About The Speaker
Ahmed El Alfi
Chairman of Sawari Ventures.Ahmed El Alfi has been an early stage/growth investor for over 35 years, translating to an extensive experience in funding and nurturing early-stage companies. In 1990, he founded Hybrid Capital Partners, a private investment partnership. Hybrid Capital has funded, helped grow and exited several successful companies. From 2010 to 2013 he founded Sawari Ventures, Flat6Labs, and TATP. Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading startup accelerator. TATP took over management of half of the American University in Cairo’s Tahrir Square campus to form The GrEEK Campus; and has expanded to other locations with 50,000 square meter of office space where over 250 companies work and collaborate. In addition to Sawari Ventures’ portfolio of investments, his current portfolio includes NeuroTrainer, Pacific Toxicology, as well as Zignal Labs. He has served on the Boards of Directors or Advisors of several corporate boards as well as multiple academic institutions.