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Faisal Kawar

Managing Partner at MENADevs

London, England

Overview 

Faisal Kawar is a MENA Investor and Operator based in London, England, with a background as Managing Partner at FENA Holdings and MENADevs, as well as experience as a Venture Partner at FinTech Collective. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has served as a mentor at DIFC FinTech Hive and Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. Notable highlights of Faisal Kawar's career include his roles as Managing Partner at FENA Holdings and MENADevs, along with his experience as a Venture Partner at FinTech Collective, showcasing his expertise in investment and operational leadership within the MENA region and beyond.

Work Experience 

FH

FENA Holdings

  • Managing Partner

    2023 - Current

M

MENADevs

  • Managing Partner

    2024

KG

Kawar Group

  • Partner

    2023

FC

FinTech Collective

  • Venture Partner

    2023

  • Principal

    2018 - 2023

    Global early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City with $750m in regulated assets under management and 96 portfolio companies across payments, banking, lending, wealth and asset management, insurance, proptech, blockchain / decentralized finance, and capital markets.

FinTech Collective is a New York-based venture capital fund, focused exclusively on financial services technology companies.

fintech.io
DF

DIFC FinTech Hive

  • Mentor

    2021

TC

Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY)

  • Mentor

    2021

Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale is to inspire students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines.

city.yale.edu
IU

IrisGuard UK Ltd

  • Corporate Strategy

    2016 - 2017

    IrisGuard’s is an end-to-end payment processing platform that allows millions of unbanked individuals to receive cash and non-food items using only their iris as a form of identification. Backed by Goldman Sachs and IFC.

TA

The Abraaj Group

  • Private Equity

    2014 - 2016

    The Abraaj Group was the largest private equity investor exclusively operating in Growth Markets.

CB

Cue Ball Capital

  • Venture Summer Associate

    2013 - 2013

    A Boston-based venture fund focusing on investments in Software, Digital Media, and Retail

Education 

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