Ahmed El-Alfi
Angel Investor @ Sawari Ventures
Cairo, Egypt
Ahmed El-Alfi is a seed investor at Sawari Ventures in Cairo focused on CRM and Energy. Ahmed El Alfi has been an early stage/growth investor for the past 25 years, translating to an extensive experience in funding, nurturing early stage companies, as well as exiting through IPOs and trade sales. El Alfi founded Hybrid Capital Partners in 1990, a private investment partnership. Hybrid Capital has funded, helped grow and exitedseveral successful companies: PC Mall, a USD 1bn rapid response supplier of technology services for businesses, governments and consumers; ATML, an owner and operator of over 1,000 ATMS; Banquet, an extreme sports portal and community site; Internet Brands, a leading operator of ecommerce and community websites; and The Genetics Institute a genetic diagnostic company. During 2006, he served as CEO of EFG-Hermes Private Equity (“EHPE”). From 2010 to present he founded Sawari Ventures, FLat6Labs, Nafham, and TATP. Nafham is the top online video educational platform covering the Egyptian, Saudi and Syrian public school curriculums, Nafham currently gives over 110,000 free video lessons per day. While TATP, established in 2013, took over a large part of the American University in Cairo's downtown campus to form the GrEEK Campus; a 25,000 square meter office park near Tahrir Square where over 100 startups now work and collaborate. In addition to Sawari Ventures' portfolio of investments, his current portfolio includes Triporati, an innovative online travel company; Pacific Toxicology, a leading Toxicology laboratory in the USA, as well as Zignal Labs a big data analysis company.Prior to becoming a early stage investor in 1990, El Alfi was Senior Vice President of Jefferies & Company, where he worked for 10 years. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Waqf Endowment. He has also served on the Boards of Directors or Advisors of the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, Claremont Graduate School of Religion, as well as several for profit corporate boards.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Ahmed El-Alfi invests in
Stages Ahmed El-Alfi invests in
Countries Ahmed El-Alfi invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- CRM 1 (33%)
- Energy 1 (33%)
- Recycling 1 (33%)
- E-Commerce 1 (33%)
- Waste Management 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (33%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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ADVA
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ADVA is the first online service installment platform in Egypt. | $100K / Seed / Jun 09, 2022 | |
| ExpandCart is the fastest growing Arabic ecommerce platform in the Middle East. Over the past couple of years, we was able to acquire hundreds of clients ranging from individuals & small companies to enterprise level corporations, creating impressive traction and success to our clients. | $2.7M / Series A / Jan 17, 2022 | ||
| Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel. |
Co-Investors
About Sawari Ventures
The Middle East/North Africa is the next great investment opportunity. The Middle East has a collective population larger than the US, the vast majority of whom are ‘digital natives‘ (e.g.; under 30) with great appetites for consumer technology products and services. The region boasts higher per capita GDP and more disposable income than Indiaor China. In short, the Middle East is one of the technology sector’s high-growth regions, and offers tremendous potential for expansion in mobile, internet, social media and eCommerce services.Like the BRIC’s and other emerging markets, local partners are key to success. Sawari Ventures is at home in the Middle East, and knows its culture, context and business climate. They have experience and relationships working with technology and investment leaders world-wide. They know how to translate local visionaries into global hits.
Sawari Ventures Contacts
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Ahmed Alfi
Founder & Chairman
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Hany Al-Sonbaty
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Wael Amin
Partner
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What does Ahmed El-Alfi invest in?
Ahmed El-Alfi invests primarily in CRM, Energy and Recycling startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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