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# Tom Preston-Werner

Tom Preston-Werner is the cofounder and former CEO of GitHub, a platform that revolutionized code collaboration and was acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. He is also the cofounder and General Partner at Preston-Werner Ventures (PWV), an early-stage investment firm focused on software- and AI-driven companies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Preston-Werner has a history of angel investing in over 175 startups, including early investments in Stripe, Cursor, Netlify, and Supabase. Through PWV, Preston-Werner has participated in three seed-stage funding rounds totaling $9.7 million from October 2023 to January 2025, exclusively in Egyptian fintech companies. All investments supported MoneyHash, a platform that orchestrates payments across providers, markets, and channels. Co-investors in these rounds included RZM Investment, COTU Ventures, Flourish Ventures, AB Xelerate, Emurgo Kepple Ventures, Vision Ventures Capital, Dubai Future District Fund, Sukna Ventures, and VentureFriends.

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## Summary

Tom Preston-Werner is the cofounder and former CEO of GitHub, a platform that revolutionized code collaboration and was acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. He is also the cofounder and General Partner at Preston-Werner Ventures (PWV), an early-stage investment firm focused on software- and AI-driven companies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Preston-Werner has a history of angel investing in over 175 startups, including early investments in Stripe, Cursor, Netlify, and Supabase. Through PWV, Preston-Werner has participated in three seed-stage funding rounds totaling $9.7 million from October 2023 to January 2025, exclusively in Egyptian fintech companies. All investments supported MoneyHash, a platform that orchestrates payments across providers, markets, and channels. Co-investors in these rounds included RZM Investment, COTU Ventures, Flourish Ventures, AB Xelerate, Emurgo Kepple Ventures, Vision Ventures Capital, Dubai Future District Fund, Sukna Ventures, and VentureFriends.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MoneyHash | /moneyhash | Seed | 5200000 | 2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| MoneyHash | /moneyhash | Seed | 4500000 | 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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