Amna Razzaq
Founder & CEO

Amna
Razzaq

Las Vegas, NV

CEO, BrandBeat Global Group
Founder & CEO, Deep Steed
Board Member, Stalliongates Investments
WBAF Senator (United States)
Managing Partner, Global Women in Deep Tech Investment Consortium
Co-founder, Bahrain Venture Park
Get in Touch → Personal Website LinkedIn
The Short Version

Built businesses. Not just advised on them.

Most people in the AI space are either pure technologists who've never run a P&L, or pure consultants who've never owned the outcome. Amna sits in a different lane. She built BrandBeat Global Group, a marketing agency that runs across continents with 200-plus people. She sits on the board of Stalliongates Investments. She co-founded Bahrain Venture Park. She writes the pitch decks for founders who actually raise. Deep Steed is the latest chapter, not the first one.

The point of this page isn't a founder profile. It's the team. Deep Steed runs lean by design, supported by a deep bench from BrandBeat Global Group. Read the team list below. Then scroll back if you want the longer version on Amna and the methods we run.

The Team

Small team. One playbook.

Lean by design. Every role here owns its work end-to-end, supported by a deep bench from BrandBeat Global Group. Names and avatars get swapped in as roles are filled.

Leadership

AR
Amna RazzaqFounder & CEO
CO
[Name]Co-founder & COO
CT
[Name]CTO

AI Engineering & Build

HE
[Name]Head of AI Engineering
SE
[Name]Senior AI Solutions Engineer
AE
[Name]AI Solutions Engineer
PE
[Name]Prompt & Eval Engineer
FS
[Name]Full-Stack Engineer
AS
[Name]Automation Specialist

Client Strategy & Delivery

HS
[Name]Head of Client Strategy
SA
[Name]Solutions Architect
PM
[Name]Senior Project Manager
CS
[Name]Client Success Lead

Deep Steed Academy

HA
[Name]Head of Academy
CC
[Name]Curriculum & Content Lead

Growth & Brand

HG
[Name]Head of Growth
AX
[Name]Account Executive
CM
[Name]Content & Editorial Lead
LD
[Name]Lead Designer

Operations & People

PF
[Name]Head of People & Finance
Advisor & Chairman

The mastermind behind the group.

Shafaat Hashmi

Shafaat Hashmi

Chairman, BrandBeat Global Group
Strategic Advisor, Deep Steed

"Most companies chase the tool. The ones that last build the operating logic underneath it. Deep Steed exists because that gap is widening, and the operators who close it first will own the next decade."

Shafaat Hashmi · Chairman, BrandBeat Global Group

LinkedIn shafaathashmi.com
Founder Track Record

What's on the record.

Companies built or operatedBusiness strategy consulting. Marketing and creative marketing. Investment advisory. Pitch decks for founders raising capital. Entrepreneurship training. Built and runs a successful global marketing agency with 200-plus employees.
Investment activityAngel investor. Board member at Stalliongates Investments. Active across US, GCC, and select EU deals. Speaks at investor stages on startups and the intersection of AI.
Networks & appointmentsWBAF Senator (US). Managing Partner, Global Women in Deep Tech Investment Consortium. Co-founder of Bahrain Venture Park.
SpeakingLEAP. Investor and entrepreneurship stages across the US and GCC. Frequent panels on the intersection of AI, capital, and operating businesses.
BackgroundThe rare combination of formal tech education, hands-on tech experience, marketing and business strategy depth, and the wisdom to read where the market is moving. That's why founders and investors actually take her direction on where to deploy capital.
Cross-market reachOperates across US and GCC, with select EU coverage. Government and sovereign relationships through Bahrain Venture Park. Two-market reads built into every engagement.
Methods & Programs

How we get founders moving.

A set of repeatable systems, refined across two markets and dozens of operating businesses. Every founder we work with sees one or more of these.

01

The DRP Framework

Design · Redesign · Power Up

The three-phase system we run inside every engagement. Design what the business should look like, redesign the parts that aren't pulling weight, then power up with the technology and capital that actually fits. Order matters. Skip a step and the rest collapses.

02

BrandBeat Workshops

The Winning Entrepreneur Workshop

An intensive workshop format for founders, run a few times a year. Strategy, brand, capital, and team, compressed into days. Each cohort leaves with a written plan and a peer group that stays in touch long after the room clears.

03

The Founder Platform

Exclusive startup management platform

A high-level platform built for serious founders. Entrepreneurship education, company insights, mentor access, a direct line to our team, and a 360 view of the customer, investor, and event pipeline. Co-founders, teams, and advisors stay aligned in one place. Invitation only.

The Path

Built across two markets, three decades, several industries.

Cross-market operators are rare. Cross-market operators who've also been technical, also been creative, and also been on the capital side are rarer. That's the lane Deep Steed runs in.

Tech foundation
Formal tech education and early hands-on tech experience. Reads code. Doesn't pretend not to.
Marketing & creative
Built creative marketing chops the long way. Brand systems for clients across three continents. The instinct for what actually moves a market.
BrandBeat Global Group
Built and runs a global marketing agency with 200-plus employees. Strategy consulting. Creative marketing. Pitch decks for founders raising capital.
Investment
Angel investor. Board member at Stalliongates Investments. Investment advisory across US and GCC. Active across deeptech, healthcare, and consumer.
Bahrain Venture Park
Co-founded with strategic partners. Government and sovereign relationships across the GCC.
Networks
WBAF Senator (US). Managing Partner, Global Women in Deep Tech Investment Consortium.
Now
Founder & CEO of Deep Steed. AI training, custom AI solutions, and AI investing under one roof. Two markets. One playbook.
The Philosophy

What I tell every founder, on the first call.

"Most founders don't have an AI problem. They have a foundation problem. Their team can't agree on who owns what. Their data lives in three different tools. They want a chatbot to fix it. AI doesn't fix chaos. It speeds it up."

Amna Razzaq · Founder & CEO, Deep Steed

Deep Steed runs on one rule: get the foundation right, then ship the AI. Not the other way around. We turn down the engagements where a client wants the second half without the first. There are easier ways to make money. There aren't easier ways to make work that actually lasts.

Open Roles

Working at Deep Steed.

We hire people who have shipped real things, not just attended things. If you're a builder, an operator, or a designer who'd rather skip the bureaucracy and ship, send a note. Tell us what you've built.

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