2017 Viridis Investment Fund - Fondation Diane in collaboration with Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production

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1 BEIRUT EDITION 2017 Viridis Investment Fund - Fondation Diane in collaboration with Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production

2 ABOUT THE PROGRAM The SwitchMed initiative is a regional program made up of several components financed by the European Union. SwitchMed is implemented by means of the combined efforts of the European Union, the UNIDO, the UNEP/MAP, the SCP/RAC and the UNEP-DTIE. The global objective of the SwitchMed initiative is to facilitate the transition towards more Sustainable patterns of Consumption and Production in the southern region of the Mediterranean. The countries covered by the program are Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. Viridis Investment Fund (VIF) - Fondation Diane was selected by SwitchMed to organize a public event titled Green Start-ups Meet Investors Elevator Pitch. ORGANIZED BY The Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC) is a centre for international cooperation with Mediterranean countries on development and innovation in the production sector and civil society, based on more sustainable consumption and production models. IMPLEMENTED BY Viridis Investment Fund (VIF) provides financial & operational support exclusive to green startups and SMEs in Lebanon. FUNDED BY UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF The Ministry of Environment moe.gov.lb

3 AGENDA 27 TH NOVEMBER, 2017 Beirut Digital District :00 16:30 REGISTRATION OPENING SESSION Ms. Diana Fadel President & Founder, Fondation Diane Representative from the Ministry of Environment Dr. Claudia Pani Project Manager, SwitchMed at SCP/RAC 16:45 17:45 18:00 19:00 ELEVATOR PITCH SESSION Jury panel: Ms. Diana Fadel Ms. Corine Kiame Ms. Michelle Mouracade Mr. Fadi Naffah COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING SPEED MENTORSHIP KEY MESSAGES WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT of a free participation to the SwitchMed Connect 2018 in Barcelona contest.

4 STARTUP TA GROUP GREEN GREY GreenGrey is the GREEN Label of TAGROUP; a pioneer contractor specialized in design/build that have been introducing innovative technologies in Lebanon since GreenGrey identifies solutions related to green buildings. It also recognizes marketing of products and systems that help reducing construction s impact on both human and the environment. Hence, GreenGrey can be part of an overall strategy to get green certified construction projects. SECTOR Resource efficiency and sustainable waste management CEO Hassan Saab BSc. in Civil Engeering DEPUTY CEO Soulafa Saab BSc. in Management and Business Administration

5 STARTUP BASMA FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Basma Apple-West Bekaa farms is an innovative, dynamic and socially responsible company determined to give a healthy food choice to their customers (olives, wheat, wine grapes, etc.). It is a family business owned by the Nahas family. After the apple crisis in Lebanon in 2015, the company decided to have a new strategy and focus more on optimizing the processes used in agriculture. The strategy is to rely more on the economy of scale and grow more complementary crops to apples within the same orchard surface. The new crops will improve the soil and increase the global revenue. On the other side, they will be adding a packaging center along with a solar system to provide electricity to the new cold room they are adding and switch the irrigation system from fuel to solar system (100% saving of fuel). All the small apples are processed to become agri-foods products. As a Lebanese producer, they work towards building a better Lebanese image abroad for ouragricultural products. SECTOR Organic and sustainable agriculture FOUNDER Maurice Nahas Farmer GENERAL MANAGER Marie Nahas International Business Expert ADVISOR Amal Nahas Certified Environmental Expert

6 STARTUP EASY WALL EASY WALL is blocks made from recycled plastic bottles. One block is made of 60 recycled plastic bottles. These colored blocks with 20 x 20 cm dimension, are easy to build similar to Lego. Due to the transparency of the plastic materials, LED lighting is installed between the EASY WALL blocks. Architects and engineers can use these blocks for interior walls and furniture design. The team of EASY WALL aims to provide a creative design product while achieving recycling of 1 million kilograms of plastic by SECTOR Resource efficiency and sustainable waste management FOUNDER Marwan Sfeir Architect TECHNICAL SUPPORT Elio Hobeika Civil engineer BUSINESS SUPPORT Samer Sfeir Social entrepreneur

