Ventures
Companies built
Six companies and counting — from a founding seat at Virgin Mobile USA to Knotel’s five hundred buildings to a venture firm for people and planet. Most recent first; roles and outcomes stated plainly.
- Life Extension Ventures 2022– Co-founder — current
A venture fund for people and planet — longevity, health, and climate — backing founders who use AI to accelerate science. Amol’s current primary vehicle.
- Popular Change Studio Founder
A venture studio building companies from scratch, among them Aikito, CornerUP, Ratio21, and Dinara.
- Knotel 2016–2021 Founder & CEO
Flexible-office platform: 500+ buildings across 27 cities in 10 countries, roughly $370M in revenue pre-COVID. Acquired by Newmark in 2021.
- Halo Neuroscience 2012 Founder
Neurostimulation for athletes and performance — used by the US Olympic team and special forces. Acquired by Flow Neuroscience.
- Knotable / Knote 2012 Co-founder
A collaborative notes app for teams, backed by Bloomberg Beta and 500 Startups.
- Peek 2007 Co-founder
The world’s first device dedicated to email. Time Gadget of the Year; GSMA Best Technology nominee, 2012. The platform later went on to power Hike.
- Virgin Mobile USA 2000 Founding team
One of the three earliest team members: helped raise ~$550M, negotiated the Sprint joint venture, and designed the core product. IPO’d in 2007 at roughly $1 billion.
Before all of that: Netatomic, a first startup — a web-development firm from his Columbia years — and Blue Mobile, prepaid wireless.