Habib Haddad

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Mr. Habib Haddad is the Managing Partner of E14 Fund Management. He serves as an Advisor at Amino Labs. He serves as a Board Member for Themis AI. He serves as Board Member at Foundation EGI. He serves as a Board Observer at ThruWave. He serves as a Board Member at Sociata. He serves as a Board Observer at Overjet. He served as a Board Member at MarchTx. He is also a Co-Founder at Yamli. He serves as a Faculty Advisor at Xfund. He served as a Board Member at Zoomaal. He served as Managing Partner and Media Arm, Program, and Advisory Services at Wamda Capital. He is behind the original idea behind Yamli, and today drives Yamli's vision of empowering the Arabic language and users on the web. His responsibilities span from product strategy and design to business development. The World Economic Forum recently recognized him as a Young Global Leader for 2009. Prior to Yamli, he worked as a senior engineer at ATI (later acquired by AMD); and before that, he was part of the early engineering team at Mok3 (now EveryScape), a startup out of the MIT CSAIL lab. He co-founded INLET (International Network of Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Technologists), an organization geared towards promoting entrepreneurship and leadership for the Arab world in general and Lebanon in particular. He also founded Relief Lebanon, a grassroots effort aimed at supporting relief operations in Lebanon during the July 2006 war. Relief Lebanon was featured in the "101 Stories to Tell" initiative by the UNDP in February 2009. He often speaks about early-stage development and entrepreneurship and has spoken at venues such as the Harvard Business School, Boston College, and the American University of Beirut. He currently sits on the advisory board of Meedan, a non-profit startup that aims to enable cross-cultural dialogs online. He serves as a Board Member at Kiwi Technologies. He is a significant figure in the entrepreneurial and investment arena, particularly known for his role as the Founding Managing Partner of the E14 Fund, which is affiliated with the MIT Media Lab. was involved in multiple startups both in Boston and the Middle East. He has a legacy of fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems, evident from his tenure as the founding CEO of Wamda from 2012 to 2016, a platform aimed at accelerating entrepreneurship across the MENA region 3 . Moreover, he has been a co-founder of several tech companies including Yamli, which had its technology licensed by Yahoo! in 2012, and YallaStartup among others 4 . Throughout his career, he has worn many hats including that of an advisor, board member, and board observer at various organizations, showcasing his multifaceted involvement in the startup and investment sectors. For instance, he has served as an advisor at Amino Labs, a board observer at ThruWave and Overjet, and a board member at Sociata and MarchTx 5 . Born in 1980, he continues to be a driving force in the venture capital and entrepreneurial landscapes, with his current focus being the growth and success of startups emerging from the MIT Media Lab community through the E14 Fund. He holds a Bachelor of Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University in Beirut and a Master in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.