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Investors Program At Techne Summit Alexandria 2024

About the Investors Program:

The Investors Program at Techne Summit is your platform for uncovering potential investment opportunities, encouraging innovation, and supporting growth in the investment world. Through a carefully curated series of networking events and insightful discussions, we equip you with the right connections and knowledge required to enrich your investment journey.

The Investors Program at Techne Summit Alexandria is designed for investors seeking to discover new opportunities and stay at the forefront of emerging trends.

Network:

Looking to network with industry leaders and visionaries who are shaping the future? Our investors' program is your optimal choice to build lasting relations with key founders, investors, and industry leaders.

  • Investors Breakfast:

    Start your day with our exclusive investors' breakfast, where networking, meaningful connections, and new opportunities come together in a welcoming atmosphere. This event offers a unique chance to engage with industry leaders in a relaxed setting.

  • Investors Reception:

    Our investors' reception provides the ideal conclusion to a day filled with valuable insights and engaging discussions.

  • Investors Lounge:

    Gain access to our exclusive Investors Lounge to elevate your chances of networking and meet industry leaders in a dedicated space for meaningful connections.

Invest:

With the unparalleled networking opportunities at our investors’ program, you will be able to meet the right people, founders, and investors. Hence, discovering potential investment opportunities for high-growth startups poised to shape the future.

  • Investors/Startups Matchmaking:

    Our matchmaking program is specifically designed to connect you and your teams with founders who align with your investment thesis, increasing the likelihood of successful matches.

  • Matchmaking with GPs & LPs:

    Additionally, enhance your investment prospects through our Investors Matchmaking Sessions for exceptional networking with GPs, and LPs.These meetings are designed to build dynamic connections and foster synergies.

Learn:

Curious about exploring different investment strategies of global Funds and VCs? Looking to explore alternative funding mechanisms or Revenue-Based Financing (RBF)? Our curated discussions of panels and workshops will immerse you in cutting-edge topics essential for today’s investment landscape.

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Testimonials

Techne Summit is an important and fascinating operation, bringing together 33,000 enthusiastic founders, investors, and innovative companies. The event’s exponential growth and impact on the region make me excited to return.

David Rose Founder & CEO of New York Angels

Techne Summit has been an amazing event in promoting the ecosystem in Egypt & the Mediterranean region. They’ve brought together people & connected different countries.

Ahmed El-Alfi Chairman of Sawari Ventures

Techne Summit provides an excellent opportunity to connect with founders and build strong relationships within the ecosystem. The side events and the discussions help foster innovation and collaboration among participants.

Vijay Tirathrai Managing Director of Techstars

Techne Summit is one of the prominent conferences that gathers entrepreneurs from Egypt and it has a significant role in enhancing communication between investors and entrepreneurs.

2023 Investors

Ahmed Alfi
  • Ahmed Alfi
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • Sawari Ventures LLC
  • Sawari Ventures LLC
  • Egypt
  • Named as one of the most creative people in the world by Fast Company, Ahmed El Alfi has been an early stage/growth investor for over 30 years, translating to an extensive experience in funding and nurturing early stage companies. El Alfi founded Hybrid Capital Partners in 1990, a private investment partnership. Hybrid Capital has funded, helped grow and exited several successful companies. From 2010 to 2013 he founded Sawari Ventures, Flat6Labs, Nafham, and TATP. Flat6Labs is the MENA region's leading startup accelerator. Nafham is the top Arabic online video educational platform covering the Egyptian, Saudi and Syrian public school curriculums, Nafham has given over 100 million free video lessons to students. TATP took over management of half of the American University in Cairo's Tahrir Square campus to form The GrEEK Campus; a 25,000 square meter office park where over 130 companies work and collaborate. In addition to Sawari Ventures' portfolio of investments, his current portfolio includes NeuroTrainer, Pacific Toxicology, as well as Zignal Labs. Prior to becoming an early stage investor in 1990, El Alfi was Senior Vice President of Jefferies & Company, where he worked for 10 years. He has served on the Boards of Directors or Advisors of several corporate boards as well as multiple academic institutions.

Chris Heivly
  • Chris Heivly
  • VP Innovation
  • VP Innovation
  • Techstars
  • Techstars
  • United States
  • Chris is one of the nation’s leading experts on launching startups and has been dubbed the “Startup Whisperer.”  He co-founded MapQuest, is an angel investor, ran a corporate venture fund and 2 micro venture funds (directed over $75M) and is SVP Innovation with Techstars. Chris published his first book about starting anything called Build The Fort and is currently writing a book on Startup Community Building.

