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Ifti Akbar

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Director at Quest
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Ifti Akbar is the Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Fuse Capital, where he leads commercial strategy. His entrepreneurial journey includes bootstrapping a start-up, Envido, and growing it into a multi-million-pound company before its sale. Colleagues describe him as an incredibly visionary leader, driven to help ambitious businesses overcome barriers to growth.

Fueled by his own frustrating experiences with traditional banks lack of appetite for the tech sector, Ifti is passionate about creating tailored debt solutions for fellow entrepreneurs. He has a strong interest in global finance and business strategy, following insights from top-tier consulting and financial firms.

Ifti used the hard lessons from scaling his first company to co-found Fuse Capital, specifically to solve the growth financing pains he experienced firsthand.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Alternative Funding
Focuses on providing non-dilutive growth finance and venture debt solutions for technology enterprises, seeing it as a critical alternative to equity financing.
Tech Scale-ups
His career is dedicated to helping fast-growing technology companies secure the capital needed to expand, drawing from his own experience in the sector.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Director
Quest
12-2013
Co-founder, Director & Chief Commercial Officer
Fuse Capital
5-2007 - 12-2013
Co-Managing Director & Founder
ENVIDO
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Education
1997 - 2000
Bachelor's Degree
UCL
High School
John Hampden Grammar School
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