7 STARTUP FABRIC AID FABRICAID.ME FabricAID collects clothes from academic institutions, businesses, municipalities and NGOs. For every kilogram of clothes donated, 0.5$ is forwarded to a charity of the donor s choice. The collected clothes are aggregated at our warehouse where they are graded, sorted and cleaned to be sold at extremely affordable prices to marginalized communities through thrift shops. Struggling youth are employed at FabricAid s shops where they learn all necessary skills and get a portion of the revenues. Our goal is to offer under privileged people good quality clothing at affordable prices and help Lebanon to reach zero fabric waste. SECTOR Resource efficiency and sustainable waste management CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Hussam Hanouni CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Omar Itani

8 STARTUP SMART BUS STOP LEBANONBUSES.COM Smart Bus Stops or SBS is a social, environmental and business -oriented start-up project. SBS was founded by 3 young passionate engineers who aim to improve the public transportation system in Lebanon. After careful consideration, it was realized that the largest volume of traffic was found to come from busses. The SBS can not only fix traffic, roads, and transportation means issues, but it can also build a stronger community, encourage communication amongst citizens, and bring people together. We have currently implemented 4 bus stops in Beit Mery and renovating 4 more, and 2 upcoming ones in Amchit. This project has a great environmental impact where it is reducing pollution and reducing electrical consumption. SECTOR Sustainable mobility FOUNDER Charbel El Hajj Sustainable Architect FOUNDER Ralph El Hajj Civil & Environmental Engineer FOUNDER Rodrigue Haibi Electrical Engineer

9 STARTUP INNOVATING GREEN TECHNOLOGY PRO-SHIELD PRO-Shield is an innovative covering mechanism mounted on the solar water heater regardless of its size, type, and brand, protecting it against the hazardous effects of the overheating problem and hence enhancing the renewable energy reliability and efficiency. Upon our continuous testing on our testing unit at AUB since 16 months, PRO-Shield proved its capability of increasing the solar water heater life-span by 30% and efficiency by 40%. PRO-Shield is capable of: Prevent loss and evaporation of water, thus saving our vital resource. Increasing solar water heaters efficiency, through preventing the overusing solar collectors Prolonging the solar water heaters lifespan, allowing its functioning for years Protecting solar water heaters against damages of the valves, collectors, or the expansion tank Decreases the maintenance cost of the solar water heaters SECTOR Renewable energy FOUNDER Haytham Dbouk Electrical and Computer Engineer

10 STARTUP INOXHELLAS INOXHELLAS.COM Inoxhellas is a municipality management software for implementing and controlling all municipalities operations urban planning, waste management, and waste water treatment. Also, the software will help the municipality to control construction licenses and to follow-up the ongoing projects. SECTOR Renweable energy FOUNDER Fouad Yehia Civil Engineer

11 STARTUP LEBANON BUSES LEBANONBUSES.COM Lebanon Buses is a platform that will try to reform the public transportation system in Lebanon. Drivers will register their paths and passengers will be able to tackle the location of the bus. A first version of the application has been finalized. Due to the application, the transportation in Lebanon will be organized, and as a consequence, more people will use public transportation, that will lead to improving the air quality. SECTOR Sustainable mobility FOUNDER Chadi Faraj Civil Engineer

12 JURY PANEL Ms. DIANA FADEL Founder & President, Fondation Diane In 1965, Diana started her philosophy studies at L ecole des Lettres in Beirut. She then Co-founded ABC Department Stores, with late husband Mr. Maurice Fadel, in During the Lebanese civil war in 1975, she moved to Paris with her family where she continued her studies at Paris X Nanterre university from which she graduated in years later, Diana created Monuments en Musique, in an effort to preserve and salvage important and often abandoned Lebanese heritage and iconic sites, which went on from 1998 to 2008 through 45 variously themed music concerts. After struggling with disease from 2010 to 2013, Diana went on and founded Fondation Diane in 2015, which she currently heads as president. Ms. CORINE KIAME Investment Manager, IM Capital Corine is the Investment Manager at Insure and Match Capital Holding SAL (IM Capital) since April She supervises the matching & insurance capital process and manages the work of the analytical team. Corine is responsible for IM Capital operations, including deal sourcing, investment project evaluation and valuation, business models validation, value creation and mentoring in investments, and supervision of exits from investments. She is also a junior coach of the Seeders Business Angels group. Prior to joining IM Capital, and for more than 9 years, Ms. Kiame was a Director at SHUAA Capital psc Dubai, UAE, where her responsibilities included Product Development, Strategy and Project Management, and Operations. In 2006 and 2007, Mrs. Kiame worked as an assistant fund manager on several regional funds representing USD 1 Billion in assets under management, covering fifteen Arab markets. Corine holds a Masters in Finance from Paris IX Dauphine in Paris, an Executive Education Certification from Harvard Business School with emphasis on Private Equity and Venture Capital, and is currently a member of the Grant Evaluation Committee of the isme Program, a Kafalat-World Bank program, and a member of the Lebanese League for Women in Business.

