Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- TA
Lists including Karim
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.
2022 - 2024
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
2018 - 2019
Business Analyst
2018 - 2019
2017 - 2018
Service Member
2017 - 2018
2014 - 2017
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