Shakil Khan
Shakil Khanis a successful entrepreneur and investor based in London.
Shakil has had a number of online businesses in the UK since 2000, was part of the founding team at buy.at, which was acquired by AOL, and founded CoinDesk, a bitcoin news site. Shak has done extensive volunteer work as an ambassador for Charity: Water, having helped raise millions of dollars for clean and safe drinking water. He is also a keen supporter and friend of Pencils of Promise, who build schools for those most in need. Shak is an investor in BitPay, Spotify, Duedil and YPlan and more.
Current Work
Co-FounderPrima Materia
InvestorMotorway
InvestorPerfect Day
InvestorAlan
InvestorOtta.com
InvestorSpotify
AdvisorHorizons Ventures
Global Ambassadorcharity: water
InvestorAsia Innovations
InvestorGlow, Inc
InvestorThread.com
Previous Work
InvestorThis Saves Lives
2014 – 2021InvestorEVA Automation, Inc.
2014 – 2021InvestorSkift
2013 – 2021InvestorBitpay
2012 – 2021InvestorSecondMarket
2010 – 2021InvestorMany
Aug 2018 – Jan 2020InvestorMeerkat – Live Stream Video
Mar 2015 – 2019InvestorSpring Inc.
2014 – 2019Co-FounderStudent.com
2014 – 2019InvestorDuedil
Apr 2012 – 2019InvestorWaygo
Mar 2013 – Ma 2018Investorinvi
2012 – 2018InvestorCronologics Corporation
Dec 2014 – 2017Investor & Advisor to FounderHello
Dec 2012 – 2017InvestorHumin
2014 – Mar 2016FounderCoinDesk
Apr 2013 – Jan 2016InvestorYPlan
May 2013 – 2016InvestorTop10
2010 – Dec 2015AdvisorBitstrips
Oct 2013 – 2015Advisor to Founder and InvestorSummly
Nov 2011 – Mar 2013Head of Special ProjectsPath
Apr 2012 – Dec 2012Managing Director and FounderBuy.at Leads
Mar 2006 – Aug 2008
✎ Last updated Aug. 4, 2026