VC and Tech Summit - GT (Gulf Time, GMT+04:00)
VC and Tech Summit - GT (Gulf Time, GMT+04:00)
- Supriya Barad - Head of Fundraising, Transition Venture Capital
Exploring the evolution of the VC market in the region. How can we encourage collaboration among start-ups, investors, corporates and governments to provide a vital link between innovation and investment? Addressing key challenges and opportunities. What are the risks and rewards of investing in venture in the Middle East?
- Christos Mastoras - Founder & Managing Partner, Iliad Partners
- Hany Emad - Director of SME Finance and Investment Central Sector, MSMEDA (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency)
- Cathryn Chen - Founder and General Partner, MarketX Ventures
- Supriya Barad - Head of Fundraising, Transition Venture Capital
An LP sharing views on their allocation strategies. Who are the key investors and what sectors do they have most appetite for? Is technology a new paradise for investors?
- Faraidon Saheb-Zadha - Founder, Constellation Equity Partners
- Philippe Chalu - Investment Analyst, Al Othaim Holding Co
Learnings from Georgian's 15 year track record of investing in AI and helping +20 portfolio companies adopt Generative AI.
How has the new era of AI impacted our sourcing, portfolio management, and value-add approach? What are some challenges software companies are facing when adopting new AI technology? Why does Georgian believe a crawl, walk, run framework is the best methodology to implement for long term success?
- Madison Elkhazin - Head of Capital Markets, Georgian
What countries in MEA have the largest concentration of venture debt funding, and where do we find the most lucrative investment opportunities? Exploring the key trends and market drivers. What sectors have been capturing the highest share of venture debt deals? Venture capital vs. venture debt: which provides greater opportunity?
- Richard Anton - Co-Founder and Partner, Oxx
- Donatella Callegaris - Managing Partner, Flashpoint Venture Debt
- Amit Jain - Chief Investment Officer, Gulf Islamic Investments (GII)
- Carmen James - Head of Corporate Development, Liquidity Group
- Daniel Keiper-Knorr - GP and founder, SpeedInvest
What are the concerns about the acquisition of secondaries teams? Will specialised secondaries teams start raising smaller funds? A focus on impact investments in secondaries markets. What do traditional VC funds think about secondaries?
- Ajit Kumar - Managing Partner, Evolvence India Fund
- Vishnu Amble - Director, GreenBear Group LLC
- Alan Vaksman - Founder Partner, Digital Horizon
How can the region play to win and what are the future investment opportunities?
- Mohammad Rasouli - AI Expert for Investment, Stanford University
- Yipin NG - Co-founder and Managing Partner, Yunqi Partners
- Hasan Haider - Managing Partner, Plus VC
- Sergey Dashkov - Entrepreneur and Venture Investor, Partner, True Global Ventures
- Rasmus Rothe - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Merantix
Exploring the key geo hubs for FinTech investments. What are the most critical areas for development? How do investors overcome regulatory and operational issues? Taking a closer look at digital transformation, growth strategy, and due diligence within FinTech.
- Varun Malhotra - Partner, Quona Capital
- Tammer Qaddumi - Co-Founder and General Partner, VentureSouq
- Sion Hau - Ventures Associate, Plug and Play
- Tariq Sanad - CFO, Tarabut
What are the most successful strategies to ensure successful exits? Reviewing the latest activity and sharing projections for 2023. In the VC space do valuations need to be down to make this a good time to invest?
- Rabih Khoury - General Partner & Chief Exit Officer, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
- Sudarshan Pareek - Vice President, CE-Ventures
- Sarah AlSaleh - Investment Partner, Outliers Venture Capital
- Chirag Locham - Senior Vice President, Miras Management
- Venktesh Shukla - Managing Partner, Monta Vista Capital
How has the fundraising environment changed over the last year? How do you navigate the current fundraising landscape? What are LP sentiments towards venture capital and tech?
- Nicolas Schellenberg - Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
- Alexandre Alfonsi - Founding Partner, Axonia Partners
- Bassirou Niang - Head of Investor Coverage, Development Partners International (DPI)
- Khuram Maqsood - Partner, Triago
- Peter Roos - COO, Target Global
Four lessons from the frontlines. Examining the best client acquisition and retention strategies. Improving customer feedback mechanism throughout your start up lifecycle. Exploring growth hacking strategies to use UGC in your startup and make your startup viral.
- Lovetto Nazareth - Managing Director, Prism
What opportunities does the new wave of ClimateTech investing present? Exploring success stories. Which areas are best to deploy capital in?
- Omer Zabit - Principal, Shorooq Partners
- Fethi Kirdar - Managing Director, Head of Middle East & North Africa, Fifth Wall
- Faisal Butt - CEO and Founder, Pi Labs
- Raiyaan Shingati - Managing Partner, Transition Venture Capital
What are the hottest tech sectors to invest in today? Who are likely to be winners and losers?
- Hasnae Taleb - Partner and CIO, Ento Capital
- Sunny Dhillon - Managing Partner, Kyber Knight Capital
- Tammer Qaddumi - Co-Founder and General Partner, VentureSouq
- Kamil Homsi - Founder and CEO, Global Realty Capital
- Charles Hoskinson - CEO, Input Output Global
- Supriya Barad - Head of Fundraising, Transition Venture Capital
Exploring the best strategies for institutional investors and fund managers to work together. How do you ensure the best results and profits from investing in the tech space?. What are LPs looking for when making a decision to invest?
Open to 20 attendees, spaces are first-come, first-served. Run under the Chatham House Rule and closed to press
To register, please contact Svetlana.fathers@informa.com
- Hemang Kapasi - Managing Director, XCEL
An LP take on rising interest rates, inflation and geopolitical issues.
Do past returns provide any guarantee of future returns? Illiquidity risk: it is not lack of assets but lack of liquidity that causes bankruptcy. How do LPs tackle this?
To register, contact: Adrianna.Moskal@informa.com