Tech Talk Special
Start up, Scale up: A Venture Capital Focus on MENA

Tue, 11 June 2019, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
INSEAD Middle East Campus
Abu Dhabi

Miguel Lobo, Academic Director, INSEAD Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi

Katia Kachan, INSEAD MBA’16, Case writer

Philip Bahoshy, Founder of MAGNiTT

Vikas Aggarwal, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD

Kunal Kapoor, Founder & CEO, The Luxury Closet

Walid Mansour, Managing Partner/CIO, MEVP

Sharif El-Badawi, Partner, 500 Startups

Join us for a Tech Talk Special on venture capitalists in the MENA region and the journey of tech entrepreneur Kunal Kapoor MBA’08J, Founder and CEO of The Luxury Closet, a Middle East pre-owned luxury goods e-commerce marketplace.

The talk will be followed by an informal gathering at Coya Lounge – an opportunity to share ideas, expertise and stories.

AGENDA

6:30-6:35 PM Introductory remarks 

  • Miguel Lobo, Academic Director, INSEAD Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi
  • Katia Kachan, INSEAD MBA’16, Case writer

6:35-6:50 PM Overview of MENA Venture Investment 

6:50-7:20 PM Unlocking the Closet: VC & Global Expansion of a Middle East Pre-Owned Luxury Goods Marketplace 

7:20-8:00 PM A New Era for Venture Capital in the Middle East? 

8:00-8:30 PM Q&A

 

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