Osman joined Silverpeak in 2022 as a Senior Advisor. He brings a passion for new technologies and over 30 years of experience in deeptech.
Alongside his deeptech experience, Osman is a successful business leader and a deal maker, with around $500m of equity and license transactions under his belt as an entrepreneur – including three exits and an IPO. He is the inventor of 19 granted US patents in the fields of computing, GPUs and pixel streaming.
Osman is President of the Deep Tech Summit, the premier deeptech event in Europe and was cited as one of the top 15 technologists by Business Insider Magazine, in a 2012 article. In 2016 he received ‘Freedom of the City of London’ for services to IT.
Osman is a Venture Partner at Atlantic Bridge Capital (www.abven.com) where he focuses on investments in deeptech companies. Additionally, he privately mentors a select few technology start-ups as Chairman or adviser.
He has a First-Class degree in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
Osman is an accomplished musician, composer and music producer and continues to pursue such activities through his record label Songphonic – when time permits.