Omar Hamoui
Partner
Omar Hamoui focuses on early stage investments backing entrepreneurs that exhibit unique insights. He previously spent 5 years as a partner on the early stage team at Sequoia Capital. Based on investments he led at Sequoia, he has served as a director of App Annie, PicsArt, Next Trucking, Clutter, Papaya, Streamlabs, Carnivore, and Kiwi.
Prior to Sequoia, Omar spent 16 years as an entrepreneur, founding several companies in mobile software and services. While working towards his MBA at the Wharton School, he began to think more seriously about the untapped potential of mobile advertising, and created AdMob to address this growing opportunity. Omar served as AdMob’s founder and CEO from January 2006 through the company’s $750M acquisition by Google in May 2010.
Omar holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Omar can be reached at omar at mucker dot com. He regularly shares insights on company building with his video series Shorthand for High-Growth Startups.
Articles by Omar Hamoui
The Realities of PR for Startups with Priscilla Vento
In the dynamic realm of PR for startups, understanding the nuances and timings is crucial. Priscilla Vento, the founder and CEO of 30 Miles North PR, a recommended partner, joins...
Building A Sales Development Function for Early Stage Startups with Sally Duby
Sales development is a nuanced blend of art and science, requiring a delicate balance for its effective implementation within a company. Drawing from substantial experience, Sally Duby from The Bridge...
Company Culture: How to Scale Without Losing Your Soul with Todd Emaus
In one of the recent Mucker’s Growth Series Webinars, we proudly invited one of the previous MuckerLab Partners, Todd Emaus, a serial founder, author of the book Scale Without Losing...
Link Building: A Mission-Critical Component of SEO with Eric Carrell at DoFollow.io
As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Eric Carrell, founder of DoFollow.io, to dig into the world of SEO, especially in the link-building space. A recap...
Technical SEO for Startups with Jacque Alec at Capconvert
As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Jacque Alec, the CEO of Capconvert, to go deep on the topic of technical SEO for startups. A recap...
Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups
Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. Hila Qu has been the Head...