Global Ventures

Loulwa Bakr is Managing Partner at Chrome Advisory, a consultancy supporting startups and SMEs in Saudi Arabia formed through the merger of Edu21 and Base Ventures. She serves as a Board Member of the Jeddah Chamber.

Medea Nocentini runs a B Corp–certified accelerator supporting 300+ startups in 20+ MEA countries and, as senior VC, integrates early-stage capacity to growth, advocating a one-pocket approach for climate resilience.

Noor Sweid scaled an interiors business to the world's largest contractor with a billion-dollar dual listing, founded the Middle East's largest yoga chain, and served as Dubai Future Foundation CIO.

Simon Sharp is a Senior Partner at Global Ventures, an international venture capital firm that invests in founders and emerging companies.

Farah Osman is an investment professional with over 15 years of experience across venture capital, private equity, and debt financing. She has led major fund initiatives including a EGP1.0 billion venture debt fund at Orascom Financial Holding and Egypt's largest fintech fund at Nclude, where she managed fundraising, due diligence, and investment strategy development. Her transaction experience spans fintech, e-commerce, and consumer internet sectors across multiple firms including Algebra Ventures, Orascom Financial Holding, and CI-Capital. Osman holds a B.B.A. in Finance with a minor in Economics from the American University in Cairo and is a CFA® charterholder.

Rana Abdel Latif is a Partner at Speedinvest with experience in M&A, financing, and restructuring transactions across multiple industries. She serves as a mentor and advisor to technology-enabled startups and has focused on advancing gender parity and diversity initiatives within finance and startup ecosystems.

Cyrine Ben Fadhel is a Senior Investment Manager at Seedstars, an early-stage investment fund focused on foundational technologies across Africa. A Tunisian citizen who completed her education at HEC Montréal, she relocated to the African continent to work in investment management.