# Sam Ameen

> Sam Ameen is a seed investor at Betatron Venture Group backing Information Technology. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Betatron Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betatron-venture-group)
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 85%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samameen1/
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/sam_ameen
- Website: https://x.com/sam_ameen

Sam Ameen is a seed investor at Betatron Venture Group focused on Information Technology and E-Commerce. Sam Ameen - Venture Partner @ Betatron Venture Group

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 4 | 31% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |
| CRM | 1 | 8% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 46% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 23% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 15% |
| China | 1 | 8% |
| Egypt | 1 | 8% |
| Belgium | 1 | 8% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 8% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toku | At Toku, we help businesses in APAC build better customer experiences that drive more customer engagement. Headquartered in Singapore, we’re Asia Pacific’s bespoke cloud communications provider helping businesses overcome the complexity of digital transformation in the region, enhance their customer experience and cater to the growing demandfor hybrid work. As a channel-agnostic provider, Toku combines the most robust carrier-grade connectivity in APAC with local expertise and in-country infrastructure into bespoke CPaaS, CCaaS and UCaaS solutions that adapt to your business needs. Since its inception in 2018, Toku has worked with organisations as diverse as Gojek, JCDecaux, Public Utilities Board Singapore and foodpanda. Whether you are a sophisticated fully digital business or just starting your digital transformation journey, we have products to suit your internal collaboration and customer engagement needs. | $5M | Series A | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| ExpandCart | ExpandCart is the fastest growing Arabic ecommerce platform in the Middle East. Over the past couple of years, we was able to acquire hundreds of clients ranging from individuals & small companies to enterprise level corporations, creating impressive traction and success to our clients. | $2.7M | Series B | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| ExpandCart | ExpandCart is the fastest growing Arabic ecommerce platform in the Middle East. Over the past couple of years, we was able to acquire hundreds of clients ranging from individuals & small companies to enterprise level corporations, creating impressive traction and success to our clients. | $2.7M | Series A | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| ExpandCart | ExpandCart is the fastest growing Arabic ecommerce platform in the Middle East. Over the past couple of years, we was able to acquire hundreds of clients ranging from individuals & small companies to enterprise level corporations, creating impressive traction and success to our clients. |  |  | Dec 30, 2019 |  |
| Bookairfreight | Bookairfreight is an online booking platform that connects small and medium-sized businesses with air freight forwarders. | $150K | Seed | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| ExpandCart | ExpandCart is the fastest growing Arabic ecommerce platform in the Middle East. Over the past couple of years, we was able to acquire hundreds of clients ranging from individuals & small companies to enterprise level corporations, creating impressive traction and success to our clients. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| SHIPNEXT | SHIPNEXT is a blockchain-driven Digital Shipping Platform. It uses Natural language processing, machine learning, Linear programing, AI and Big Data analysis for instant and to generate the best Shipping and Transport solutions. SHIPNEXT is patented solution, that uses unique algorithms, as well as data and real-time information from over 85data-bases for instant Cargo-to-Ship matching and integration in door-to-door delivery. Each day SHIPNEXT continues to expand and improve through interconnectivity and interoperatibility with Shipping companies, Ports & Terminals, Exporters & Importers, Digital Solution providers, Banking platforms, and transport related infrastructure. While being automated, SHIPNEXT can literally provide thousand freight quotes for a thousand requests each minute. This allows integration of SHIPNEXT in any trade or supply chain, for further digitalization and increased efficiency. | $175K | Seed |  |  |
| ZhenHub | ZhenHub is a cloud-based inventory and order management system for eCommerce retailers to automate logistics. Manage all your inventory and orders from a single online dashboard. No more data entry, spreadsheets and emails. Integrate your sales channels like Shopify, automatically fulfill your orders and automate your fulfillment process. Save timeand focus on growing your business.With ZhenHub you do not have to worry about your logistical operations. Immediately automate your ecommerce fulfillment operations, focus on your business and grow your customer base. Their platform will provide a complete overview of all your shipments globally. Although they automate your fulfillment process, ZhenHub will still have logistical experts to assist with optimizing your supply chain and are there to help every step of the way.ZhenHub will help you with international package & freight quotations, warehouse & fulfillment, platform integrations, reporting and analytics. Explore their platform and learn about how we can help you. | $150K | Seed |  |  |
| NextBillion | Exploring the connection between development and enterprise through blogs and analysis. | $150K | Seed |  |  |
| Positive Energy Ltd. | Positive Energy Ltd was incubated at the Future Economy Studio, Singapore in the early part of 2017 with the goal of Simplifying Renewable Energy Finance. Our mission is to reimagine the energy funding process to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy assets globally.We are providing an asset financing, trading, and management platformthat digitizes the transaction workflow making green investments fast, liquid and economically viable for all parties involved.Positive Energy Ltd, through its platform, aims to engage institutional investors in the financing of renewable energy projects to free-up balance sheets of project developers and project finance banks, reduce overall costs, and thereby encourage new investment in the sector.Positive Energy Ltd helps investors and assets portfolio managers to source new vetted investment opportunities related to small to mid-size assets (0,5MW to 75MW) and so help project developers to (re)finance their projects faster and at better conditions. | $200K | Seed |  |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Agility Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agility-ventures-c6a3) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sawari Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sawari-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delivery Hero Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Graphene Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graphene-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OSK Ventures International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osk-ventures-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Betatron Venture Group

VC Fund · Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Betatron Venture Group is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.

5 contacts available at Betatron Venture Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arshad Chowdhury | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arshad-chowdhury-134f |
| Matthias Knobloch | Managing Partner & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthias-knobloch-f969 |
| Nathaniel Chan | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathaniel-chan |
| Sam Ameen | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-ameen |
| Aidan Chan | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aidan-chan |

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## FAQ

### What does Sam Ameen invest in?

Sam Ameen invests primarily in Information Technology, E-Commerce and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sam Ameen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sam Ameen closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 13 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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