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Faisal Kawar

MENA Investor and Operator

London, England

VC
Investor
Angel
Advisor

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Education

Lists including Faisal

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Based in UK

1884 people

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All Series A Investors

14752 people

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All Seed Investors

19695 people

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All Pre-Seed Investors

7974 people

Work Experience

FH
FENA Holdings

2023

  • Managing Partner

    2023

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MENADevs

2024

  • Managing Partner

    2024

KG
Kawar Group

2023

  • Partner

    2023

FC
FinTech Collective

2018

  • Venture Partner

    2023

  • Principal

    2018 - 2023

    Global early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City with $750m in regulated assets under management and 96 portfolio companies across payments, banking, lending, wealth and asset management, insurance, proptech, blockchain / decentralized finance, and capital markets.

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DIFC FinTech Hive

2021

  • Mentor

    2021

TC
Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY)

2021

  • Mentor

    2021

IU
IrisGuard UK Ltd

2016 - 2017

  • Corporate Strategy

    2016 - 2017

    IrisGuard’s is an end-to-end payment processing platform that allows millions of unbanked individuals to receive cash and non-food items using only their iris as a form of identification. Backed by Goldman Sachs and IFC.

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The Abraaj Group

2014 - 2016

  • Private Equity

    2014 - 2016

    The Abraaj Group was the largest private equity investor exclusively operating in Growth Markets.

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Cue Ball Capital

2013 - 2013

  • Venture Summer Associate

    2013 - 2013

    A Boston-based venture fund focusing on investments in Software, Digital Media, and Retail