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Tarek Elessawi

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New York, New York

Overview 

Tarek Elessawi is a seasoned professional with a background in venture capital, due diligence, and business strategy, currently serving as a Principal at Plug and Play Ventures in New York. With experience at top organizations like Harvard Business School and Accenture, Tarek has a strong track record in investment management and corporate finance, specializing in sectors such as Material Science and BioTech. Having held roles as a Board Observer at companies like Locomation and ProcessGold (acquired by UIPath), Tarek has demonstrated expertise in guiding startups through growth and acquisition processes, while also leveraging his educational background from Harvard Business School and Washington University in St. Louis to excel in the field of venture capital.

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.

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