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Yehia Abouelwafa

Investor

Partner & Chief Investment Officer at DisrupTech Ventures

Egypt

About

Yehia Abouelwafa is Co-Founder and Partner at DisrupTech Ventures, with over 20 years of investment experience spanning corporate finance advisory, M&A banking, private equity, and venture capital. Before DisrupTech, he served as Chief Investment Officer at MNT-Halan Investments in the Netherlands. He was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Yale's Department of Economics and holds a B.A. in Accounting & Finance from the American University in Cairo, along with an M.B.A. and an M.A.M. from Yale School of Management and IE Business School.

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Experience

  1. DisrupTech VenturesCo-Founder and Partnercurrent2021 — present
  2. MNT-HalanChief Investment Officer2020 — 2021Netherlands
  3. Kibo Capital PartnersBoard Member2018 — 2020
  4. Kibo Capital PartnersAdvisory Committee Member - The Kibo Fund II2017 — 2020
  5. Nile Development & InvestmentChief Investment Officer2017 — 2020
  6. Yale University - Department of EconomicsGraduate Teaching Fellow for Corporate Finance & Intermediate Macroeconomics2014 — 2015New Haven, Connecticut
  7. Misr Capital Investments S.A.EDirector of Private Equity2010 — 2013
  8. Prime HoldingDeputy Head of Investment Banking2010
  9. Qatar First Bank (QFB)Associate - Private Equity2009 — 2010
  10. Rasmala Investment Bank LtdVice President2008 — 2009
  11. PwCSenior Consultant - Corporate Finance2004 — 2008

Education

  1. Yale School of ManagementMaster in Advanced Management (MAM)2014 — 2015
  2. IE Business SchoolMaster in Business Administration (MBA)2013 — 2014
  3. The American University in CairoBachelor of Arts (BA), Accounting & Finance
  4. UCLAExchange Student

Skills & more

Private Equity48Corporate Finance69Investment Banking38Financial Modeling42Valuation32Mergers & Acquisitions19Financial Analysis42Finance28Investments14Emerging Markets9Due Diligence14Portfolio Management10
+4 moreEquitiesDerivativesBusiness DevelopmentStrategic Planning

Languages Arabic · English · French · Spanish

From Yehia's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Yale School of Management128

Sanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesAustin KwounAnalyst at .406 VenturesNate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsGabby CazeauInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersRobert BettigoleManaging Partner at Elm Street Ventures

+ 122 more

Also attended IE Business School196

Borja FernándezGeneral Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupGabriel FarmeInvestor at Graphene VenturesHayata TokizawaVice President at Fin CapitalIñaki ArrolaInvestor at KfundCarina SzpilkaInvestor at KfundCaroline PhippsSenior Associate at True Beauty Ventures

+ 190 more

Also attended The American University in Cairo55

Amira AminChief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI VenturesAniqua BokhariLegal Counsel at Red Cell IncubationLeslie HarwellCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Alante CapitalSaud AbbasiAdvisor at Autotech VenturesJomana HeibaSr. Investment Analyst at DisrupTech VenturesHady BarrySenior Investment Associate at Ventures Platform

+ 49 more

Also attended UCLA476

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 470 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Yale University - Department of Economics106

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateStacey HeroInvestor at Third Rock VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCSallie KimInvestor at 8VCPaul CoyerVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsMax WebsterFounder at Hivemind Ventures, Llc

+ 100 more

Also worked at PwC1,079

David PhuController at Felicis VenturesTianen LiangTax Controller at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersAne Tolnes HaugdalInvestor at InvestinorEgilInvestor at Investinor

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Colleagues at DisrupTech Ventures

Fouad Rakha
Investment Associate at DisrupTech Ventures
Habiba ElSayed
Investor Comms & PR Manager at DisrupTech Ventures
Ines Hassan
Junior Investment Analyst at DisrupTech Ventures
Jomana Heiba
Sr. Investment Analyst at DisrupTech Ventures
Malek Sultan
Partner at DisrupTech Ventures
Marwan Mowafi
Investment Analyst at DisrupTech Ventures
Mohamed Okasha
Managing Partner at DisrupTech Ventures
Sherihan Mostafa
Office Manager at DisrupTech Ventures