# Ameer Sherif

> Ameer Sherif is a seed investor at BasharSoft (Cairo) backing SaaS and Finance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BasharSoft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basharsoft)
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameersherif
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ameersherif
- Website: https://x.com/ameersherif

Ameer Sherif is a seed investor at BasharSoft in Cairo focused on SaaS and Finance. Ameer Sherif is CEO and Co-founder of WUZZUF and FORASNA.com - Egypt's leading online recruitment platforms for white-collar professionals and blue-collar workers respectively. Collectively, both platforms receive more than 3 million visits monthly and helped 25,000+ companies hire more than 250,000 people over the past few years. Sinceco-founding the startup 9 years ago, Ameer managed to bootstrap for 3 years during the tough Egypt revolution years until reaching profitability and then successfully fundraising from top US and European VCs including 500 Startups, Endure Capital, Vostok New Ventures (Sweden), Piton Capital (UK) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He raised a total of $8m along the way and built a team of 250 employees, mostly in Egypt but expanding into new markets.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 50% |
| Video Conferencing | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BrainsMingle | BrainsMingle is a professional networking platform designed to connect people through live, face-to-face interactions, expert sessions, and communities instead of traditional social media feeds. | $400K | Seed | Jun 30, 2026 | https://brainsmingle.com |
| Bluworks.io | Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 22, 2024 | https://bluworks.io |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acasia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acasia-ventures-22) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Camel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camel-ventures-b1ba) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acasia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-cairo-angels-syndicate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BasharSoft

VC Fund · Cairo, Egypt

BasharSoft is a technology startup developing recruitment systems and creators of Wuzzuf.com - Egypt's leading online recruitment platform.

2 contacts available at BasharSoft.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahmed ElSharkawy | Business Development and Marketing Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmed-elsharkawy-2 |
| Ameer Sherif | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ameer-sherif |

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## FAQ

### What does Ameer Sherif invest in?

Ameer Sherif invests primarily in SaaS, Finance and Human Resources startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ameer Sherif?

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### When did Ameer Sherif last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ameer Sherif closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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