Ammar has 20+ years in growing PE & VC backed tech companies in San Francisco, New York and Boston. He has raised over $400M in equity & debt financing, leading to 12 M&A deals, and 5 exits. Cayan exit to TSYS, where he served as CFO was his most recent exit valued at $1.2B. Investors include Parthenon, GE, DFJ, Intel, Lighspeed,. NorthBridge, Atlas Ventures, Mayfield, BCBS Investors. Before Co-founding Cashew Payments, he was chief financial officer of Navinet and Kantar Media North America, a division of WPP, the largest marketing information services company in the world. At Kantar Media Mr. Afif led the Company evolution into the digital market through a number of acquisitions and strategic partnerships.. Prior to Kantar Media, Mr. Afif was chief financial officer of Pronto Networks, a provider of operation and business support systems software to wireless network providers and funded by DFJ and Intel Capital. At Pronto he led all fundraising activities, finance, legal, human resources and investor relations and was responsible for the Company’s expansion internationally into Europe and Asia Pacific markets. Ammar has a B.Com & Masters in Accounting from McGill University and is a Chartered Accountant.
