Fadi Bizri

Co-Founder & CEO

2016 - Current

SE ('Software Engineering') Factory is a 3-month intensive coding bootcamp based in Beirut, aiming to teach all the technical and soft skills that make a professional full-stack web developer. SE Factory is aimed for people with a good foundation in Computer Science (Computer Science or Computer Engineering students/graduates), typically recent university graduates, and aims to turn participants into highly employable junior software engineers regardless of their socio-economic background. Rather than teaching the basics of programming, SE Factory focuses on advanced topics in relevant technologies, languages, tools, paradigms and design methodologies, all highly sought after by tech companies looking to hire.

General Manager

2020

HR Factory is a turnkey Remote HR solution for international companies looking to build teams in Lebanon.

Co-Founder

2020

Member Board of Directors

2015

Speed@BDD is a technology startup accelerator based in Beirut, Lebanon. Speed focuses on taking entrepreneur teams with high-potential ideas and accelerating their startups from idea to success. The accelerator is tasked with producing the country's next high-impact businesses, particularly in the software, digital, and web/mobile industries. Speed is a collaborative effort between Lebanon's leading investment funds and entrepreneurship support organizations (Bader, Berytech Fund, IM Capital, Lebanon For Entrepreneurs, Impact Fund).

Venture Partner

2021 - 2023

Partner

2016 - 2021

B&Y Venture Partners is a venture capital fund based in Beirut, Lebanon, focusing on early-stage investment in technology startups. BYVP invests at the late seed stage in MENA, and at Series A and B globally.

Managing Director

2013 - 2016

Bader is a leading entrepreneurship support organization based in Beirut, Lebanon. Its mission is to provide the necessary initiatives, training and advisory for Lebanese youth, helping them to successfully launch and fund high impact entrepreneurship projects, thereby promoting national economic development and job creation.

Seeqnce Program Director

2012 - 2013

Seeqnce is a highly acclaimed Internet Startup Accelerator based out of Beirut, Lebanon. As part of the core management team of Seeqnce, I: - Help chart overall Seeqnce strategy - Plan and manage the Outreach Phase of the Seeqnce Accelerator Program - Directly mentor 4 of the 8 Seeqnce Startups of the current cycle, taking them from launch to users to revenues within a few months - Instruct on Lean Startup methodology - Focus on product strategy, User Experience, team operations and workflows - Manage relationship with media The Seeqnce accelerated startups (2012 cycle): http://bit.ly/Liyjtv

Founding Member

2010 - 2013

Seeqnce is Lebanon's first internet startup accelerator and ranked in the Top 10 in MENA region. Founded in May 2010, Seeqnce ranks in the Top 5 Accelerators in the MENA region, and has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and TechCrunch. I joined as 3rd Founding Member & co-created the concept of the Seeqnce Accelerator Program, which models itself after leading accelerators in Silicon Valley while adapting itself to Arab World context using an innovative "upstream" approach. Seeqnce has successfully advised & accelerated over 50 startups over the course of 30 months, establishing a community of over 5000 entrepreneurs along the way. Currently, Seeqnce operates a year-long accelerator program, taking inspiration from best practices of leading accelerators worldwide, coupled with an in-depth understanding of specificities & cultural nuances of the Arab World. Seeqnce in the Press: The Economist: http://econ.st/Qi8ZEi TechCrunch: http://tcrn.ch/L2yxIO Entrepreneur Magazine: http://bit.ly/RWHGVK L'Orient Le Jour: http://bit.ly/12XdZK5 Seeqnce Testimonials: "Seeqnce took Cinemoz from idea to concept to funding to team to product to investment in less than 9 months. Now that's what I call acceleration!" Karim Safieddine, Founder & CEO, Cinemoz.com "Seeqnce provides us with the correct framework to create and launch a successful online startup, fast!" Louay El Kadri, Co-Founder, Presella.com