My name is Rahat Ahmed. I’m the Founding Partner & CEO of Anchorless Bangladesh, an investment firm focused on bringing high-quality global capital into Bangladesh.
I love technology, its impact on consumer behavioral patterns and how it’ll evolve over the next 25 years.
I enjoy film, ramen and video games.
A proud alumnus of the undergraduate program at New York University’s Stern School of Business, my experience extends across multiple disciplines and industries: Investing in emerging markets at a hedge fund, developing long-term strategies at a global healthcare non-profit and founding a virtual reality startup focused on performance simulations. At each intersection, I’ve been able to leverage my passion for data and design to improve upon the status quo.
Anchorless Bangladesh
Anchorless Bangladesh is an investment fund activating unique opportunities across the country by harnessing global capital to deliver outsized financial returns and optimize social impact.
B/deshi
B/deshi is a community-driven organization committed to connecting the Bangladeshi diaspora and empowering us to take control of the global Bangladeshi narrative.
Previously…
TrinityVR
Co-Founder, former Chief of Strategy and currently an advisor at TrinityVR, creator of DiamondFX, a virtual reality-based sports science platform for player development, scouting and analytics currently being used in Major League Baseball. Want to go head-to-head against your favorite pitcher? We can make that happen.
Prince Street Capital
Invested in emerging markets for Prince Street Capital, where I specialized in understanding the impact of emerging technologies on consumer behaviour and corporate profits. My investments were primarily focused on third world countries benefitting from Western capital to improve the lives of its citizens.
DKMS US
Served as the primary strategist at DKMS US, the American division of the world's largest bone marrow donor center, where I helped increase transplant conversion ratios for blood cancer patients in the United States. A key focus was to improve match ratios for minorities while being financially effective.
Everything Else
Expired by Sunlight
PHOTOGRAPHY.
Smartphones and Instagram may have abated by passion for traditional photography, but I still keep this collection of some of my favorite shots from the past.
Dequinix.com:
Tutorials for Breathing
FICTION.
I started writing on the Internet in the late 90s, charting my growth into adulthood with memories sliced up into bits of fact and fiction. These select stories are some of my favorites.
Life as Fiction
FILM.
I love movies. Once upon a time, I actively wrote about them. My hope is to introduce something new and wonderful to someone now and then they otherwise wouldn’t know about.
DQNX
DESIGN.
My first love was design. Though it didn’t turn into a career, here’s a portfolio of designs I did across assorted media highlighting my obsession with typefaces and kerning.
Perfecting the Upset
SPORTS.
A sports journalism website chronicling the passions of die-hard fans and their stories of bittersweet loyalty. We may have been too early, but boy was this fun to run.