Vera Futorjanski, a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and an LP in a VC Fund in Africa.

Vera is the Founder and CEO of Veritas Ventures, a global advisory firm; and Founder and CEO of Beyond, a curated community for female leaders. Previously,she was with the Venture Capital firm 500Global in charge of the Middle East. Prior to that, Vera was part of the core team at the Dubai Future Foundation,part of the Prime Ministers’ Office of the United Arab Emirates, working on various innovation projects. Before that Vera was with Rocket Internet and hadco-founded one of Rocket’s first startups in the UAE. Prior to that Vera worked in the European Union.

She is part of the Expert Group on Digital Platforms and Ecosystems for the World Economic Forum, an Innovation Expert at the UN, and a Responsible Leader at the BMW Foundation. Vera is a Venture Partner with the Founder Institute and their Advisor for the GCC. She sits on the advisory board of the IBM accelerator and is a mentor with Techstars, Respond, e7, and many other global accelerators and incubators.

Vera is a Global Ambassador at Vital Voices and is a big advocate for women empowerment and specifically for women in technology.

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