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Adwa Aldakheel
Founder & CEO
Falak Investment Hub
The Art of Fundraising for Early Stage Startups
CODE Stage
Thursday, March 07, 2024 12:50 - 13:30
Panel
Adwa is an author, musician, pilot, diver, entrepreneur and investor and the Founder and CEO of Falak Investment Hub and Founder of Ns3a Recruitment Software - Falak’s vision is to enable, develop, and invest in the unicorn startups of the MENA, and Ns3a’s vision is to hire fast and hire right using personality analysis and skill-employment. Adwa has been listed in Forbes Middle East 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen and Gulf Business 100 Most Powerful Arabs list, and she is the President of the Saudi Teqball Federation, a board member of the Saudi Squash Federation, an author of the best-selling Arabic book “Alzibda” and “Proven Billionaires’ Formula”, a board member in 3 growth-stage startups, an investor in 33 technology startups in the MENA, and an advisor to 9 growth-stage startups along with a Masters holder from MBSC & Babson Global & a Diploma Holder from Harvard Business School in specialization of Entrepreneurship & Innovation. From the age of 16, Adwa entered the public equities market and while in college won first-place as the first Saudi in 3 Capital Trading Market competitions from TD Bank across New England universities. After returning to Saudi Arabia, Adwa focused on venture capital and angel-investments and launched Falak Investment Hub which ran the first investment-backed acceleration program in KSA and was ranked the number 1 accelerator in the Kingdom by the SME Authority and the most innovative investment management firm by the Global Business Outlook. Adwa’s vision is to exceed personal potentials and to invest in change-makers by investing in early and growth stage companies.