Biniam Yohannes
InvestorManaging Director - Catalyst Principal Partners at KawiSafi Ventures · Senior Advisor, Office of Equity and Investment Funds at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
United States
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About
Investment Committee member; Managing Director at Catalyst Principal Partners.
Experience
- U.S. International Development Finance CorporationSenior Advisor, Office of Equity and Investment Fundscurrent2025 — present
- Catalyst Principal PartnersManaging Director2009 — 2022Nairobi, Kenya
- Goldman SachsVice President2000 — 2009New York
Skills & more
Private Equity88Venture Capital18Alternative Investments9Emerging Markets64Investment Banking55Capital Markets9Project Finance6Valuation11Mergers & Acquisitions29Corporate Finance16LBO9Strategy18
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Colleagues at KawiSafi Ventures
Amar Inamdar
Managing Director at KawiSafi Ventures
Angela Muraguri
Associate Director at KawiSafi Ventures
Baafour Otu-Boateng
Investment Director at KawiSafi Ventures
C. Hunter Boll
Chief Operating Officer - Source Audio LLC at KawiSafi Ventures
Chad Larson
Senior Advisor at KawiSafi Ventures
Chukwuebuka Amaji
Investment Associate at KawiSafi Ventures
Collins Mwangi
Senior Associate at KawiSafi Ventures
Inamdar Amar
General Partner at KawiSafi
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Biniam Yohannes?
- Investment Committee member; Managing Director at Catalyst Principal Partners.
- Where does Biniam Yohannes work?
- Biniam Yohannes is Managing Director - Catalyst Principal Partners at KawiSafi Ventures.
- Where did Biniam Yohannes go to school?
- Biniam Yohannes studied at Dartmouth College (Master of Engineering Management, Thayer School of Engineering and Amos Tuck School of Business); Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)); Saint Anselm College (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and French).
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