Investment Manager

Mena Moonshots Investment is a Dubai-based early-stage investment firm backing startups in sustainability and the circular economy across the MENA region.

Highlights

• Sourced and evaluated 50+ early-stage venture opportunities across sustainability and circular economy sectors, running financial, commercial, and market due diligence on deals with a typical US$2M ticket size — from first founder call to final investment recommendation
• Owned the deal pipeline end-to-end: conducted 70+ founder meetings, executed 50+ NDAs, and supported two term sheet negotiations, coordinating time-sensitive workstreams across outreach, evaluation, and portfolio support
• Prepared 9 Investment Committee presentations (5 new investment assessments and 4 quarterly portfolio reviews), building the financial models, valuation analyses, investment memoranda, and market research behind each decision
• Monitored 8 portfolio companies against financial and operational KPIs, producing performance reports and supporting strategic initiatives — including candidate screening for portfolio hires and a cost-optimization strategy that cut one company's recurring expenses by AED 60,000 a year