Tarek Elessawi
Cooking up something new... 👨🍳
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
MBA
2021 - 2023
Rock Center for Entrepreneurship & Harvard Innovation Labs
Principal
2020 - 2021
PNP Ventures is an early-stage investor with a portfolio that includes Dropbox, Rappi, LendingClub, Soundhound, Shippo, Honey, BigID, Guardant Health, Flutterwave, Hippo, ApplyBoard, N26, and 500+ others ► Sourcing and investment diligence for early-stage companies (primarily in enterprise software & deeptech) ► Select investments (sourced / led diligence) include ProcessGold (Acq. by UiPath), DeepScale (Acq. by Tesla), Concertio (Acq. by Synopsys), Delt.AI (Acq. by albo), BreezoMeter (Acq. by Google), Einride, Edgeworx, Mantle, Guardknox, Macrometa, Acerta, MDGO, and Recogni
Senior Associate
2018 - 2019
Associate
2017 - 2018
Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.
Board Observer
2018 - 2021
Locomation is a developer of safe and reliable autonomous trucking solutions
Locomation develops safe and reliable autonomous trucking solutions.
Raised $57,023,032.00 from Proeza Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Sahin Boydas, ScaleX Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures and Draper Triangle.
Board Observer
2017 - 2020
Smart, long-range, long-life, and secure sensors for edge computing. Shoof Technologies offers advanced wireless technology for tracking and monitoring assets for industrial IoT and logistics.
Board Observer (Acquired by UIPath)
2019 - 2019
ProcessGold (acquired by UiPath) is an enterprise software company which mines "digital traces" from disparate IT systems to visualize and analyze processes in order to identify idiosyncrasies/inefficiencies and optimize processes
Business Strategy Consultant
2014 - 2016
Strategy consulting generalist with diverse industry and functional experience focused on top line growth, data analysis, and high-level business strategy ► Industry experience in the technology, business services, consumer goods, mobility, sustainability, internet-of-things, financial services, communications, and energy industries ► Functional experience includes growth strategy, operating model, due diligence, market entry strategy, M&A, sales strategy, cost reduction strategy, go-to-market strategy, and large-scale operations restructuring opportunities
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.
Sales, Trading and Quantitative Analysis Analyst
2012 - 2012
10-week internship with Citigroup Global Markets in New York
Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.
Raised $12,950,000,000.00 from ValueAct Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Google Cloud - Enterprise Sales Strategy
2011 - 2011
10-week internship with Google Enterprise's North America mid-market sales team in Mountain View, CA
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.
Summer Analyst
2010 - 2010
10-week internship at a startup focuses on financial research of privately held companies
PrivCo develops a platform that provides tools for financial data discovery, sharing, research, and reporting.