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Dennis Ardis

Investor

Venture Partner: FinTech at DASH Ventures

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

About

A finance and operations executive with over 12 years of leadership experience. As CEO of fintech lending platform Liwwa, he oversaw more than $150M in small business financing and raised $20M+ in equity and debt, having previously served as its COO and Chief of Staff. He holds a JD from NYU School of Law and is pursuing an Executive MBA at Wharton.

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Experience

  1. Formation FinancialVP of Financecurrent2026 — present
  2. DASH VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
  3. liwwa, Inc.Chief Executive Officer2021 — 2025Amman, Jordan
  4. liwwa, Inc.Chief Operating Officer2020 — 2021
  5. liwwa, Inc.Chief Of Staff2019 — 2020Amman
  6. liwwa, Inc.Strategy Consultant2018 — 2019Amman
  7. Humanitarian & International Aid OrganizationsMultiple Senior Management Roles2014 — 2018
  8. US Fulbright CommissionFulbright Research Fellow2008 — 2009Amman, Jordan

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolExecutive MBA2025 — 2027
  2. New York University School of LawJuris Doctor (J.D.), International Law and Legal Studies2011 — 2014
  3. University of OklahomaBachelor's Degree, B.B.A. Finance & Accounting; B.S. International Area Studies2003 — 2008

Skills & more

Go-to-Market StrategyCorporate StrategyReporting & AnalysisOperations ManagementBusiness OperationsHuman Resources (HR)AccountingPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingCorporate FP&AFinancial AnalysisWritten CommunicationProgram Management3
+12 moreFinancial ManagementFinancial ForecastingSocial ImpactRevenue ModelingStrategic GrowthEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)Functional LeadershipFinancial ReportingStrategic PlanningAttention to DetailProblem SolvingCommunication

Languages Arabic · English · French

From Dennis's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Also attended New York University School of Law54

Sallie KimInvestor at 8VCSean TraynorPartner, Legal at Lux CapitalEsther DominguezGeneral Counsel at .406 VenturesMichael HsuVenture Partner at Core Venture CapitalSteve SwerdlowSenior Advisor at Navitas CapitalMerete Lundbye MøllerVenture Partner, General Counsel at Sunstone Capital

+ 48 more

Also attended University of Oklahoma38

Tianlin WangManaging Director at Intel CapitalNathan PingeltonManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head, M12 at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesSusan MoringGeneral Partner at Cortado Ventures

+ 32 more

Shared employers

Also worked at liwwa, Inc.2

OmarManaging Partner at DASH VenturesSelma RibicaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at First Circle

Colleagues at DASH Ventures

Aboudi
Principal at DASH Ventures
Ali Al-Husry
Executive Director at DASH Ventures
Haya
Venture Partner: AI & Emerging Technologies at DASH Ventures
Issa Azar
Venture Partner: Energy Efficiency & ClimateTech at DASH Ventures
Omar
Managing Partner at DASH Ventures
Said Darwazah
Partner at DASH Ventures
Vicky Sakhel
EA & Office Manager at DASH Ventures