Hala Fadel
Co-founder& Managing Partner @ Leap Ventures
Beirut, Lebanon
Hala Fadel is a seed investor at Leap Ventures in Beirut focused on Medical and Health Care. Hala is a partner at leap ventures, a late-stage venture capital firm based in Beirut and Dubai, and the founder and chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the pan-Arab region, an organization that promotes entrepreneurship and organizes among other things the MIT Arab startup competition. She is also an Angel investor in start-up companies inthe Middle East and Europe, and has launched a co-working space in Beirut called Coworking+961. She recently founded MIT Technology review Arabic, the Arabic edition of the MIT Technology review Magazine, that covers science and innovation in the Arab region.Hala was previously for 12 years a portfolio manager for European Equities at Comgest, a euro Equity 20bn fund. She graduated from HEC in France in 1997 with a Masters in Financial Economics and attended the Berkeley Haas School of Business, she holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. While at MIT she participated and won part of the MIT 50K business plan competition with Booleo, a telecom software business, later acquired as an internal solution by a client.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Hala Fadel invests in
Stages Hala Fadel invests in
Countries Hala Fadel invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $50k–$150k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Medical 2 (50%)
- Health Care 2 (50%)
- Social Media 1 (25%)
- Blogging Platforms 1 (25%)
- Information Technology 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Angel 1 (25%)
Country
- Lebanon 2 (50%)
- United States 1 (25%)
Investments
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Sohati
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Sohati provides information on health and medical care according to the best international medical standards. It aims to shed light on health and medical topics including diseases, medicines, beauty, fitness, motherhood, psychology, and sexual problems.The site also provides a forum for discussion, which means areas for listening and dialogue,where anyone can express their concerns, problems and benefit from the experiences of participants and exchange of experiences; While his identity is always kept secret. | $100K / Angel / Feb 17, 2014 | |
Foodlve
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Foodlve is a social networking portal established to offer an enormous variety of information related to food, all in a single location. We provide the opportunity to learn, add, and promote everything about food in a fun and interactive environment. Our users have access to informative articles, interesting recipes, engaging videos, and so muchmore. | $140K / Seed / Jan 12, 2014 | |
eTobb
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eTobb is the Quora for Health & Medicine. It was founded in 2012, eTobb is the first premium, online, medical Q&A platform connecting patients and doctors in the Arab World. Their mission is to improve access to healthcare. They are building the largest network of top doctors in the region and making it accessible to the public. | $150K / Seed / Dec 16, 2013 | |
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Foodlve
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Foodlve is a social networking portal established to offer an enormous variety of information related to food, all in a single location. We provide the opportunity to learn, add, and promote everything about food in a fun and interactive environment. Our users have access to informative articles, interesting recipes, engaging videos, and so muchmore. | $50K / Seed / Jul 01, 2013 |
Co-Investors
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Leap Ventures Contacts
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Diana Kander
Keynote Speaker and Innovation Consultant
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Hala Fadel
Co-founder& Managing Partner
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Christan Hiscock
Founder and CEO
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Herve Cuviliez
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Khaled Ismail
Member of the Investment Committee
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FAQ
What does Hala Fadel invest in?
Hala Fadel invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Lebanon. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Hala Fadel's check size?
Hala Fadel typically joins rounds of $50k–$150k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hala Fadel participates in.
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When did Hala Fadel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Hala Fadel closed in Feb 2014. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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