Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$30,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
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Lists including Yusuf
Investments
Remofirst
Total Funding: $39M
Carmoola
Total Funding: $150M
Shop Circle
Total Funding: $200M
Rest Less
Total Funding: $19M
Payhawk
Total Funding: $240M
Wayflyer
Total Funding: $240M
Capitalise.com
Total Funding: $19M
FIDEL API
Total Funding: $85M
GAIN Credit
Total Funding:
Work Experience
2017
Partner, Head of UK & Europe
2017
Board member at Payhawk, Wayflyer, RemoFirst, Shop Circle, Carmoola, Swap Commerce, Weavr, GetGround, Fidel API, and RestLess. Board observer and founding partner at Wagestream. Former board member at GAIN Credit, Future Finance, Capitalise. Leading QED’s investments in the UK & Europe. Primary vertical focus on fintech and proptech.
2011 - 2017
Investment Director
2011 - 2017
Head of private equity and member of the investment committee at Eastgate Capital Group, the Dubai based private equity arm of NCB Capital. Set up and led the fund's Turkish office and served as board & executive committee member of portfolio companies across several countries. Promoted to head office in Dubai to lead and restructure the global private equity team.
2010 - 2011
Director, Private Equity
2010 - 2011
Headed up Unicorn's Turkish Private Equity team with responsibility for sourcing and executing growth focused private equity deals. Originated and closed one of the fund's largest and highest IRR deals.
2009 - 2010
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2009 - 2010
Cofounder and General Manager of Frukton, an agri-business logistics company focused on trading, real estate, and cold chain storage in the agri-food industry. Took the business to operational profitability in first year of operations, establishing a presence in five international markets. Successful exit to partners in second year of operations.
2006 - 2008
Director, Principal Finance
2006 - 2008
Executed investments in financial institutions across the capital spectrum including equity, mezzanine debt, senior debt, and warehouse facilities with a focus on the specialty finance and NPL industries. Deals include investing in and funding the largest non conforming online mortgage originator in Sweden as well as the set up of a de novo mortgage bank in the Netherlands.
2003 - 2006
Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions
2003 - 2006
M&A advisory with the Financial Institutions Group, primarily covering specialty finance companies such as credit card originators, mortgage banks, NPL servicers, as well as regional banks. Based in New York and London.
1997 - 2001
Business Manager
1997 - 2001
Redesigned the credit policy for the sub-prime credit card portfolio; extended $3 billion in unsecured credit lines, resulting in an incremental $100 million P&L contribution. Responsible for credit policy, retention, and risk based pricing programs.