Investment/ Venture Capital

IT Engineer and Holder of Master Degrees in International Management from the prestigious University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne. Sid Ali ZERROUKI, already has more than 25 years of expertise in the field of ICT & Innovation, with world-renowned Telecom groups, particularly in Africa, Asia and the Middle East where he has held several responsible roles to name : VP Delivery & Service Huawei, General Manager Revotech , Network Head in TelecelGroup; Director of the audit program at Cybercom Asia he contributed to the deployment of terrestrial and submarine optical fiber (Med-Cable, EASSY’s) as he led the launch of 3G and 4G in several countries including Algeria, Tanzania, Burundi, Indonesia, Sri Lanka.

He is, the President of Internet Access Commission @ GAAN ( Group of Algerian Actor for digitalizations), Sid Ali Zerrouki is Currently The Managing Director of Algeria Venture, the only one of its Kind, State owned Startups Accelerator and Open Innovation Center.

Abdul Khaleq Al-Qasaily is a Serial Entrepreneur and Consultant , and has a long experience in leadership and business management .
Abdul Khaleq who works across multiple fields in developing entrepreneurship. He is the founder of QR Global Tech for innovative and disruptive tech startups management.
Abdul Khaleq is actively involved in the development of entrepreneurship. He is working as an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Specialist at many projects.

Rudy Aernoudt is an experienced Professor Corporate Finance and European policy and has an outstanding International and European experience (MIT, OECD, European commission, European Council and European Social and Economic Committee). He, what is very unique, occupied Chief of Staff positions at different governance levels (Europe, Belgium, Flanders, Wallonia). He was secretary-general of the department of economy, science and innovation in Belgium, director-general of OLPC (one laptop per child, spinoff MIT) and curator TEDx Brussels.

Rhona Morrell – Chief Change & Planet Officer.  Investor. Prince’s Trust Mentor. Trustee Education Africa & Associate at Women Who Do Wonders. Getting Sh!t Done. The Rhona Morrell Podcast.                                                    

Rhona has over 25 years of experience in cross-functional business, working in change management, sustainability, marketing, innovation,  commercial, and supply chain.  Rhona works across the globe in numerous sectors, technology, fashion, FMCG, Sports & Entertainment, Manufacturing, NGO’s both B2B and B2C.  Rhona is also the CEO and Founder at Coco Airlie Consulting and CEO and Co-Founder at iReGen  alongside being Co-Founder at Eccentrik Petals (specialist consultancy in water and forestry projects).  Her superpowers are tenacity, empowerment, change agent, sustainability and always seeing the bigger picture.

Mahavir Sharma, a serial entrepreneur is part of umpteen businesses and social organizations and exudes passion in idea and early stage angel investing, leadership and mentoring.
He is the immediate past Chairman of TiE Global board of Trustees for the year 2020, a first Asian to achieve that position. He is also the Chairman of TiE’s new initiative for investing in idea and early stage startups across India, the TiE India Angels (TIA) and also the Chairman and co-founder of Rajasthan Angels  and has been a very active angel for early and idea stage companies for the last many years.
A prolific speaker, who has had the honour of being the Chairman of the Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC- Under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India) and the privilege in the past to have been on TiE Global board for 8 years during which has chaired various committees and initiatives including being the Vice-Chair for the year 2019.

Action means everything.

Shashank brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Acquired a depth and breadth of experience from having worked in large companies, being the founding member for a SaaS startup (acquired by a Fortune 500 Company) to an early-stage fund investing in technology-enabled startups.

Shashank is Founder VC at 100X.VC – India’s first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes.

Strategic advisor to early and growth-stage companies. Provides executive leadership and interim C-Level management solutions to drive sustainable growth through expertise in strategy, funding processes, and marketing communication.

David B Horne is the Founder of Funding Focus, a social enterprise whose mission is to level the uneven playing field that female and underrepresented entrepreneurs of all genders face when raising capital. We do this by raising awareness and providing education to founders, investors, NGOs and governments worldwide. We are committed to supporting UNSDG 4 – Quality Education and UNSDG 5 – Gender Equality.

As the Founding Partner of Oruga Investment Limited, Foundation of Innovative European Economy and TT Hub, Olga F. specializes in investment strategies across Asia, Europe and MENA. As an investor, she also mentors startups towards their venture growth, fundraising and structuring.

