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Amir Farha

Amir Farha has been actively investing in MENA since 2008.  He is the founder of COTU Ventures, a leading seed stage VC firm with a mission to transform the culture of venture investing in the Middle East by investing early (first check) and with conviction on people. Amir was previously co-founder and Managing Partner at BECO Capital (backers of Kitopi, Careem, SWVL, Property Finder, Fresha, Tribal Credit and others), where he helped raise, manage and deploy 2 successful funds ($200m+ in AUM) from 2012 to 2020. Amir is also a Kauffman Fellow and holds a BSc in Computer Information Systems and an MSc in Management from the University of Bath.

You can also find him on twitter @afarha or medium.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirfarha/