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Investors and Global VCs ? Check ✅


February 16, 2022 by STEP Conference

Over $20B worth of funds estimated from global VCs and investors will be at Step 2022.

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After our huge announcement of Sequoia Capital‘s Managing Director joining our speaker line-up *YAY*, we’re excited to announce more investors coming to Step 2022 💰

We’re offering you a unique opportunity to learn from experts in growing tech startups to billion-dollar companies on how to identify your company growth strategy, raise capital and potentially scale your business to a new region or country:

  • Riyad Abou Jaoudeh – Partner at MEVP, one of the largest and most established venture capital firms in MENA with more than $300 million in Assets Under Management. Riyad has led and closed several investments in technology companies across the MENA region over the past 6 years at MEVP.
  • Rayan Dawud – Investment Partner at Outliers Venture Capital, with ten years of cross-functional experience. Outliers VC backs outlier founders at the earliest stages who are building compounding businesses across the US and MENA.
  • Issa Aghabi – Managing Partner at Access Bridge Ventures, with 16+ years experience with a focus on Venture Capital. His track record includes, having invested in 65+ direct and indirect investment deals ($100K-$25M per transaction), managed over $150m in MENA Venture funds, launched the UAE’s first Accelerator, exited 6+ MENA based deals, and supported with 2 IPOs.
  • Walid Faza – Partner & COO at MSA Capital, with 10+ years experience in the region’s Venture Capital industry. MSA is a global investment firm with $1.8b under management and the most active China-based fund investing in MENA companies, building partnerships with China and Global Investments into the MENA region.
  • Tina Daher – Senior Investment Professional at Shorooq Partners, the leading technology investor in the MENAP region and the first regional VC firm to be regulated by ADGM. Shorooq Partners have received the Investor of the Year Award three consecutive times and was recognized as the Fastest Growing VC in the region.

Other Investors joining us at Step 2022:

  • BIM Ventures 
  • Global Ventures
  • Dtec Ventures
  • Modus Capital 
  • Kickstart Ventures
  • 500 Global

and more!

❤️ Valentine’s 2for1 offer: Use the promo code LOVE2022 here to buy 2 tickets for the price of 1 and save $349 on tickets before it expires on Friday, February 18th at midnight.

Meet a few of the Investors that attend