Startup Grind Ramallah Hosts Yadin Kaufmann (Sadara Ventures)

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Yadin Kaufmann, Sadara Ventures

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Yadin Kaufmann has been involved in venture capital since 1987. He co-founded Veritas, which leads investments in start-ups in Israel and Southeast US in 1990.

In 2011, Yadin co-founded Sadara Ventures, the first fund targeting investments in Palestinian technology companies.

Yadin founded and is Chairman of Tmura, a non-profit organization that solicits donations of equity from early-stage companies and donates the proceeds from ‘exit’ events to education- and youth-related charities.

Yadin received his B.A. from Princeton and M.A. and J.D. from Harvard, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

Agenda

5:00 Networking and Food
6:00 Fireside Chat
7:00 Networking

Hosted By Neda Morrar, Director of Startup Grind Ramallah

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Neda Morrar recently obtained her Executive MBA from Kellogg-Recanati at Tel Aviv University. She currently works at the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel Group), the leading telecom provider in Palestine where she was selected as one of the top 50 female telecom executives in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2012. She also volunteers at a startup called Yamsafer, an online travel website which enables travelers to book a huge inventory of Middle Eastern hotels online at discounted prices. Yamsafer is the first venture capital round to close in Palestine. Neda’s first exposure with the startup scene took place at a Ramallah Startup Weekend, and although her team didn’t win, Neda was excited and hooked. She is passionate about developing and engaging with the growing entrepreneurial community in Palestine. She currently lives in the West Bank town of Ramallah and loves to travel whenever possible. Twitter handle: @nedanews Linkedin profile: www.linkedin.com/in/nedamorrar/ Company name: www.paltelgroup.ps Company name: www.yamsafer.me
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Hosted By Peter Abualzolof, Director of Startup Grind Ramallah

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Peter Abualzolof graduated from the University of San Diego and started his career with PepsiCo. He left in 2011 to move back to San Francisco to work at a marketing technology startup. The Startup life was a better career fit and in November 2013, he left to purse bigger opportunities within the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem of Palestine. He is currently based in Ramallah, Palestine managing Palestine’s first accelerator, FastForward.
Email: pabualzolof@startupgrind.com

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