David S. Rose
  • David S. Rose
  • Founder | CEO | Asso..
  • Founder | CEO | Associate Founder
  • New York Angels | In..
  • New York Angels | Inc 500 | Singularity university
  • United States
  • David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur, super angel investor, best selling author, and keynote speaker who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies.

    He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by BusinessWeek as a "world conquering entrepreneur", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York", and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley". He is the New York Times best-selling author of both Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups and The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business.

Tomi Davies
  • Tomi Davies
  • President
  • President
  • African Business Ang..
  • African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
  • Nigeria
  • Systems Analyst turned Tech Strategy Advisor, Public Speaker and Angel Investor, Harry ‘Tomi Davies (TD) is Collaborator-in-Chief at TechnoVision, co-founder of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) and President of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).  

    For nearly two decades after graduating from the University of Miami TD led the implementation of innovative technology-led transformation initiatives in the Oil & Gas, Retail, Information Technology and Telecommunications industries for influential global brands Elf Aquitaine, Marks & Spencer, Ernst & Young and Sapient across Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia

    In 2000 his focus shifted to Africa where he helped create the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), led the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative in Nigeria and delivered a World Bank pilot of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) that uncovered over 20,000 ghost workers in the Nigerian Government payroll system. Leading these kinds of innovative initiatives in Africa using his goal-oriented approach to project delivery which consistently delivered effective results inspired his 2014 book “The African Project Manager”.

    TD is Chairman of TextNigeria (Telecoms) and Non-Executive Director at MBO Capital (Private Equity) and Big Cabal Media (Media & Entertainment). He is a member of the Lagos State Science, Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) and sits on the board of Laptops4Learning (L4L) Nigeria, the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) and the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN). 

    As a thought leader with increasing knowledge gained from nurturing entrepreneurs in a growing portfolio of tech-enabled early-stage business ventures originating from Africa, TD’s personal mission is “to help drive Africa’s development by supporting young entrepreneurs using innovation and technology to create social impact and economic value.”

    TD can be reached at www.tomidavies.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as TomiDee

Peter Cowley
  • Peter Cowley
  • Entrepreneur and ang..
  • Entrepreneur and angel investor
  • Numerous
  • Numerous
  • United Kingdom
  • Peter Cowley, a Cambridge university technology graduate, founded and ran over a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years.  He has built up a portfolio of 75 angel investments with nine good exits (including one that is 107X his investment and returned all the cash he has invested) and thirteen failures.  He is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), former chair of the Cambridge Business Angels and was UK Angel of the Year 2014.  He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of nine startups.  

    In 2011, he founded and ran Martlet: a Corporate VC, investing (currently £10M) from the balance sheet of Marshall, a £2.5bn revenue Cambridge engineering company.  He is a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School and is on the investment committee of the UK Angel Co-fund.  He has also had 16 years’ experience as chair, treasurer and trustee of the boards of seven charities. 

    With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others’ experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs via  The Invested Investor which publishes two books and 75+ podcasts.  Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing throughout the world.

Adwa Al Dakheel
  • Adwa Al Dakheel
  • Founder & CEO
  • Founder & CEO
  • Falak Investment Hub
  • Falak Investment Hub
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Adwa is an author, pilot, entrepreneur and investor and is currently the Founder and CEO of Falak Investment Hub and Ns3a Recruitment Software - Falak’s vision is to enable, develop, and invest in the unicorn startups of the GCC, and Ns3a’s vision is to hire fast and hire right using personality analysis and skill-employment. From the age of 16, Adwa entered the public equities market and while in college won 3 Capital Trading Market competitions from TD Bank across New England universities. After returning to Saudi Arabia, Adwa focused on VC and angel-investments and launched Falak Investment Hub which ran the first investment-backed acceleration program in KSA - with over 11 startups in Falak’s portfolio and growing. Adwa’s vision to exceed personal potentials and to invest in change-makers by investing in early and growth stage companies.

Marcia Dawood
  • Marcia Dawood
  • Chair of the
  • Chair of the
  • Angel Capital Associ..
  • Angel Capital Association
  • United States
  • Marcia Dawood is an investor in over 100 early stage private companies. She is a Venture Partner with Mindshift Capital and a part of the investment committee for Next Wave Impact Fund. Previously, she was the COO of Portfolia (one of her portfolio companies) as well as a managing partner at BlueTree Capital Group where she was responsible for investment strategy, diligence research and member education. She was also a member of Golden Seeds in NYC and Dallas. She currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA) with a co-chair position on the membership and marketing committee. She will become Chair of the Board in July 2021. Marcia also is a founding member and current chair of the Growing Women’s Capital group building syndication and collaboration among US investment groups focused on women-led companies. She received an MBA from the Global Executive program at UNC’s Kenan Flagler’s School of Business, OneMBA. During her graduate studies, her group acquired the franchise rights to a new sports team. She served on the Board of Directors and managed financial and legal matters for the organization. This gave her experience as an entrepreneur from the start through the exit of a business. Prior to becoming an active investor she was with Kaplan Higher Education for over 16 years.

