Aug 14, 3:30 – 5:30 PM (UTC)
Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC), King Abdullah II St., Bldg. 23, عمّان, 11831
Our upcoming fireside chat is hosting Issa Aghabi; Issa is the Founder and Managing Director at Access Bridge Ventures. Access Bridge Ventures is a pre Series A, $35m venture capital fund. Investing in entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa.
Our upcoming fireside chat is hosting Issa Aghabi; Issa is the Founder and Managing Director at Access Bridge Ventures.
Issa started his career in investment banking and transitioned into the MENA Venture Capital space in 2006 as a founding member of Accelerator Technologies, one of the first venture funds in the Arab world.
Prior to establishing Access Bridge Ventures, Issa headed IFC’s Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Europe’s venture investments both from a Direct and Indirect (accelerators and fund of fund) perspective. Also, M&A consultant at Yahoo!, Head of Investment at N2V - MENA's first Venture Builder and Head of Investments and Venture Capital at twofour54.
Ahead of launching Access Bridge Ventures, his track record includes, having invested in 65+ direct and indirect investment (Funds) deals (from $100K to $25M per transaction), managed over $150m in MENA Venture funds, launched the UAE’s first Accelerator, exited 6+ MENA based deals (e.g. Jawaker, Intaj, Mumzworld, Souq, Vezeeta, etc.), supported with 2 IPOs and much more.
Issa holds an MBA with a focus on Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance from Cass Business School, City University of London and a bachelor degree in Commerce from Concordia University.
The fireside will be moderated by Dina Toukan.
Dina is an Assistant Investment Manager at ISSF with over 6 years in the entrepreneurial scene. At ISSF, Dina conducts review and due diligence on both Funds and Startups. In addition, Dina is constantly on the look-out for promising Jordanian startups and connecting them with local and regional VCs.
Join us on Aug 14, at 6:30 PM @ Zain Innovation Campus, KHBP.
Access Bridge Ventures
Founder & Managing Director
ISSF
Assistant Investment Manager
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM (UTC)
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