Episode 38 is one for the books. Abe sits down with the people you would want in your corner when you're making an investment or building a startup. This panel episode includes insights from our guests from the episode:
Hisham Kassim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hisham-kassim/) : A seasoned corporate lawyer with over ten years of work experience in the Middle East. He represents a wide range of international and MENA- based clients, including some of the leading venture capital and private equity firms in the Middle East. To date, Hisham has successfully closed over 100 M&A and corporate transactions representing numerous funds and corporations throughout the MENA region, the U.S., the U.K, and Europe. Several of these deals include multi-million-dollar Series A and B transactions.
Khaldoon Bushnaq (https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaldoon-bushnaq-a091b8a8/ ): He is the Co-Founder of Alma Health (https://www.linkedin.com/company/alma-health-platform-limited/ ), a company with a vision to simplify the lives of people with chronic conditions. Alma Health offers virtual consultations with licensed doctors and easy prescriptions-refill delivery to their doorstep. He's been in business for more than 10 years and has big brands under his belt, such as Careem, Nokia and Sadara Venture.
Walid Faza (https://www.linkedin.com/in/walidfaza/): Is a Partner & Chief Operating Officer at MSA Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/msacap/ ) He holds around 10 years of experience in the domain of development. The spectrum of his experience is around mobile development, mobile banking, team leading and digital transformation. He's served various companies and has working on various products/projects in all their stages which gave him the ability to learn new mobile development technologies and approaches, as well as understanding the business behind each product and its requirements. Waleed does all this and takes full responsibility of the whole development process, and having the last stand to ensure products are delivered with high quality.
Kalsoom Lakhani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalsoomlakhani/) Is the Co-founder & General Partner at i2i Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/i2i-ventures/) , an early stage VC fund for Pakistan, and the country’s first female-founded VC fund. Prior to opening the doors to i2i Ventures in 2019, Kalsoom was the Founder of Invest2Innovate, i2i Ventures' sister entity, which she founded in 2011 to support and unleash the potential of young entrepreneurs in growth markets like Pakistan. She has trained young entrepreneurs, changemakers, and civil society leaders in Kosovo, Nepal, Cambodia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, and has spoken at numerous venues, including the World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. State Department, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and SXSW. Kalsoom is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and serves on the Board of the American Pakistan Foundation.
Episode 38 is one for the books. Abe sits down with the people you would want in your corner when you're making an investment or building a startup. This panel episode includes insights from our guests from the episode:
Hisham Kassim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hisham-kassim/) : A seasoned corporate lawyer with over ten years of work experience in the Middle East. He represents a wide range of international and MENA- based clients, including some of the leading venture capital and private equity firms in the Middle East. To date, Hisham has successfully closed over 100 M&A and corporate transactions representing numerous funds and corporations throughout the MENA region, the U.S., the U.K, and Europe. Several of these deals include multi-million-dollar Series A and B transactions.
Khaldoon Bushnaq (https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaldoon-bushnaq-a091b8a8/ ): He is the Co-Founder of Alma Health (https://www.linkedin.com/company/alma-health-platform-limited/ ), a company with a vision to simplify the lives of people with chronic conditions. Alma Health offers virtual consultations with licensed doctors and easy prescriptions-refill delivery to their doorstep. He's been in business for more than 10 years and has big brands under his belt, such as Careem, Nokia and Sadara Venture.
Walid Faza (https://www.linkedin.com/in/walidfaza/): Is a Partner & Chief Operating Officer at MSA Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/msacap/ ) He holds around 10 years of experience in the domain of development. The spectrum of his experience is around mobile development, mobile banking, team leading and digital transformation. He's served various companies and has working on various products/projects in all their stages which gave him the ability to learn new mobile development technologies and approaches, as well as understanding the business behind each product and its requirements. Waleed does all this and takes full responsibility of the whole development process, and having the last stand to ensure products are delivered with high quality.
Kalsoom Lakhani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalsoomlakhani/) Is the Co-founder & General Partner at i2i Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/i2i-ventures/) , an early stage VC fund for Pakistan, and the country’s first female-founded VC fund. Prior to opening the doors to i2i Ventures in 2019, Kalsoom was the Founder of Invest2Innovate, i2i Ventures' sister entity, which she founded in 2011 to support and unleash the potential of young entrepreneurs in growth markets like Pakistan. She has trained young entrepreneurs, changemakers, and civil society leaders in Kosovo, Nepal, Cambodia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, and has spoken at numerous venues, including the World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. State Department, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and SXSW. Kalsoom is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and serves on the Board of the American Pakistan Foundation.