Olga is also a lawyer with 12+ years of practice in European corporate law and investing strategies, serving international brands around the world for their investments overseas.

Joanna has 15 years of experience in capital markets in the field of international investor relations and ESG for the energy, wood industry, mineral and mining, healthcare, TMT and real-estate sectors. She has substantial experience in working with institutional investors in Europe, the US, and Middle East. Joanna was the driving force behind the creation of IR Department and capital markets communication during the IPO and post-IPO of ENERGA S.A.  She has engaged in the numerous IPO, SPO, M&A, debt issuance, and refinancing transactions. She is a Mentor to startups at the MIT Enterprise Forum CEE.

Ken is a widely sought after executive with global banking and capital markets experience – achieving results in venture capital, digital transformation, big data, innovation and technology and risk management. He advises large multinationals and mid-level capital firms and executives in executing multi-billion (USD) business development and institutional partnerships agreements in Asia, Europe, North American.

Anil is Founder and Managing Partner at Unicorn India Ventures an leading Venture Capital Fund focusing on early stage investments in tech focused companies. He has been one of the pioneers of angel investments in India as head of operations and President at Mumbai Angels and Bangalore Angels, leading Angel Investment forums in India. Anil’s experience includes corporate management functions in medium and large organizations, early stage investment in start-ups, project management, joint ventures and business development.

Jelena is the president of the Business Angels Association of Serbia. She is also International Partner for Serbia at World Business Angels Investment Forum, Committee Member at International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN) in China and Member of ASIA CEO Community. Also works at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.

Dae Jin (Derik) Kim is the founder and honorary president of Global Entrepreneurs Foundation (“GEF”) and also a co-founder and partner of HSR ANGEL LLC (“HSR”) located in the Republic of Korea, which has done angel investment and company build-up. Also he is a Senator of World Business Angels Investment Forum(“WBAF”) representing Korea.

Before GEF, Mr. Kim was serial entrepreneur to found five start-ups, three of which were established in Korea, and two in the USA. Also he has served as CEO and Executive officer of several companies in Korea and USA, including EVP of Talon-International, Inc. During his career, he has worked as International sales man and global marketing specialist for 14 years, besides his entrepreneurship experience.

A C-level executive who hold three master degrees which are Master of Laws (MH), Master of Management (MM) and last the MBA degree from Jena Applied Science, Germany prior to complete his bachelor in Engineering from University of Indonesia. On top of it, also a proud alumni of BCG Strategy School, Certified Business Management (CBM), Certified Professional Marketer (CPM), authorize Investment and Capital Market Underwriter Representative (WPEE license holder), and a well know individual in the full stream Energy and Financial Services networks.

Callum Laing is Co-Founder and CEO of MBH Corporation PLC, a UK holding company listed on the Frankfurt main market. He is also a partner in a boutique M&A firm, The Unity Group. In the past 20 years he has started, built and bought dozens of businesses in a range of industries and MBH is the second company he has taken public. He also holds the position of World Business Angel Forum High Commissioner to Singapore and is an Ambassador to DealGateway.

Mohamed is widely recognised thought leader providing insights and analysis across asset classes, regions, investment styles and economies. He has been published on international investments and finance topics and spoken at many conferences, public institutions and other organisations. Mohamed has also delivered and led the research insights into portfolio construction, asset allocation and investment markets to multi institutional and government client globally.
Mohamed received the 2017 NSW Premiers medal for economic participation, recognising outstanding success in fostering economic and investment activities for the state of NSW. Mohamed is also the NSW Chairman of the Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce of and Industry, the peak body of Foreign Investment and Trade between Australia and the MENA region.

Marco Zammarrelli is the Avaluglobal Investment and Zupreme Incorporated Executive Director that has leadership experience in Australia and International Markets.He has experience in both the private corporate world and public governmental sectors working in Australia, Canada, South East Asia, Sub-Continent, Europe and Africa . Marco’s active leadership roles with Avaluglobal Investments, Zupreme Corp, Caltex, JF Migration, Phoenix
Robitix, RVS Industries, NSW Department Education, Benefit Investment Group, Climbmax Construction, and Woolworths. Marco’s Senior Management and Development positions spans across the business fields of Investment, Importing & Exporting, Shipping, Manufacturing, Education, Sport, Health, Retail, Construction and Real Estate. At local, state and national level Marco has earned respect in managing teams of people with providing strategic, deliverable and distinctive outcomes.