Emilio Escartin

Partner and European/MiddleEastern Market Executive (Venture Capital)

2020 - Current

Fuel Venture Capital (formerly Rokk3r Fuel ExO) was founded in 2016 in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District with the goal of fueling a modern economy based on knowledge and vision. Industry agnostic in our venture sourcing, we target exceptional entrepreneurs with groundbreaking ideas and professional track records, favoring early and late-stage companies propelled by exponential technologies. The firm’s “founder focused, investor driven” approach balances a commitment to propelling portfolio companies to success and delivering enhanced, risk-mitigated returns to our investors – ultra-high net worth individuals and the institutions that serve them. Backed by a tested methodology that mitigates risk associated with investing in early-stage startups, our investments are led by a core team with more than 60 years of combined experience in investment banking, wealth management and executive leadership. The operating principles of the Fuel Venture Capital Fund are based in exponentiality. The concept of exponentiality, as applied to companies and industries, first arose at Singularity University, and refers to the exponential pace at which the world is changing, as a result of such innovations as artificial intelligence, computing and nano-materials. Fuel Venture Capital aims to identify, curate and invest in companies that harness exponential technologies to drive transformation that can positively impact the lives of billions all over the globe.

Panelist at World Economic Forum 2020

2020

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters is the foremost creative force for engaging the world's top leaders in collaborative activities to shape global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of each year. In this regard, the Forum's mission – improving the state of the world – guides the design and development of the Annual Meeting objectives. Panelist at TeckPark Conference Davos 2020 in EdTech Panel with the topic: "How modern technology affects education today and in the future" Moderator in TeckPark Conference Davos 2020 with topics such as AI, FinTech, New Education Models and Technology

Professor of Private Equity & Venture Capital and Corporate Finance, Capital Markets

2019

Professor into the Global Executive MBA (GXMBA); Master in Management and Saudi Aramco MBA (SAMBA) teaching the subjects of Private Equity & Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship; and Corporate Finance. Entrepreneurial Programs and Masterclasses in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Dubai and Malaysia teaching topics as FinTech Islamic Finance, Mentorship and Angel Investments, Cryptocurrencies into the Islamic Finance space, Business Incubators, How pitching in front of VCs and Private Investors, How to raise capital from Private Investors, How to create solid and successful startups and Techniques to create a small but solid network of private investors.

Professor of Islamic Finance

2017

Professor of Islamic Asset Management into the Master of Islamic Finance. Professor of Venture Capital and Private Equity into the Master in Management. Professor of Capital Markets into the Bachelor in Business Administration

Interim CIO

2023 - 2023

güil mobility ventures is a Latin American Venture Builder firm that creates and invests in extraordinary mobility solutions that can change the current status quo with a social, environmental, and economic impact. Founded in Santiago de Chile in 2019 with the Kaufmann Group as an initial supporter, güil has been on a mission to help solve humanity's biggest challenges through the gaze of mobility, by building startups that create impact-driven solutions, supporting and accelerating teams with our market expertise, and investing in early-stage ideas that will redefine our future. We invest in mobility companies and funds (as LPs) across the world.

Professor of Islamic Finance, Venture Capital and Asset Management

2018 - 2021

Professor of Islamic Finance

IFN Correspondant for the Global Private Equity and Venture Capital Sector

2019 - 2020

Advisory Board Member UK

2019 - 2019

REDmoney Group is the foremost global provider of specialized Islamic financial media services across three core divisions of events, publishing and training. Established in 2004, the firm has offices in Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, offering an unrivaled multi-channel service across the full spectrum of the global financial markets. The outward-facing arms of the REDmoney publishing and events portfolio are supported by REDmoney Training, which provides access to industry-leading expertise from the best in the field. REDmoney Group covers the full range of global markets: from emerging Islamic economies across Africa and Asia to industry leaders such as Malaysia and the GCC along with developed nations in Europe and the Americas seeking to enter the sector. The company offers unequaled access to the elite of the industry: with relationships built up over a decade of trusted communication with market leaders to provide a detailed network covering every aspect of Islamic financial services.

External Senior Advisor (Non Executive)

2019 - 2020

Total Fundraising mandates of+$900MM for different PE/VC Funds and Fund of Funds mandates

Professor Master of International Finance. Professor of Islamic Finance

2018 - 2020

Adjunct Professor of Islamic Finance into the Master of International Finance

Mentor

2018 - 2020

Launched in October 2011 by the founders of Sawari Ventures, Flat6Labs has grown to become the MENA region’s leading startup accelerator program and seed investment company fostering and investing in driven entrepreneurs with cutting-edge ideas and helping them start and scale viable companies in a short period of time. Fulfilling its mission of creating more entrepreneurial hubs in vibrant ecosystems, Flat6Labs currently operates out of Cairo, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Tunis and Bahrain with immediate efforts to expand to more locations in the MENA region.

Head of Private Equity

2017 - 2018

Launching the KD Growth Equity Fund (a Private Equity Fund for SMEs in Slovenia, Croatia and other SEE countries), with total commitments (Hard Cap) of EUR100Mio, with anchor investors as European Investment Fund and SID Banka