THE MIDDLE EAST’S

1. Mahmoud Adi; Shane Shin

Company: Shorooq Partners
Designation: Founding Partners
Nationality: Emirati; Canadian-Korean
Headquarters: U.A.E.
Established: 2017

Shorooq Partners has backed many notable startups, including Pure Harvest, TruKKer, Tamara, Sarwa, and Breadfast. Adi is also a cofounder of Pure Harvest. He was previously the CEO of Hub71, and he worked at Mubadala Investment Company for 10 years. Shin previously held roles at UBS, TD Securities, and GlobalFoundries, a Mubadala subsidiary.