Since co-founding A15, Karim has led several successful venture-builds and early-stage investments. At A15, he has helped several companies from ideation to exit, resulting in A15 being one of the best performing funds in the MENA region. He has recently led the exit process of several companies, including TPAY Mobile to Helios Investment Partners, the largest private investment firm in Africa, and Connect Ads to Aleph, the leading global reseller of digital advertisements. Both of these exits were “Dragon Exits”, meaning that A15’s proceeds from the sale of each investment returned multiples the value of the fund.
Karim is also a co-founder and Managing Partner at Accelero Capital, an evergreen private equity fund based in Cairo that invests in Europe and the MENA region. Most recently at Accelero, Karim has led the business development initiatives of Supernap Italia, a state-of-the-art data center that had facilities in Milan, Canada and Thailand. He then later managed their exit process to IPI Partners, one of the world’s largest private digital infrastructure portfolios focused on the hyperscale and enterprise markets.
Between June 2012 and September 2014, Karim was the Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Telecom Media & Technology S.A.E. Prior to that, he was the co-founder and CEO of LINKdotNET, the largest Internet Service Provider in the Middle East. Karim played a key role in the merger of Egypt's two largest ISPs that led to the formation of the company in 2000 and led the sale of LINKdotNET to Mobinil, Egypt's leading mobile operator. Karim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo in 1997.
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Fadi Antaki is an entrepreneur, venture builder, and investor with over 30 years of experience developing and scaling companies across the MENA region. He currently serves as a Partner at A15, where he supports founders across early- and growth-stage companies.
Previously, he was Managing Partner of A15 (2015–2019), overseeing a portfolio of 19 companies and contributing to the firm’s evolution into a lean, founder-centric venture capital platform. Over the years, A15’s portfolio has achieved nine notable exits, including TPay, Otlob, Connect Ads, and Link Development.
Prior to A15, Fadi served as Managing Director of ArpuPlus, a MENA-focused, telco-oriented digital services company, and later as CEO of Orascom Telecom Venture Group.
In 2020, he founded TFK.me, a curated digital fashion marketplace that collaborated with more than 200 brands and served over 135,000 customers.
Fadi also sits on the boards of several companies outside the A15 group, including Premium Card, one of Egypt’s leading BNPL platforms.
Beyond his business activities, he is actively involved in nonprofit initiatives, supporting three mission-driven organizations focused on serving families, youth, and the broader community.
Bassem joined A15 in 2022. Prior to A15, Bassem was an investment professional at Helios Investment Partners, the largest Africa-focused private investment firm that manages funds totaling $3.6 billion. Before joining Helios, Bassem was part of the Telecoms, Media and Technology Investment Banking team at J.P. Morgan in London. Bassem started his career with KPMG as part of the Advisory function.
Bassem holds a Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics and a Bachelors in Business Management from the Aston Business School.
Ahmed joined A15’s investment team in 2024. Before that, he worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group across four countries and six industries, focusing on market entry, growth, and operating model design.
Earlier in his career, he worked as a data science consultant at Synapse Analytics, building AI solutions such as a sales forecasting engine for a retailer, a credit scoring model for an NBFI, and an operations optimization tool for an FMCG company. He also was part of the growth team at Filkhedma, a home-services marketplace.
Ahmed holds a Master’s in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo and a Bachelor’s in Structural Engineering from the German University in Cairo.
