Constantin Salameh
Founder & Managing Partner
Over 40 years of experience helping boards & founders of innovative ventures & social enterprises scale, access grant/debt/equity funding, and accelerate their financial & social value creation in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
- MD of HP Financial Services in EMEA and Asia Pacific (1984-2003)
- CEO of Private Investment Groups in EMEA (2003-2015) including Al-Ghurair Investments and ETA
- Investment & Board Advisor to Stanford Seed companies in West & East Africa (2015-2023)
- Board Member & Advisor to several institutions including Berytech VC Funds, Yaro PE Fund, Debbaneh Agri Group, ABC, CCHO, Nyaho Group, EHS Group, Bedayati, ISON Group, Ashesi University & GreenWheels Africa.
- Head of Investments for the USAID-funded WE4F Program with Berytech in MENA, targeting 35 innovative social enterprises (2020-2023) providing them with TA & Investment Readiness services and grants.
- Debt & Equity investor in several firms including Joissam, Emigoh, Optique & Vision, BioCorn, K2Farms, CCHO, Nyaho Group, FabridAid, Serenity and Ground Vertical Farming and in two Seeders Business Angels Funds investing in and scaling innovative firms.
- Investment Advisor & Mentor to startups in leading accelerators (Agrytech, CleanTech, HealthTech & ImpactRise) with Berytech, AUB and USJ (2017-2023)
- Engineering Degrees from King’s College London (B.Eng) and MIT (M.Eng) , MBA (International Finance) from
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Strategic Finance Diploma from IMD - Grateful son, husband, father, grandfather and friend for all the gifts and life experiences received
