
Entrepreneur | Investor | Founder at Akii.com - AI visibility optimization platform.
Josef Holm is a distinguished internet entrepreneur and award-winning venture capitalist with over 25 years in the tech industry. His expertise spans user acquisition, digital marketing, growth hacking, and venture building. Josef’s entrepreneurial journey began in 1998 with a startup that generated $50 million in sales, showcasing his ability to turn innovative ideas into successful ventures. In September 2025, Josef launched Akii.com, an AI Intelligence Platform that measures and improves how brands are represented across leading AI models. Akii provides businesses with the world’s first AI Visibility Score and a comprehensive brand knowledge dashboard - enabling them to understand what AI knows (or misunderstands) about their company and to optimize for AI SEO and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Akii’s unique approach combines cross-model assessments, evidence-based workflows, and compliance-grade governance, giving enterprises actionable insights into their visibility and authority in the AI-driven economy. Josef is also a General Partner at Draper Goren Holm, a venture studio and fund he co-founded with Tim Draper in 2018, where he has a proven track record of identifying and accelerating high-potential startups. Spotting industry shifts early has defined Josef’s career - from pioneering digital growth in Web1, to leading ventures in Web3, and now building the future of brand optimization in the AI era. His passion for disruptive ideas and unconventional thinking drives his entrepreneurial spirit, embodied by his “screw it, let’s do it” attitude.
dogami.com
akru.co
ownera.io
cvlabs.com
drapergorenholm.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founder
Akii
• www.linkedin.com/company/akii-com
Sep 2025 - Present
Advisory Board Member
Dogamí
• www.linkedin.com/company/dogami
Nov 2021 - Present
United Arab Emirates
Member Board Of Directors
AKRU
• www.linkedin.com/company/akruco
Sep 2021 - Present
Co-Founder
Ownera
• www.linkedin.com/company/ownera
Jul 2018 - Present
London, United Kingdom
Founding Partner
Draper Goren Holm
• www.linkedin.com/company/drapergorenholm
Aug 2018 - Present
Greater Los Angeles Area
Co-Founder
E-MAGINE Ventures
• www.linkedin.com/company/e-magine-ventures
May 2024 - Jun 2025
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Co-Founder & CEO
Rewardable
• www.linkedin.com/company/rewardable-app
Sep 2023 - Apr 2025
United Arab Emirates
Co-Founder
Maldives Scuba Diving
Dec 1998 - Sep 2014
Maldives
Founder, CEO
Global Internet Solutions GmbH
Sep 2003 - Mar 2010
Zurich, Switzerland
Business Development Manager
TPI Communication Services
Oct 1998 - Apr 2003
Graz, Austria