Investing Profile

Karim Abdel-Ghaffar Plaza

InvestorVC
Founding Partner at Westerly Winds
hiro.capitalUnited Kingdom
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Merrill Lynch Network
87 CONNECTIONS
BlackRock Network
37 CONNECTIONS
BlackRock Network
37 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Santa Barbara Network
31 CONNECTIONS
UC Santa Barbara Network
29 CONNECTIONS
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$100K - $5.0M
$1.5M
2
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Aquabyte
Series BJul 2022$25M
$39M
Co-investors: Bucky Moore (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Greg Papadopoulos (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Greg Sands (Costanoa Ventures), Luis Bermejo (Alaya Capital), Claudio Barahona Jacobs (CVC Latam), Amit Mukherjee (Chainforest), Ian Pinnington (ArcTern Ventures)
LeaseLock
Series BFeb 2021$52M
$62M
Co-investors: Bryan Stolle (Wildcat Ventures), Constance Freedman (Moderne Ventures), Ryan McBride (RWT Horizons)
Founding Partner Westerly Winds2019 - Present
Board Member CoFiPresent
Board Member FrameplayPresent
Board Member LeaseLockPresent
Investor and Advisor Hiro CapitalPresent
Board Member ElviePresent
Board Member FishBrainPresent
Investor and Advisor Carbon CleanPresent
Advisor DSP Mutual FundPresent
Founding Member & Investment Director, BlackRock Family Office Partners BlackRockPresent
Asset Management Advisor - Vice President BlackRockPresent
Global Private Client Merrill LynchPresent
University of California, Santa Barbara Year Abroad Economics & Management
UC Santa Barbara Year Abroad Economics & Management
Greenwich High School Year Abroad Economics & Management
University of St Andrews Master of Arts Economics & Management
University of St Andrews Master of Letters with distinction Finance & Management