IM Capital at the Arabnet Beirut 9th edition
This year, just like every year, IM Capital was part of the Arabnet Beirut that took place from the 20th till the 22nd of February 2018 at the Habtoor Grand Hilton Hotel. IM Capital was an exhibitor with the rest of the Berytech Family exposing the varied services they offer to support entrepreneurs.
In fact, visitors got the chance to chat directly with the IM Capital team in order to know more about early-stage investing, matching capital, angel investing, venture mentoring and much more. In addition, our General Manager, was a speaker at the Angel Investing and Early Stage Support Networks panel along with Khaled Ismail, Chairman of HIMangel and Maan Eshgi, Partner at VentureSouq KSA, moderated by Malek Hammoud, Group Executive Director Strategy & Business Development of Zain.
Our Investment Manager Mrs. Corine Kiame was also participating in the the Ideathon competition as a jury member where 10 aspiring entrepreneurs had the chance to pitch their ideas in front the juries and crowd. The winners were: 1st Place Lemonade Fashion Entrepreneur – Arthur Bizdikian, Country – Lebanon Lemonade Fashion allows people to take complete control over their fashion by giving them a platform that has trendy, high quality, and custom-made designer pieces 2nd Place The Advisory Company Entrepreneur – Wael Khattar, Country – Lebanon White Label Roboadvisor Provider 3rd Place Ilham Entrepreneur – Mary Jo elAzzi, Country – Lebanon Ilham is a web platform designed to provide teachers with the necessary tools and tips to personalize their exams for dyslexic students. People’s Choice Award: YallaBus Entrepreneur – Ghassan Zughaib, Country – Lebanon YallaBus is the 1st bus assistant platform in Lebanon that aims to enhance, reshape and facilitate the use of public transformation in the country.
Arabnet Beirut 9th edition was a great success, bringing together more than 80 speakers and 1800 digital professionals and entrepreneurs to discuss the latest opportunities in web and mobile business. To know more about the event, click here.
