BOOSTMENA 2017: we have liftoff!

BECO Capital
BECO Capital
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2 min readNov 5, 2017

On November 1st, 2017, BECO welcomed MENA’s investor community in a one-day event that brought together some of the most exciting speakers and minds from across the world to talk tech investing. Here are some highlights from BOOSTMENA 2017!

Ready for Liftoff!
Ready for Liftoff!
Dany Farha, CEO, BECO, welcomes guests at BOOSTMENA 2017
Dany Farha, CEO, BECO, welcomes guests at BOOSTMENA 2017
David Rowan, Editor at Large, WIRED Magazine (UK) at BOOSTMENA 2017
David Rowan, Editor at Large, WIRED Magazine (UK) at BOOSTMENA 2017
Jef Harbach, CEO, Kauffman Fellows at BOOSTMENA 2017
Jeff Harbach, President & CEO, Kauffman Fellows at BOOSTMENA 2017
Alex Bangash, Founder, Trusted Insight at BOOSTMENA 2017
Alex Bangash, Founder, Trusted Insight at BOOSTMENA 2017
Nico Berman, VP of Advertising & Partner, Mercado Libre & KaszeK with Yousef Hammad, Managing Partner, BECO at BOOSTMENA 2017
Nico Berman, VP of Advertising & Partner, Mercado Libre & KaszeK with Yousef Hammad, Managing Partner, BECO at BOOSTMENA 2017
Transport panel
Nicolas Brusson, CEO, BlaBlaCar, Luc Vincent, VP Engineering, Lyft, Magnus Olsson, Co-founder & Managing Director, Careem moderated by David Rowan, Editor-at-large, WIRED UK at BOOSTMENA 2017
Nicolas Brusson, CEO, BlaBlaCar at BOOSTMENA 2017
Nicolas Brusson, CEO, BlaBlaCar at BOOSTMENA 2017
Magnus Olsson, Co-founder & Managing Director, Careem at BOOSTMENA 2017
Magnus Olsson, Co-founder & Managing Director, Careem at BOOSTMENA 2017
Tim Nuy, CEO, MyBucks, brought to you by Arqaam Capital, at BOOSTMENA 2017
Tim Nuy, CEO, MyBucks, brought to you by Arqaam Capital, at BOOSTMENA 2017
Junaid Wahedna, Founder and CEO, Wahed Invest at BOOSTMENA 2017
Junaid Wahedna, Founder and CEO, Wahed Invest at BOOSTMENA 2017
In your backyard
Khalfan Belhoul, CEO, Dubai Future Accelerator, Abdulrahman Tarabzouni, CEO & Managing Director, STV, Abdulrahman Addas, Chief Corporate Development Officer, Majid Al Futtaim, moderated by Sonia Weymuller, Partner, VentureSouq at BOOSTMENA 2017

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BECO Capital
BECO Capital

The leading MENA VC, investing in technology companies from the seed stage onwards