Sharif El-Badawi
Managing Partner at LGND
Sharif El-badawi
Managing Partner at LGND
United Arab Emirates
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2024 - Current
LGND fuels venture capital innovation and startup growth in emerging markets with strategic expert guidance. We empower emerging businesses, transforming them into industry leaders. Partner with us to drive your venture forward. Current mandates include: Startups: • Series B+ F&B Commerce Company: engaged to support corporate development and growth strategy through to IPO readiness • Series Seed AdTech Company: engaged to support with fundraising and go-to-market strategy • Series Seed Boutique Tech-based Investment Bank: engaged to scope and develop advanced technology roadmap Venture Capital: • National Investment Bank: engaged to advise on corporate venture capital and ecosystem development strategy
Advisory and Decision Committee
2024
Advisor
2021
Huupe is a smart basketball hoop that allows players to train like pros, track their progress, and compete against other huupe users.
Raised $26,881,490.00 from Marvan Ventures, Genesis Ventures, Kawn Ventures, Protagonist, Reform Ventures, TRI Investments, F Street Ventures, Trevor Booker, Tundra Angels and Ball Tek Ventures.
Founding Board Member and Advisor
2021 - 2024
Chief Executive Officer
2021 - 2024
Investment Committee Member and Advisor
2020 - 2022
Founding Managing Partner
2020 - 2021
WHAT WE DO +VC is a venture capital firm focused on investing in tech and tech-enabled startups across the MENA region and its diaspora, taking an early leadership role with founders to set them up for success. We invest our first check at the seed stage and can follow-on the best performing portfolio companies all the way through to Series A. OUR EXPERIENCE As fund managers covering the MENA region, we’ve been investing in the region since 2010. With over 200 transactions under our belt as a team, we know what works and what doesn’t. We’ve been the first money in, and we’ve seen companies through to exit. We’ve started our own companies and have been through the good times and the hard times. These collective experiences make us empathetic towards the founder’s journey and it’s why we say that we’re the ones that work for our founders, not the other way around.
Managing Partner
2016 - 2022
Founding GP of 500 Falcons, the 500 Startups fund focused on the MENA region and diaspora. Invested in over 180 companies and more than 230 transactions.
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Advisor
2015 - 2017
Partner Lead, VCs and Startups
2015 - 2016
Project Sandhill
Head of Performance Solutions Activation
2010 - 2014
Responsible for the commercialization of Google's performance ad products, including Search, Display and Mobile in North America. Other positions held during this time: - Head of Display Solutions - Product and Solutions Lead - Strategic Partner Development Manager, Mobile
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Manager, Performance Ad Sales
2009 - 2010
Education
MBA
2004 - 2006