Hema Vallabh
InvestorGeneral Partner at Five35 Ventures · Investor at Dazzle Angels
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
About
Hema Vallabh is a trained engineer who became an entrepreneur and investor. She co-founded and leads WomHub, a pan-African incubator and co-working space for female founders in STEM, which spun out of the non-profit WomEng that supports women across the engineering pipeline. She is a founding partner at Five35 Ventures, a pan-African VC fund investing in women in tech, and an angel investor with Dazzle Angels; she is also a certified ontological coach and is pursuing an Executive MBA at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.
Invests in
Impact & Social Good
Experience
- Five35 VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2020 — presentSouth Africa
- WomHubCo-Foundercurrent2017 — presentJohannesburg Area, South Africa
- Dazzle AngelsLimited Partnercurrent2020 — present
- WomEngCo Foundercurrent2006 — presentSouth Africa
- African Leadership Academy SEPAdvisory Board Member2017 — 2020Johannesburg
- The Passionate ProfessionalFounder & CEO2014 — 2018South Africa
- IDM Business SchoolProgram Director, School of Mentorship2015 — 2017Sub-Saharan Africa
- African Leadership NetworkFellow2014 — 2017
- SAWomEngManaging Director2013 — 2014Johannesburg/Cape Town
- SAWomEngGirlEng Director2010 — 2012South Africa
- SasolSenior Process Engineer2013Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Sasol O&S, GermanySenior Process Engineer2011 — 2012Brunsbuttel, Germany
- Sasol TechnologyProcess Engineer2008 — 2011Sasolburg
- SAWomEngGirlEng National Coordinator2007 — 2009
Skills & more
Chemical Engineering60Process Engineering53Strategy30Engineering33Process Simulation14Petrochemical6Coaching8Catalysis7Process Optimization7Process Design5Team Building6Team Leadership7
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R&DTrainingEngineering DesignTime ManagementMentorshipMentoringResearchDiversity & InclusionCommunicationFacilitationManagementLeadershipLanguages Afrikaans · English · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hema Vallabh?
- Hema Vallabh is a trained engineer who became an entrepreneur and investor. She co-founded and leads WomHub, a pan-African incubator and co-working space for female founders in STEM, which spun out of the non-profit WomEng that supports women across the engineering pipeline. She is a founding partner at Five35 Ventures, a pan-African VC fund investing in women in tech, and an angel investor with Dazzle Angels; she is also a certified ontological coach and is pursuing an Executive MBA at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.
- Where does Hema Vallabh work?
- Hema Vallabh is General Partner at Five35 Ventures.
- What does Hema Vallabh invest in?
- Hema Vallabh invests in Impact & Social Good.
- Where did Hema Vallabh go to school?
- Hema Vallabh studied at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Executive MBA, Business); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (VC Unlocked); Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship).
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