Nabeel Koshak
  • Nabeel Koshak
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • Saudi Venture Capita..
  • Saudi Venture Capital Company
  • Saudi Arabia
  • H.E. Dr. Nabeel Koshak is the CEO and a Board Member of Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC). Nabeel is the Founder and Angel Investor at Athaal (Angel Investors Group). He is the Chairman of GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network) Saudi. Nabeel is a member of the Investment Committees of KAUST’s Innovation Fund. Formerly, he is the Founding Dean of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MBSC) of Business and Entrepreneurship at King Abdullah Economic City. Nabeel is the Co-Founder and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wadi Makkah Company (Startup Accelerator, and Venture Capital Fund). Nabeel is a mentor at Endeavor Saudi Arabia. He is a Board Member and the Chairman of the Investment Committee at King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Innovation (Mawhiba). Koshak is a Member of the Executive Committee of King Faisal International Prize. Formerly, he was a Board Member of Oqal (Angel Investors Group) Jeddah branch and a mentor at Flat6Labs Jeddah (Startup Accelerator).

    Nabeel is the former Co-Founder and Director of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) GIS Technology Innovation Center. He is the former Co-Founder and General Supervisor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. Nabeel is the former Co-Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of Transportation and Crowd Management Innovation Center.

    As an entrepreneur, Koshak was the Founder and CEO of five tech startups.

    Nabeel received an Executive Education in "Venture Capital and Private Equity" from Harvard University in 2019, an Executive Education from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in "Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program" and "Management, Innovation, Technology" in 2017, a PhD in Design Computing from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, and a Master of Architecture (Computing in Design and Planning) from the University of Colorado in 1997.
     

Tarek Nasr
  • Tarek Nasr
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • ThePlanet / Mintrics
  • ThePlanet / Mintrics
  • Egypt

Sherif Zahran
  • Sherif Zahran
  • Industrial Director
  • Industrial Director
  • Groupe SEB Egypt Zah..
  • Groupe SEB Egypt Zahran
  • Egypt

Amr Nada
  • Amr Nada
  • Managing Partner & B..
  • Managing Partner & Board Member
  • Leap Media
  • Leap Media
  • Egypt

Ahmed Bastawy
  • Ahmed Bastawy
  • Innovation Consultan..
  • Innovation Consultant and Managing Director
  • ICEALEX
  • ICEALEX
  • Egypt

Waleed Khalil
  • Waleed Khalil
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Endure Capital
  • Endure Capital
  • Egypt

Omar Almajdouie
  • Omar Almajdouie
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner
  • RAED Ventures
  • RAED Ventures
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Omar Almajdouie is the founding partner of Raed Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders building transformative companies in the MENA region. Raed’s AUM exceeds SAR 500m and backed by top investors in the region including PIF’s Jada, SVC, Mubadala, Almajdouie Holding and many more. As an investor and entrepreneur, Omar founded Raed Ventures in 2016 as part of Almajdouie Holding diversification strategy, which has funded more than 32 innovative startups to-date.

    He is the former CEO of Almajdouie Manufacturing Co. and he’s currently the Vice Chairman of the Saudi Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, as well as a chairman and board member of several leading tech startups and companies. Omar has more than 20 years of enriched experience in various managerial and executive positions. 

Courtney Powell
  • Courtney Powell
  • COO
  • COO
  • 500 Startups
  • 500 Startups
  • United States
  • Courtney is the COO of 500 Global. Courtney is tasked with helping 500 scales globally and explore new opportunities across both new and existing markets. She is responsible for driving day-to-day operations across the team to pursue 500’s mission.

    Courtney is no stranger to the 500 family. She was co-founder and CEO of PublikDemand, part of Batch 4. She went on to become CEO of Agent Pronto, one of the largest real estate agent referral services in North America, recently acquired by Fidelity National Title Group.

Amal Dokhan
  • Amal Dokhan
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • 500 Startups
  • 500 Startups
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Amal Dokhan is a seasoned professional with experience in startup investments, corporate innovation, and consulting in the MENA region. Amal is the partner at Sanabil 500 MENA fund where the focus is to invest in early stage comapnies and support them throughout the journey of thier startup life. Previous to joining 500 Startups Ms. Dokhan was the CEO of Global entrepreneurship Network Saudi and the Managing Director of Babson Global for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Previously She was the manger of learning and Design at the Entrepreneurship Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology where she Led TAQADAM accelerator and Corporate Innovation Programs. Prior to that she worked at KAUST seedfund developing marketing and events, while also providing a range of services to startups. 

