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About & Work

Multiple Hats

The roles I hold come from the same practice: building, evaluating and supporting ideas with founders.

Backing founders

Investor

My personal investment record spans 1,200+ startup investments and 13 exits. I bring a builder’s perspective to the companies and founders I support.

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Hesham Zreik

Building companies

Entrepreneur

I founded ZGroup Mobile in 2002 and FasterCapital in 2014. Both companies grew from a commitment to turn technical ideas into useful work.

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FasterCapitalZGroup Mobile

Working alongside founders

Mentor

I work with founders on product decisions, business models and fundraising, drawing on experience in building companies and investing.

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Hesham Zreik

Evaluating ideas

Judge

I evaluate startup pitches and give practical feedback on the business, technology and potential presented.

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Hesham Zreik

Thinking in code

Technologist

Programming has been part of my work since I began at twelve on a Casio fx-3600P. It still informs how I build software and assess technology.

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Putting ideas into words

Author

I write stories and books, as well as reflections on technology, entrepreneurship and the ideas that stay with me.

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A professional community

LinkedIn influencer

I am a LinkedIn influencer with 73,000 followers.

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Hesham Zreik

Startup competitions

Judging & expert panels

I assess startup ideas through their problem, technology, business model and team. These selected event records list my role on judging panels or expert boards.

All events below were held online. Regions identify the competition’s focus, rather than a physical venue.

  1. Expert board

    Industry Agnostic Unicorn Battle

    GlobalOnline

    Event record

  8. Judge

    Unicorn Battle

    Middle East & AfricaOnline

    Event record

These roles overlap. They give me different ways to contribute to founders, companies and conversations about technology.

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