Yousef Hammad is Managing Partner and co-founder of BECO Capital, making him one of the earliest institutional VCs dedicated to technology startups in the MENA region with a mandate to back founders from seed through growth. He regularly appears as a judge at entrepreneurship festivals and on regional formats associated with Shark Tank Dubai, while also representing BECO in Arabic-language business media where he highlights Gulf-founded startup successes and the scale of the MENA opportunity.
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BECO Capital is the first non-governmental full-stack Gulf VC platform designed to fund founders from pre-seed to IPO through paired early-stage and growth funds, specifically targeting UAE and Saudi Arabia in sectors like fintech, proptech, and construction tech. The fund has backed multiple category-defining Gulf technology companies like Careem, Property Finder, and Kitopi very early, leading to unicorn exits and top-decile global venture performance while being recognized as a key architect of the modern MENA startup ecosystem.
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