Dubai, United Arab Emirates
With over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, I have co-founded and led multiple start-ups in various sectors and regions, such as hospitality, education, fintech, and proptech. My core competencies include start-up strategy, fundraising, business development, and product management. I am passionate about creating innovative solutions that address real-world problems and improve people's lives. Currently, I am the co-founder of Deskimo, a Y Combinator-backed start-up that provides on-demand access to work desks at professionally managed workspaces across Asia and the Middle East. At Deskimo, I oversee the overall vision, strategy, and growth of the company, as well as the product development and user experience. I work closely with our team of engineers, designers, marketers, and operations managers to deliver a seamless and flexible service that caters to the needs of the hybrid workforce. Since our launch in March 2021, we have expanded to five markets, secured a USD 3M seed funding round, and partnered with hundreds of workspaces and thousands of users. I leverage my skills and expertise in start-up strategy, fundraising, business development, and product management to drive Deskimo's success and impact.
GuestReady is one of the leading urban short-term rental management companies globally. Headquartered in Switzerland, GuestReady is managing large portfolios of properties in 50+ cities in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. GuestReady has made a series of acquisitions to date: - 2025: Azores Casa, Lightbooking - 2022: GaiaBnb, Exelis Conciergerie, AYS Madeira Property Management - 2021: The Porto Concierge - 2019: BnbLord - 2018: Oporto City Flats, We Stay In Paris - 2017: Easy Rental Services GuestReady has won numerous awards over the years, most notably the Swiss Economic Award in 2021. We have raised around USD 20M in funding to date. The pre-Seed round was led by Swiss Founders Fund, the Seed round by Impulse VC, the Series A round was co-led between VentureSouq and Impulse VC.
SFF Studio is an AI-first venture studio backed by Swiss Founders Fund, focused on building and scaling AI-native startups together with exceptional venture builders, founders, and operators.
Swiss Founders Fund (SFF) is a Swiss-based seed and early-stage venture capital fund with investments in 50+ companies across various industries and geographies. We back ambitious founders by providing access to our network of partners, investors, and potential clients, as well as operational expertise gained from launching and scaling companies globally. Standout portfolio companies include sygnum.com, everphone.de, guestready.com, stakingrewards.com, yhangry.com, inspektai.com, candy.ai, and coachbetter.com. For a more extensive list of portfolio companies, please visit sff.vc. We successfully exited gotcourts.com (where I served as a board member from 2016-2021) to Playtomic, getbring.com to Swiss Post, careloop.de to Klett Verlag, airconsole.com to KPIT, and Skylink to Amadeus. Limited Partner (LP) in various funds, including Polychain Capital's Fund I, Ventures II, Ventures III, and Ventures IV; Hack VC's Seed Fund II and Fund IV; Pioneer Fund's AF24, AF25, and AF26; and Orange Collective's Fund I. Venture Partner in Pioneer Fund's Fund III. Previously served as an Investment Committee (IC) member at Watheeq's W Proptech Fund. Advisor and board member across multiple portfolio companies.
Deskimo is a leading workspace aggregator across Asia, offering on-demand access to professionally managed desks and workspaces in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, the UAE, and Switzerland. We help companies enable flexible, hybrid work - giving teams the freedom to work productively from great spaces, wherever they are. Founded in Y Combinator’s S21 batch, Deskimo raised a $3M Seed round backed by Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Pioneer Fund, and others. 🚀 Power your hybrid workforce. Get started with the Deskimo app: https://deskimo.me/now
Mindprep Verlags AG, known for its product brands 'KKarten' and 'Uniseminar', rebranded as ready.ch in 2024. ready.ch is Switzerland’s leading study aid platform, providing students nationwide with high-quality learning tools. Our offerings include an advanced e-learning platform, digital and physical flashcards, and in-person seminars, designed to make studying more effective and accessible.
A boutique advisory focused on bridging traditional industries with emerging technologies. Early investors in projects including Filecoin, Quantstamp, Blockstack, SingularityNET, Hedera Hashgraph, Ocean Protocol, Origin Protocol, Urbit, and others. At Firstchain Group, I also co-founded and led HODL Pte Ltd in Singapore. From 2017 to 2023, we invested in a broad portfolio of crypto startups globally. HODL returned invested capital at a MOIC of over 2x and was wound down at the end of 2023.