13 JURY PANEL Ms. MICHELLE MOURACADE Lebanon Country Director, Alfanar Michelle Mouracade is Alfanar's Country Director for Lebanon. Michelle has 20 years of experience in strategy, HR and organizational consulting across several sectors in the US, Europe and 7 locations in Asia. Her experience covers a wide range of industries and functional expertise, from banking to internet start-ups and from business development to strategic reviews. Amongst the highlights of her career, Michelle managed 3-4 million dollar projects for some of the biggest American banks while working as a Project Director at Proxicom, an internet consulting firm in New York. In her latest position as Head of Strategy & Organisation for Societe Generale Asia Pacific, she was instrumental in leading large organizational restructuring projects such as the offshoring of 30% of the support functions from 7 locations across Asia to Bangalore, India. Michelle is also a very passionate executive coach, certified by HEC France. In 2016, Michelle joined Alfanar to fulfill a strong desire to return to her homeland after 27 years abroad and to make a more meaningful contribution to society by leveraging her coaching and private sector experience in the social investment sector. Alfanar is the first venture philanthropy organization in the Arab world that invests in social enterprises, providing them with up to 400K USD in funding along with engaged management support, coaching and training. To date, Alfanar has supported 26 social enterprises that have impacted over 40,000 lives. On average, these organizations impact 36% more lives year-on-year and self-generate 49% more revenue. Mr. FADI NAFFAH - EMBA, PMP, CCE Program Manager, Agrytech With more than 12 years of international experience in management in different disciplines, Fadi amassed diversified knowledge in the fields of technology implementation and business transformation delivering value to stakeholders through engagements in consulting, project management, telecom, IT and software solution, operations, and entrepreneurship support programs. With a strong business mindset and a firm commitment to achieve excellence, Fadi actively advises early-stage startups in Lebanon and Africa. Fadi holds a Master in Telecom and Computer Science Engineering, an Executive MBA and PMP Certification.

14 COACHES PANEL Ms. MAYA KARKOUR Managing Director, EcoConsulting Maya Karkour is the Managing Director of EcoConsulting which she co-founded in the UK in 2003, and established in Lebanon in EcoConsulting offers interrelated sustainability services to the construction sector, including: LEED & BREEAM certifications, energy-efficiency advice, dynamic thermal modeling, eco-building guidance. Maya oversees or has directly worked on numerous projects aiming at reducing their environmental footprint including the eco-renovation of Casa Batroun, the first project in the Middle-East to achieve the British BREEAM Excellent certificate in February 2014, and the Lebanese Architects Sustainability Award in Maya holds an MSc (hons) in Environment from the London School of Economics & Political Science and is a LEED Accredited Professional, BREEAM Licensed Assessor, and Low Carbon Energy Assessor. Maya is currently the Vice-President of the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association, in charge of developing and implementing its Environmental Education programs, working with the Ministry of Education & public schools. She is also a main local mentor for the SwitchMed Green Entrepreneurship program, and a fellow of the Aspen Middle East Leadership Initiative. Ms. NAILA SABA Marketing consultant and startup Trainer With over 18 years experience in marketing some of the world's best-known brands at Multinational FMCGs including PepsiCo, L'Oréal & Unilever and Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Naila is a Senior Marketing Consultant developing effective marketing strategies for Startups, SMEs and NGOs, a Startup Trainer and Mentor at Elevate Impact Accelerator, SoUK.LB, AltCity, Techstars and Nawaya, and is the Director of Development for Mishwar.org, an NGO that provides creative programs for refugee youths in North Lebanon. Ms. HODA SALMAN Team Leader, DAI (SoUK.LB) A financial services professional with 15 years of experience in MSME finance and social impact investments in emerging markets, with particular focus on improving access to capital for MSMEs and social enterprises in the Middle East and Africa.

