Investing Profile

Karim Abdel-Ghaffar Plaza

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Founding Partner at Westerly Winds
hiro.capitalUnited Kingdom
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Merrill Lynch Network
287 CONNECTIONS
BlackRock Network
130 CONNECTIONS
BlackRock Network
130 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Santa Barbara Network
108 CONNECTIONS
UC Santa Barbara Network
82 CONNECTIONS
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$100K - $5.0M
$1.5M
2
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Aquabyte
Series BJul 2022$25M
$39M
Co-investors: Greg Papadopoulos (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Greg Sands (Costanoa Ventures), Bucky Moore (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), 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), Ryan McBride (Redwood Trust, Inc.), Constance Freedman (Moderne Ventures)
Founding Partner Westerly Winds2019 - Present
Board Member FishbrainPresent
Global Private Client Merrill LynchPresent
Asset Management Advisor - Vice President BlackRockPresent
Founding Member & Investment Director, BlackRock Family Office Partners BlackRockPresent
Advisor DSP Mutual FundPresent
Investor and Advisor Carbon CleanPresent
Board Member FishBrainPresent
Board Member ElviePresent
Investor and Advisor Hiro CapitalPresent
Board Member LeaseLockPresent
Board Member FrameplayPresent
Board Member CoFiPresent
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
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