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Biniam Yohannes

Investor

Managing Director - Catalyst Principal Partners at KawiSafi Ventures

United States

About

Investment Committee member; Managing Director at Catalyst Principal Partners.

Experience

  1. U.S. International Development Finance CorporationSenior Advisor, Office of Equity and Investment Fundscurrent2025 — present
  2. Catalyst Principal PartnersManaging Director2009 — 2022Nairobi, Kenya
  3. Goldman SachsVice President2000 — 2009New York

Education

  1. Dartmouth CollegeMaster of Engineering Management, Thayer School of Engineering and Amos Tuck School of Business
  2. Dartmouth CollegeBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
  3. Saint Anselm CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and French

Skills & more

Private Equity88Venture Capital18Alternative Investments9Emerging Markets64Investment Banking55Capital Markets9Project Finance6Valuation11Mergers & Acquisitions29Corporate Finance16LBO9Strategy18
+3 moreEquitiesDue DiligenceCorporate Development

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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
Jackline Mwangi
Executive Assistant to the MD and Office Manager at KawiSafi Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Biniam Yohannes work?
Biniam Yohannes is Managing Director - Catalyst Principal Partners at KawiSafi Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Dartmouth College398

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Also attended Saint Anselm College5

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Shared employers

Also worked at Catalyst Principal Partners2

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,436

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