# Iqram Magdon-Ismail

> Iqram Magdon-Ismail is a seed investor at Ense backing Information Technology and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ense](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ense)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iqram-magdon-ismail-803511184/
- Website: https://x.com/iqramband
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iqram

Iqram Magdon-Ismail is a seed investor at Ense in New York focused on Information Technology and Software. Iqram Magdon-Ismail is based out of New York and is the Co-Founder of JellyJelly. Iqram previously worked at Venmo as a Co-Founder. Iqram Magdon-Ismail attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $50k–$4M |
| Angel | $500k–$785k |
| Series A | $14M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Social Media | 2 | 22% |
| iOS | 1 | 11% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Angel | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 78% |
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clyx | Clyx is the next-generation friendship platform built for Gen Z, using curated IRL events, game-based discovery, and behavioral science to create real relationships. Guided by neuroscience and led by a Gen Z founder Alyx Van Der Vorm, Clyx turns online curiosity into community. Clyx is on a mission to reverse-engineer the disconnection of socialmedia. Where platforms once brought relationships online, Clyx helps turn those online signals into meaningful real-world interaction. | $14M | Series A | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Hatz AI | Hatz AI helps MSPs build an AI-as-a-service business with AI applications and agents. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 04, 2024 |  |
| Modal Labs | Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud. The software enables users to run or deploy machine learning models, massively parallel compute jobs, task queues, web apps, and more. It also writes the code to launch hundreds of custom containers and runs scripts in the cloud faster than on the local machine. | $16.5M | Series A | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| Stitch | Stitch is a payments infrastructure company that helps businesses seamlessly connect to the financial system, so they can deliver a better user experience and optimize operations. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, Stitch launched in February 2021 and has global staff. Stitch offers all popular online payment methods and operates as aPayments Service Provider. Its platform supports a variety of pay-in methods and solutions; financial and payment management solutions; and Payouts. Learn more at stitch.money. | $4M | Seed | Feb 25, 2021 |  |
| Otherland | Otherland is a digitally-native candle brand that transforms your home into an expressive world. | $2.7M | Seed | Oct 15, 2019 |  |
| Swipecast | Swipecast allows advertising agencies, fashion retailers and designers to hire models, photographers, stylists, hair and makeup artists, art directors and casting directors directly over an iPhone, iPad or desktop, without having to go through an agency. Swipecast charges just 10% vs. 40% charged by agencies, by eliminating the "middleman."Swipecast aims to roll up the entire 1099 freelance industry by enabling them to connect directly with each other, view each others' profiles, and book each other over the app. Users get paid in 2 days, vs. 3-5 months, when paid through traditional agencies. The total addressable market globally is about $50 billion, including the "long-tail" of the industry. | $785K | Angel | Mar 01, 2016 |  |
| hellotoken | hellotoken enables publishers to earn 10x more per visitor than ads and paywalls through a native, one-click question that serves as a micropayment. For marketers, we leverage the readership networks of online publications to instantly target and distribute survey questions to hard-to-reach demographics. We help startups and companies validatetheir ideas, products, logos, and other concepts through our platform's reach of millions of blog readers. | $500K | Angel | Aug 14, 2015 |  |
| SoundScope | Soundscope is a mobile platform that connects the local nightlife scene through music — allowing users to search for local DJs or nightlife venues based on the music playing in real time.At its core, Soundscope is a mobile marketing tool that helps DJs build followings and book more gigs. It does so by putting DJs on the map, connecting withsocial media, and allowing users to search, follow, and listen the music they love throughout the city. | $50K | Seed | Feb 11, 2015 |  |
| Abacus Labs | Abacus Labs, Inc. develops Abacus, a mobile application that simplifies and enhances the expense-management system for employees and managers.Abacus was founded in 2013 by Omar, Ted, and Josh with a simple idea: when employees at your company incur expenses, you should be able to pay them back quickly. Abacus has been designed from the ground upto keep pace with the speed at which business now moves.Replacing the expense report with a real time expense system, Abacus is helping businesses get money wherever it needs to go faster. By accounting for company spend at the expense level as it’s happening, Abacus keeps all company business systems in sync and offers the most dynamic reporting on the market. Its goal is to provide finance teams with tools and data that enable them to become a strategic pillar in their organization. | $3.5M | Seed | Oct 29, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blitzscaling Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blitzscaling-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ense

VC Fund · New York, United States

A social platform that connects human voices to listeners

3 contacts available at Ense.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clyde Shaffer | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clyde-shaffer |
| Iqram Magdon-Ismail | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iqram-magdon-ismail |
| Nathaniel Teichman | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathaniel-teichman |

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## FAQ

### What does Iqram Magdon-Ismail invest in?

Iqram Magdon-Ismail invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Iqram Magdon-Ismail's check size?

Iqram Magdon-Ismail typically joins rounds of $50k–$4M at Seed, $500k–$785k at Angel and $14M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Iqram Magdon-Ismail participates in.

### When did Iqram Magdon-Ismail last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Iqram Magdon-Ismail closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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