# Karim Meleka

> Karim Meleka is a post-ipo equity investor at EFG Hermes backing Energy and Industrial. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [EFG Hermes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efg-hermes)
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-meleka-40b95536/

Karim Meleka is a post-ipo equity investor at EFG Hermes focused on Energy and Industrial. Karim Meleka is the Co-Head of Investment Banking at EFG-Hermes.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial | 1 | 50% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 50% |
| Mining Technology | 1 | 50% |
| Natural Resources | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 50% |
| Post-IPO Secondary | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Action Energy | Action Energy Company provides a wide range of upstream services, such as onshore drilling and workover, electric submersible pumps, slickline, wireline, directional drilling, OTSG, inspection, coil tubing, simulation, cementing, and mud engineering. | $65.3M | Post-IPO Equity |  |  |
| Action Energy | Action Energy Company provides a wide range of upstream services, such as onshore drilling and workover, electric submersible pumps, slickline, wireline, directional drilling, OTSG, inspection, coil tubing, simulation, cementing, and mud engineering. |  | Post-IPO Secondary |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About EFG Hermes

VC Fund · Cairo, Egypt

Established in 1984, EFG Hermes is the leading investment bank in the Arab world. The Firm specializes in Securities Brokerage, Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity and Research. EFG Hermes is listed on both the Egyptian and London stock exchanges. The recent acquisition of a 65% stake in Credit Libanais marks the first step towardsEFG Hermes’s transformation into a universal bank and will enable it to rapidly expand into retail and commercial banking.

4 contacts available at EFG Hermes.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moussa Karim | Co-CEO Investment Bank, Head of Asset Management and Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moussa-karim |
| Yasser El Mallawany | CEO & Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yasser-el-mallawany-2 |
| Karim Meleka | Co-Head of Investment Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karim-meleka-ce94 |
| Wael Ziada | Head of Research, Member of the Executive Committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wael-ziada |

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## FAQ

### What does Karim Meleka invest in?

Karim Meleka invests primarily in Energy, Industrial and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Post-IPO Secondary stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kuwait. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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