity to establish and build credit, along with access to additional funds on demand.Finova provides an immediate solution to our clients’ credit needs, the ability to monitor their progress in real time, which when coupled with Finova’s ongoing financial education provides a pathway to improved economic health.The Finova C-LOC is the first of many digital financial service products we will launch to address the unfulfilled needs of financially underserved Americans. At Finova we are in the business of relationships, not transactions. Our clients tell us Finova is the first positive relationship they have with any financial services provider. This is our passion and what drives us forward. |  | Debt Financing | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| Finova Financial | Finova Financial is a socially responsible lender that provides fast affordable loans based on the equity in your car, to the 70 million financially underserved Americans that spend $138 billion in fees and interest annually. Finova’s Car Equity Line of Credit (C-LOC) costs 70% less than the current national average, provides instant access tocapital, and a 12-month pathway back to financial health, online, mobile, anywhere, 24/7.Finova clients benefit from the ability to complete the loan process online, instant approval decisions and same day cash funding. The Finova client portal provides personalized access to our financial dashboard allowing real time management of your financial health. Payments can be made from the convenience of any computer or mobile device and at 32,000 US retail locations. Successful payment history provides declining rates, the opportunity to establish and build credit, along with access to additional funds on demand.Finova provides an immediate solution to our clients’ credit needs, the ability to monitor their progress in real time, which when coupled with Finova’s ongoing financial education provides a pathway to improved economic health.The Finova C-LOC is the first of many digital financial service products we will launch to address the unfulfilled needs of financially underserved Americans. At Finova we are in the business of relationships, not transactions. Our clients tell us Finova is the first positive relationship they have with any financial services provider. This is our passion and what drives us forward. | $102.5M |  | Oct 18, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crossbeam Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crossbeam-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Diaspora Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diaspora-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Frst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frst-d3d4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Crossbeam Venture Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Crossbeam Venture Partners (Crossbeam) is a venture capital firm that invests in Pre-Seed to Series A startups building tomorrow's economy

1 contacts available at Crossbeam Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ali Hamed | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-hamed |

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## FAQ

### What does Ali Hamed invest in?

Ali Hamed invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ali Hamed last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ali Hamed closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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