Ennovate Ventures
Ennovate Ventures is the investment advisory and venture building arm of Ennovate LLC. Our team of experts is continually on the lookout for qualified investments in promising startups, where we can potentially participate as Angel Investors. Our role ranges from assisting founders structure their ventures all the way to scaling up businesses across geographies and securing smart funding. We are pleased that Mr. Basem Abu Dagga has joined the Ennovate team to form and lead Ennovate Ventures.
Mr. Basem Abu Dagga
Over the past two decades, Basem’s drive for exhilarating challenges inspired him to take on regional roles across the GCC and North America in diverse sectors, but with an entrepreneurial drive fueling his passion in Education, Healthcare and RE. During his career, he was directly involved in exciting leadership, capital raising, PE / VC investments, operations, growth and executing strategy fully inspired in this challenging ecosystem. Basem invested and advised on deals worth of 300 M AED for private families, PE firms and other institutions. He was also active in the operational side advising on school improvements and development.
Basem recently launched the First Edtech focused venture studio in the Region, and has been an active angel investor and scale up advisor for many start ups.
After graduating from London Business School with an EMBA in strategy and finance, Basem spent the second half of his career leading private equity and investment advisory initiatives to capitalize on his ability to originate transactions and raise capital as well as advise on investment strategy and operational execution, coupled with his extensive network and relations in the region. His entrepreneurial spirit stretching beyond a decade was a foundation to launch over 6 new ventures including The Learning Curve Holdings, The Health Care Network, Tharaa Capital, Aster Club Global Partners and Catalyzers, to name a few.
Basem has recently been an active Mentor, Judge and Speaker in various local and international conferences and forums with a focus on PE/VC Healthcare, Education, and Real Estate Investments. He has lived through many startups and understands their challenges and their affinity to disruption through differentiated business models with an agile, highly motivated and determined team.
Basem is fluent in Arabic, and English and is a Canadian national who is passionate about the environment and creating value. He is also a Certified Master Scuba Diver Trainer, who enjoys exploring the underwater world.