Karim Konsowa

Portfolio Manager

2024 - Current

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.

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

Portfolio Consultant - Middle East and North Africa

2022 - 2022

Portfolio Manager - Middle East and North Africa

2020 - 2022

Senior Regional Investment Analyst

2019 - 2020

Regional Business Analyst

2019 - 2019

Business Analyst

2018 - 2019

Service Member

2017 - 2018

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