Venture Capital HALA FADEL | LEAP VENTURES Founder & Managing Partner SPEAKER BIO Hala co-founded Leap ventures in 2014 and has been a Managing partner with the firm since then. She has 20 years of experience in finance and entrepreneurship. She has been a portfolio manager for 12 years in European Equities at Comgest. Prior to that, she started Booleo, a telecom software business, later acquired as an internal solution by a client. Hala started her career in 1996 at Merril Lynch in London in mergers and acquisition. She is the founder and chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the pan-Arab region, an organization that promotes entrepreneurship and organises, among other things, the MIT Arab start-up competition since 2006. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Beirut, Lebanon Leap Ventures is a growth stage Venture Capital firm in the Middle East and North Africa, based out of Beirut and Dubai. Leap Ventures looks to make investments in innovation &technology startups from the MENA region that have reached the series B stage: startups Office Locations Beirut that have established a market presence and are seeking to dramatically accelerate their global market penetration and commercialization. Founded 2014 Leap Ventures seeks to maximize the returns to its limited partners within the risk profile of Venture Capital. No of Employees 10 Active Markets MENA and mediterranean Key Portfolio Blockchainiz.io, UTURN Entertainment Companies Fund Size $20m Website leap.vc 84