15 COACHES PANEL Mr. JIHAD BITAR General Manager, Smart ESA Jihad Bitar is the general manager of Smart ESA, the accelerator of the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires. After a career in consultancy, Jihad created his first start-up in 2004 in the media analysis field. The company was sold in In 2014, Jihad co-founded Ideo Parfumeurs a perfume brand with a digital twist. The brand is now present in 8 countries. Mr. DAVID MUNIR Co-founder and CEO, AltCity.me David Munir Nabti is Co-founder and CEO (Chief Entrepreneur & Organizer) of AltCity.me a high-intensity startup & innovation hub based in Beirut, and working across Lebanon and EuroMENA. AltCity recently launched Elevate Accelerator, a social impact startup accelerator established in partnership with UNICEF. He is also co-founder and General Director of Boot Camp SAL, a leading early-stage startup program in Lebanon established as a public-private partnership between AltCity, Al-Mawarid Bank, and Banque du Liban. DMN worked at his first tech startup at 18 before going to university, and has been involved in tech, new media, and social activism/social entrepreneurship ever since. He grew up between California and Beirut, studied at UC Berkeley (political economy). He worked at the UN-FAO in Syria, Stanford University in Communication Department, Journalism Program and UC Berkeley in Education Department, Service-Learning Research & Development Center. He has conducted research on entrepreneurial development, social entrepreneurship, and the relationship between government interests, the education system, and economic development in Egypt. His article on scalability in social entrepreneurship is published in "Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East - Volume 1". Mr. FAWZI RAHAL Managing Director, Flat6Labs Beirut Fawzi Rahal has over 15 years of digital strategic, marketing and creagive expertise, gathered by working with multinational brands and local startups across a variety of verticals. Heading the regional digital business at Grey in the Middle East & North Africa, Fawzi worked closely with brands to create innovative digital products and services. Before joining Flat6Labs, Fawzi lead Gamutt, a consultancy working with brands, startups and content owners to set transformation strategies and that adapt with the digital age. Fawzi has a passion for typography and a love for tinkering with gadgets.

16 Investment fund VIRIDIS INVESTMENT FUND (VIF) BY FONDATION DIANE VIF is the first green investment fund in Lebanon. Its vision is to sustain Lebanon s environment by greening its economy. To achieve these ambitious goals, VIF s fund backs-up Lebanese green start-ups and SMEs through equity investing and constant business support. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Equity investment, loan & convertible loan $20K - $1M Waste, eco-tourism, transport, energy, food production Startups, early stage (pre-profit) & SMEs Significant environmental impact in Lebanon. Lack of coherence in the team members. viridis@fondation-diane.org fondation-diane.org

17 Investment fund IM CAPITAL IM Capital stimulates early-stage private investments by co-financing and guaranteeing capital. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Matching Capital, equity guarantee & support programmes to a broard range of qualified early-stage business and investor. Ceiling of $500K Innovation & non-tech startups Seed & early stage One of the main criteria for approving any co-investment is the involvement of a solid and experienced management team who have identified a creditable market niche with significant growth potential. Tech project info@im-capital.com im-capital.com

18 Investment fund ALFANAR Alfanar is the first venture philanthropy organisation in the Arab world that invests and provides engaged management support, coaching and training to social enterprises AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Grants, repayable loans $45K Women empowerment and youth employment across all sectors. Children s education Growth phase The organisation should be equally focused on social impact (improving lives in disadvantaged communities) & financial sustainability Perform a due diligence to assess investment viability alfanar.org.uk

19 Investment fund FLAT6LABS Flat6Labs Beirut is a startup seed program and early stage fund. The Seed Program provides cash investment, mentorship, office space and legal support for entrepreneurs to build a successful startup. The Early Stage Fund invests in startups with demonstrated market traction, a solid team and a growth plan AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Cash investment, mentorship, coaching, business & legal support, marketing and more $30K - $50K in cash in exchange for 10%-15% equity for seed stage entrepreneurs Knowledge economy, sector agnostic, including: renewable energy & agricultural solutions, FinTech, EdTech & HealthTech, digital content & gaming, hardware, electronics manufacturing solutions, media & entertainment, ICT, B2B & infrastructure services. Seed & early stage Seed stage: team and prototype Early stage: established startups with growth plans Technological innovation, individual founders flat6labsbeirut.com

