Dany Farha

Dany grew up in Dubai and completed his education in London at Westminster School; he then studied statistics, computing, operations research, and economics at University College London.

Dany co-founded BECO Capital, a VC firm that provides early-stage growth capital and hands-on operational support to technology companies in the MENA region with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council area. 

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Prior to co-founding BECO Capital, Dany was a serial entrepreneur, building one of the largest business support services companies in the UAE before co-founding the region's largest jobsite, Bayt.com, from 2000 to 2010. 

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Dany still works very closely with Propertyfinder Group, the leading property portal in the MENA region, and is very excited to work with Swvl and Kitopi, which are exporting business model innovation from MENA to the world. 

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He started his career in London with 3 years at Lehman Brothers in fixed income.

Dany is a member of Class 24, serving his fellowship at BECO Capital; he is mentored by Managing Partner Yousef Hammad (Class 21) and Alex Bangash, Founder and CEO of Trusted Insight. Dany is a mentor to Kenza Lahlou at Outlierz in Morocco