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Karim Konsowa

Portfolio Manager at Hub71 || Co-Founder of VC MENA

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2024

  • Portfolio Manager

    2024

2021

  • Co-Founder

    2021

    Building a platform that helps connect the best venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in the MENA region together to foster collaboration and build a stronger VC and startup ecosystem.

  • Investment Associate

    2022 - 2024

    Direct Investments Portfolio: 1. NymCard (UAE) - A Banking as a Service (BaaS) provider of payment cards 2. FinFlx (UAE) - A portable 401k plan, financial literacy, and micro-lending platform 3 . Zest (UAE) - Equity management solution for secondaries (ESOP, Founders Equity, Equity, LP and GP) 4. Vuz (UAE) - An immersive platform that teleports people to live events and venues, removing the constraints of TTA (Time, Travel, and Access) through AR/VR technology 5. Zywa (UAE) - A neobank tailored for teenagers in the Middle East and North Africa 6. Lune (UAE) - Data cleansing engine that unlocks the power of financial data, helping companies build engaging customer experiences while gaining actionable insights from their customer spending patterns 7. WellX (UAE) - Insurtech startup bringing together digital medical insurance onboarding and wellness that will mold the way forward for insurers, and bring in a new dimension to underwriting and pricing. 8. Holo (UAE) - Digital mortgage platform 9. DXwand (Egypt) - Conversational AI platform that builds Arabic slang or dialects chatbots Fund Investments Portfolio: 1 - Shorooq Partners - Launched in 2017 by Mahmoud Adi and Shane Shin and now on their 3rd fund 2 - COTU Ventures - Launched in 2021 by Amir Farha (ex-Beco Capital co-founder) 3 - Outliers Venture Capital - Launched in 2020 by Mohammed Allmeshekah and joined by Sara Alsaleh 4 - Byld Ventures - Launched in 2022 by Youcef Oudjidane (ex Class 5 Ventures) 5 - Middle East Venture Partners - Launched in 2010 by Walid Mansour and Walid Hanna and now on their fourth fund

2020 - 2022

  • Portfolio Consultant - Middle East and North Africa

    2022 - 2022

  • Portfolio Manager - Middle East and North Africa

    2020 - 2022

2019 - 2020

  • Senior Regional Investment Analyst

    2019 - 2020

  • Regional Business Analyst

    2019 - 2019

  • Business Analyst

    2018 - 2019

2017 - 2018

  • Service Member

    2017 - 2018

  • Teaching Assistant

    2014 - 2017

    • Offering extra help and assistance to students • Organizing the course schedule, attendance, grading, and assignments

  • Assistant Researcher

    2016 - 2016

    • Researching, organizing, and summarizing new academic articles for further study • Proofreading, and editing existing works to be further revised or improved