Sharif El-Badawi

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

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.

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

Manager, Performance Ad Sales

2009 - 2010