Liza Aktas
Commercial co-founder exploring the merchant data layer for agentic commerce
Role
Business founder
Seeking
Technical cofounder
Availability
Flexible
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Founder snapshot
The project, contribution, and partnership in their own words.
What I'm building
In Paris I asked ChatGPT for a nearby place serving steak tartare, and it couldn't find one. Most small merchants are invisible to AI agents: their offers sit in PDF menus, photos and blocked sites. I'm building the layer that makes them readable, structured and verified.
What I bring
Commercial and go-to-market: enterprise sales, partnerships and building revenue from zero. Payments know-how from BeamPay (acquiring, certification, compliance). A network across the UK, Gulf and CEE, plus investor relationships from angel investing and our last raise.
What I'm looking for
A technical co-founder who loves hard data problems and is at ease with ambiguity and changing course. I like collaborative working, with roles and decision rights agreed from day one. Happy to start with a small project together before committing.
How I work
Tendencies and dimensions shared by this founder, without individual scores.
Working tendencies
Several tendencies can coexist. They describe these answers, not a fixed identity. A small change in answers may change which tendencies appear.
Risk appetite
You report a willingness to take substantial risks. This does not measure the quality of those decisions.
Collaborative leadership
Your answers lean toward involving others in decisions. This does not by itself measure empathy or team wellbeing.
Risk Tolerance
Lean Risk-Taker
You are willing to move before every variable is knowable.
Leadership Style
Lean Collaborative
You create buy-in by involving people early and making decisions feel shared.
Stress Resilience
Lean Steady Under Pressure
You stay steady when deadlines, pivots, or fundraising pressure rise.
About
Context in their own words.
I've spent 20 years on the commercial side of technology: EY in New York, then Oracle, where I was the first hire in MENA and grew the Cloud Adoption practice to $20M+ ARR with clients like HSBC, ADNOC and DP World. Most recently I co-founded BeamPay, a payment acquiring infrastructure startup in Europe. I'm also an angel investor. Now exploring agentic commerce, and looking for a technical co-founder who enjoys messy data problems.
Looking for
Role fit and practical collaboration preferences.
- They are
- Business founder
- They need
- Technical cofounder
- Availability
- Flexible
- Experience
- 15 years experience
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