Muhamed Farooque

Founder & CEO at Excelledia Ventures

Muhamed Farooque has extensive experience as a founder and CEO, starting with the Ai Center of Excellence in 2020. At the Ai Center of Excellence, they focus on enabling digital innovation with AI and offers services like the Ai Factory for creating and leveraging digital assets using AI, as well as the Ai Academy for learning and growing AI skills. Prior to that, Muhamed founded and served as CEO of isorobot, Dezign Space, Excelledia Quality Consulting, and Excelledia Ventures. Muhamed also worked as a Business Manager at DISS from 2010 to 2011. Earlier in their career, Muhamed worked as a Management Consultant and Business Development Manager at Dubai-UAE, and as a Co-Founder at Planet Gulf Software Solutions.

Muhamed Farooque's education history is as follows:

In 1997, they began their undergraduate studies at Mangalore University, where they pursued a Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) degree. Muhamed completed their studies in 2000.

In 2002, Muhamed enrolled in an MBA program focused on Total Quality Management and Marketing. Muhamed earned a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree in 2004.

In 2012, they attended Lean Six Sigma and obtained a Green Belt certification in Process Improvement. Muhamed later obtained a Black Belt certification in Business Process Improvement from the same institution.

In 2019, Muhamed attended the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford to participate in the Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme, which focused on Artificial Intelligence.

In 2021, they returned to the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford to complete the Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme.

Additionally, Muhamed Farooque holds various certifications obtained at different times. These include the Certified Innermatrix Consultant certification from Innermatrix USA, as well as several certifications in different ISO standards and management systems such as ISO 14001 Environment Management System Lead Auditor, ISO 27001 Information Security Management System Lead Auditor, ISO 9001 Quality Management System Lead Auditor, and more. Muhamed also holds certifications in Lean Six Sigma and has pursued diplomas in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Implementation Methodology and NEBOSH International Diploma. The institutions from which these certifications were obtained vary.

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Excelledia Ventures

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Our portfolio includes Enterprise management system, Innovation engine, Ai-Powered Business Planner, Data Analytics, Ai Center of Excellence, Collaborative coaching platform, Learning Management System, for corporate clients. We spun out of Excelledia Consulting in 2018, We help build Successful Companies. We are drawn to businesses of all sizes and ambitious founders who push the edge of what is possible. Our investments span the technology stack, from applications to infrastructure, and across the enterprise spectrum from developer operations to security, data platforms, and beyond with the use of emerging technologies. The future will be shaped by advances in AI, RPA, XR, robotics, blockchain, quantum computing and deep tech. We support organizations and aspiring founders with our expertise and drive to tackle the major global issues that affect us all., We help to design, build, launch and scale ventures across all stages and sectors. Our team of business growth advisors and data scientists work side by side with portfolio companies to solve critical problems and push the frontier of technology. Let’s talk to start building your ideas to life. Excelledia Ventures backs founders who transform industries and create new ones.


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