    Ms. Dokhan sits on the board of several organizations and startup comapnies. Amal is also active in angel investing as she initiatied the Angel investors forum in Saudi under te ministry of commerce and Monshaat were many angel investors got hands on experince on the practice, she also invests personaly as she has 13 comapnies in her personal portfolio. Amal attended many executive programs at MIT, UCBerkely, Design school and Insead.

Jeff Hoffman
  • Jeff Hoffman
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • Global Entrepreneurs..
  • Global Entrepreneurship Network
  • United States

Keith Wallace
  • Keith Wallace
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • HIVOS Impact Investm..
  • HIVOS Impact Investments
  • Netherlands

Rafeh Saleh
  • Rafeh Saleh
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner
  • Cubit Ventures
  • Cubit Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Rafeh is an experienced executive, founder, management consultant, and venture capital professional.  He is the founder of Cubit Ventures, a North Africa focused venture capital fund, and SNF Ventures, a sports-tech focused investment syndicate.

Mohamed Abouelnaga
  • Mohamed Abouelnaga
  • Co-founder & Chairma..
  • Co-founder & Chairman
  • Exits Mena
  • Exits Mena
  • Egypt
  • Mohamed Abouelnaga " Nagaty” is an emerging markets' venture builder, investor, and tech- entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in tech-entrepreneurship. He is currently Executive Chairman of Exits the first fintech investment banking platform in the region and founder and CEO of " pie" the leading " M and A" advisory for startups firm in Egypt and the former the Co-Founder/CEO of KLIVVR (Egypt’s first digital agent banking platform), Co-Founder of Halan, Halan is Africa's largest super app and Egypt's most funded app in 2020 according to Forbes middle east, and most funded 2020/2021/2022. Partner/Co-founder in CashCows (largest early-stage startup catalyst in Egypt), Mumerz and pr and gov. Relations Advisor in Disruptech ventures (largest fintech fund in Egypt). Prior to Co- Founding Halan. Nagaty served as Regional Director at Careem, the Middle East's number one ride hailing application recently acquired by Uber for more than $3 billion. He also sits on the board of several Tech companies inlcuding Koinz, Robusta, Waffarha, Checkme and an angel investor in multiple tech startups including Gameball, Sharwa, Sokna, Gameya and many others Earlier. Nagaty, started his career at Fawry in account management and business development since 2012 till headed the BD (Fawry was the first tech-company to ipo in egypt reached 2B usd val in public markets) as well as starting Egypt's first food and beverage fund in 2010 and exiting it in 2015. 

Aly ElAzhary
  • Aly ElAzhary
  • Manager - Entreprene..
  • Manager - Entrepreneur Experience
  • Endeavor Egypt
  • Endeavor Egypt
  • Egypt
  • Aly Elazhary brings 8+ years of experience in the startup ecosystem in Egypt, and is now focused on supporting ScaleUps through his role at Endeavor Egypt, a mission-driven organization focused on supporting high-growth companies in 42 emerging and underserved markets. As Entrepreneur Experience Manager at Endeavor Egypt, Aly works closely with companies who are in the process to join Endeavor’s network, or receive investments from Endeavor’s fund, and manages a portfolio of 16 companies across 5 different verticals/industries. Aly’s portfolio includes companies like MaxAB, MNT-Halan, Taager and Dsquares. Aly ElAzhary graduated cum laude in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 from The American University in Cairo. He also studied abroad for a year on exchange at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Craig Mullett
  • Craig Mullett
  • Angel Investor - Pre..
  • Angel Investor - President
  • Branison Group
  • Branison Group
  • United States
  • Craig Mullett is President of Branison Group (M&A advisory firm based near New York City) and also an active angel investor with Angel Investor Forum (member of the Angel Capital Association - ACA). 

    Craig is a founder of AngelHub, Africa's first angel group and helped in establishing SA Business Angels Network as well as Trident Angels, the first Caribbean angel group. He is a founding limited partner of Launch Africa and also has many direct active seed stage investments that include artificial intelligence, agritech, insurtech, cloud computing software and medical devices. Craig has been interviewed on startup investing by the New York Times, Forbes, Financial Mail, Authority and Inc. Craig was previously Director of Corporate Development for Amphenol Corporation (at the time a KKR portfolio company) and following this he was a non-executive director of Volex Group. In South Africa, Craig founded and sold HomeWorths and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. 

    He is a Venture Mentor at Yale University and has an MBA from Nyenrode (Netherlands), a BCom(Honors) from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and is a graduate of the International Leadership Academy of the United Nations (Jordan).

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