Noor Sweid, an incredible woman with a phenomenal record of achievement and business success. Noor was recognized in the World’s Top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes, Arabian Business 100 Most Powerful Arab Women list, and has received the Arab Woman Award for Finance
Today, she’s the managing partner at Global Ventures, one of the most prominent VC funds in the MENA region and that focuses in growth stage startups in tech.
Prior to founding Global Ventures, Noor joined her family business back in 2005, and only within a few years managed to scale up the size of that business by 10 folds, and led it to an IPO on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai - achieving over a billion+ dollars in valuation.
Managing her family business did not stop Noor from pursuing an entrepreneurial venture “on the side”, which ended up growing into one of the largest chains of Yoga and Pilates in the region.
An extremely exciting conversation covering several topics and fronts including: