Masri Hamed

Hamed joined Silicon Badia as a Partner, following a career as a repeat co-founder, venture builder, operator, and growth-capital specialist.
As a co-founder of Sequence Labs, Hamed worked with dozens of growth-stage founders across the MENA region, leading strategy, financial structuring, and growth capital planning.
He is particularly proud of his work as a co-founder of robu.io, an Enterprise SaaS venture that aimed at disrupting the fractional-CFO space.
After several pivots, Hamed co-founded Factura, a B2B Fintech startup providing SMEs with access to finance Hamed’s sectoral expertise extends to growth stage (Series A/B) ventures in the Edtech space.
Having served as CFO to both Luminus Education (Jordan) and iTutor (US), Hamed gained global exposure that set the stage for his involvement with BLDR Ventures.
At BLDR, he focused on building MENA’s next wave of startups shaping the region’s Future of Work and Future of Learning.
Hamed is also a partner at ifada.io – a fellowship promoting fintech co-founders and first-time fund managers.
He started his career with UBS’ Leveraged Finance team and received his BSc from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.