About The Speaker
Tiara Martinez
Head of Innovation & Partnerships at BznsBuilder .Tiara Martinez is a serial entrepreneur who first arrived to the Egyptian Start-up scene in 2013. Prior to joining BznsBuilder, Tiara has lived in Egypt for 9 years. She has founded two startups and one profitable software company. Her broad experience in product and company development has been very helpful to her in navigating the Egyptian business environment. She served as the Program Director for Womentum in 2019, one of the largest startup accelerator programmes, which helped Middle Eastern women-led tech firms get series A funding. It was there that she developed a deeper understanding of the Middle East's investment environment. She worked as a teacher and the programme director for a non-profit that was devoted to the advancement of reading and culture before moving to Egypt.