Venture Capital RUZGAR BARISIK | IFC / WORLD BANK Senior Investment Officer SPEAKER BIO RuzgarBarisik is co-head of IFC’s Consumer Internet practice and leads the organizations Venture Capital investments in Europe, Middle East & North Africa. Prior to IFC, Ruzgar was a Partner at GTI Group, a New York based private equity investment firm, where he led various investments and realizations in the US and India. Earlier in his career, Ruzgar was Director of Corporate Development at KCI, a diversified holding company. Ruzgar graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Mathematics and Economics and holds an MBA from the Columbia Business School. Ruzgar recently started Techemerge.org, an acceleration program for tech companies expanding into emerging markets. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Washington, USA IFC is the largest international development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries, and a part of the World Bank Group. Founded 1956 No of Employees 3,400+ Active Markets Global Key Portfolio Souq.com, Hepsiburada.com, Netshoes, Companies Lenskart, BigBasket, Global Fashion Group Notable Exits Yandex Fund Size $50bn Website ifc.org 71