About The Speaker
Marie Therese Fam
Marie-Therese is currently an independent investment advisor working as a part-time consultant with a number of Egyptian and regional startups. Prior to that MT was Silicon Badia’s Partner managing Silicon Badia’s $50mn Badia Impact Squared Fund and covering Silicon Badia’s wider MENA region practice. At Silicon Badia, Marie-Therese was actively leading the fundraising efforts for Badia Impact Squared Fund’s second closing, in addition to her duties as Fund Manager, member of the Investment Committee and board member in a number of Silicon Badia’s portfolio companies.Prior to joining Silicon Badia, Marie was the Managing Partner and Board Member for Flat6Labs, managing all of Flat6Labs operations in Egypt from 2017 till 2021, including managing the Flat6Labs Egypt Seed Fund, a USD 13million seed fund investing in bright innovative technology entrepreneurs in Egypt. She managed a portfolio of over 70 companies covering a multitude of sectors including health tech, edu tech, finchtech, e-commerce, digital content, and logistics startups.Prior to joining Flat6Labs Egypt, Marie-Therese held several managerial leading positions in banking and non-banking financial institutions in Egypt and the GCC, among which managing USD 1bn in AUMs invested across mutual funds and discretionary portfolios. She received her Bachelor in Economics from Cairo University in 2003 and Masters Degree in Financial Economics from the University of Warwick, England in 2007.
Marie-Therese is currently an independent investment advisor working as a part-time consultant with a number of Egyptian and regional startups. Prior to that MT was Silicon Badia’s Partner managing Silicon Badia’s $50mn Badia Impact Squared Fund and covering Silicon Badia’s wider MENA region practice.
At Silicon Badia, Marie-Therese was actively leading the fundraising efforts for Badia Impact Squared Fund’s second closing, in addition to her duties as Fund Manager, member of the Investment Committee and board member in a number of Silicon Badia’s portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Silicon Badia, Marie was the Managing Partner and Board Member for Flat6Labs, managing all of Flat6Labs operations in Egypt from 2017 till 2021, including managing the Flat6Labs Egypt Seed Fund, a USD 13million seed fund investing in bright innovative technology entrepreneurs in Egypt. She managed a portfolio of over 70 companies covering a multitude of sectors including health tech, edu tech, finchtech, e-commerce, digital content, and logistics startups.
Prior to joining Flat6Labs Egypt, Marie-Therese held several managerial leading positions in banking and non-banking financial institutions in Egypt and the GCC, among which managing USD 1bn in AUMs invested across mutual funds and discretionary portfolios.
She received her Bachelor in Economics from Cairo University in 2003 and Masters Degree in Financial Economics from the University of Warwick, England in 2007.