# Mikaal Abdulla

> Mikaal Abdulla is a seed investor at SoFi backing DIY, iOS and Mobile. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SoFi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-finance)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikaalabdulla
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mikaalabdulla

Mikaal Abdulla is a seed investor at SoFi focused on DIY and iOS. A member of Asia Fintech 100, Mikaal is the co founder and CEO of 8 Securities, the leading mobile only investing service for Millennials in Hong Kong and Japan. His journey has taken him through Silicon Valley, New York, London,Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Prior to starting 8 Securities, Mikaal was a Senior Vice President and theHead of Asia at E*TRADE. Mikaal began his career as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte in the United States. Mikaal has extensive international experience having launched and managed businesses and online consumer products across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, India and the North America. Mikaal holds a MBA from both Columbia University and the London Business School. Mikaal is currently a mentor at Chinaccelerator and a guest writer for Tech in Asia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DIY | 1 | 50% |
| iOS | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Snaptee | Snaptee help everyone to turn their mobile photos into beautiful and stylish tshirts fast and easy, cultivate a community where users can create, buy, sell and share great tshirt designs and we turn it into real tshirt and ship worldwide. | $600K | Seed | Feb 27, 2013 |  |
| 8 Securities | 8 Securities offered mobile-only investing, a robo-advisory service, a social trading platform, and zero-commission brokerage. Through the platform, members will be able to follow the investment portfolios of top-performing members of the community and learn what they are buying, selling, and holding. They will also see where their own performanceranks. | $8M | Series A | Jan 04, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/velocity-capital-fintech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SoFi

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services. The company primarily caters to early-stage professionals and offers variable and fixed rate parent, personal, and MBA loans, mortgage refinancing, and more. They create modern financial products and services that help people borrow, save, spend, invest, andprotect their money better so that they can achieve financial independence and realize their ambitions from owning a home to saving for retirement, paying off their student loans, and more.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at SoFi.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Noto | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-noto |
| Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore | President of Sofi Technology Solutions | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathleen-pierce-gilmore |
| Mikaal Abdulla | SVP, International | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikaal-abdulla |
| Chris Lapointe | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-lapointe |
| Darwin Ling | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-ling |

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## FAQ

### What does Mikaal Abdulla invest in?

Mikaal Abdulla invests primarily in DIY, iOS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mikaal Abdulla last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mikaal Abdulla closed in Feb 2013. 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.

### 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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