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Jonathan Doerr

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SVP Venture Building at Disrupt.com

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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About

Jonathan Doerr is Senior Vice President of Venture Building at Disrupt.com, where he oversees the design, staffing, and scaling of AI-native companies across sectors including e-commerce, fintech, and health. He previously served as Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria at Rocket Internet, which became a NYSE-listed company, and as Co-CEO of Daraz, an e-commerce platform operating in five South Asian markets that Alibaba acquired in 2018. He also founded Smileneo, a licensed direct-to-consumer teledentistry platform in the GCC region, which was acquired by India's makeO in 2023.

Experience

  1. Disrupt.comSenior Vice Presidentcurrent2025 — presentDubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
  2. AntlerPartner2023 — 2025Middle East
  3. SmileneoFounder & CEO2019 — 2023Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  4. DarazCo-Founder & Co-CEO2015 — 2019South Asia
  5. Jumia NigeriaCo-Founder & Managing Director2013 — 2015Lagos, Nigeria
  6. Otto GroupProject Manager - Corporate Strategy and Development (E-Commerce)2012 — 2013Hamburg
  7. WELLENMACHERFounder & CEO2004 — 2012
  8. Ludwig-Maximilians Universität MünchenScientific Assistant at Institute for Information Systems and New Media2008 — 2011Munich

Skills & more

EntrepreneurshipStart-upsE-commerceMarketing Strategy41Artificial Intelligence (AI)Venture CapitalInvestingEarly Stage Investment3FundraisingEarly-Stage StartupsGrowth HackingOnline Marketing47
+12 moreBusiness StrategyDigital MarketingOnline AdvertisingProject ManagementManagement ConsultingWeb AnalyticsProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentMENAVenture BuildingRocket InternetHealth Tech

Languages English · German

From Jonathan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Disrupt.com

Aaqib Gadit
Founding Partner at Disrupt.com
Abdul Rafay Gadit
Co-founder - ZIGChain, Partner at Disrupt.com
Alemsah Ozturk
Chief Storyteller at Disrupt.com
Ali Samir Oosman
SVP - Strategy, Partnerships & Investments at Disrupt.com
Ammar Gadit
Co-founder - AutoOS, Partner at Disrupt.com
Anderson
Team Strategist at LPI Finance
Aqib Zafar
Director Product at Disrupt.com
Arqam Gadit
Co-founder - AutoOS, Partner at Disrupt.com

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonathan Doerr?
Jonathan Doerr is Senior Vice President of Venture Building at Disrupt.com, where he oversees the design, staffing, and scaling of AI-native companies across sectors including e-commerce, fintech, and health. He previously served as Managing Director of Jumia Nigeria at Rocket Internet, which became a NYSE-listed company, and as Co-CEO of Daraz, an e-commerce platform operating in five South Asian markets that Alibaba acquired in 2018. He also founded Smileneo, a licensed direct-to-consumer teledentistry platform in the GCC region, which was acquired by India's makeO in 2023.
Where does Jonathan Doerr work?
Jonathan Doerr is SVP Venture Building at Disrupt.com.
Where did Jonathan Doerr go to school?
Jonathan Doerr studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Doctor (PhD), Business Administration); Baruch College (Visiting PhD); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Master of Business Research, Business Administration).

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