20 Investment fund KAFALAT Kafalat is a Lebanese financial company with a public concern that assists small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to access commercial bank funding AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Loan guarantees Ranges between $20K and $800K Industry, agriculture, tourism, traditional crafts, high technology Startups, SMEs Business plan, feasibility studies that show the viability of the proposed business activity Early stage, cash flow is not enough to cover loan monthly payments kafalat.com.lb

21 Investment fund ISME BY KAFALAT The isme Programme is a US$ 30 million initiative funded by the Government of Lebanon through a loan from the World Bank. The programme aims to encourage the equity investment market to increase early stage investment finance for financially viable, new, and existing innovative firms AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Equity and $15K grants $500K Sector agnostic Idea Stage, seed stage, ealry stage, growth stage Innovative Lebanese startups Non-tech project kafalatisme.com.lb

22 Investment fund MIDDLE EAST VENTURE PARTNERS MEVP primarily invests in the early and growth stages of innovative companies run by talented entrepreneurs. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING MENA & Turkey Equity investment $500K - $5M Online technology business (sector agnostic) Idea & early-stage Online technology companies Not in the scope of operations info@mevp.com mevp.com

23 Investment fund BERYTECH FUND II Berytech Fund II is a $51.5M Beirut-based Venture Capital Fund with the objective to invest in small and medium sized Lebanese enterprises with high growth potential, high human added value and that fall in the scope of the knowledge economy. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Equity investment $1M - $3M Information & communication technologies, digital content, fashion & design, industrial design, renewable energy. Startups in the acceleration phase Innovative idea, potential for seamless scalability, outstanding team. Incomplete teams berytchfund.org

24 Crowdfunding ZOOMAAL The leading crowdfunding platform of the Middle East and North Africa. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Middle East and North Africa (Arab World) Crowdfunding $10,000 Environment & sustainable industry Seed stage Have a significant impact on the community. Not enough hardwork put into promoting the crowdfunding campaign. zoomaal.com

25 Incubator / accelerator ARGYTECH Co-funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Berytech Foundation, Agrytech is an accelerator and incubator program for startups with tech ideas in the agriculture or food sectors AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT Applicable to startups within Lebanon The Agrytech program offers cash-based grants & cash-based 1:1 matching grants to startups. The grants are traunched between pre-accelerator, accelerator, and the incubator phases over the period of one year Up to $41,300 in cash - the program is in its first year Agriculture, Ag-tech, food, food-tech, technology Idea to early startup stage The startups apply through a competitive application process involving a written application form and in-person interviews with a panel of industry/investment/startup experts agrytech.org

26 Incubator / accelerator SMART ESA To promote knowledge economy through 4 programs: Discover, create, incubate and grow. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT Lebanon, GCC, Europe Free programs dedicated to entrepreneurs, the programs differs according to the stage of the startup. Invest in program for start-ups: Discover: 2 weeks and a half Create: 2 months Incubate: 8 months Grow: 4 months Knowledge economy Idea, early start-up, pre-profit, established & growing Digital projects & innovative projects smart-esa.com

27 Incubator / accelerator ELEVATE IMPACT ACCELERATOR Elevate Impact Accelerator, formed in partnership with AltCity and UNICEF, is the first social impact accelerator created in cooperation with any UN agency globally. Elevate provides funding, customized trainings, specialized mentorship and more to top startup founders working to address critical challenge areas in Lebanon and beyond AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon $20K Social Impact Startups working to address critical challenges: - Education - Health & Nutrition - Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) - Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence - Social Policy - Youth & Adolescents - Palestenian Program Early-Mid stage growth, targeted startups: - Full Team - Have a developed MVP The project needs to have a scalable/for-profit model The project does not target one of UNICEF's seven challenge areas elevatemena.com

28 Incubator / accelerator UK LEBANON TECH HUB The UK Lebanon Tech Hub is an international initiative by Banque Du Liban and the UK Government supporting the growth of Lebanon's Knowledge Economy. MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon, Europe, GCC Venture Building programme includes investment, workshops, mentoring and R&D. The entrepreneur is committed to participate in a 3-month, on site Venture Building programme including 9 days of classroom sessions, 3 simulated boards, clinics, product development mentoring and any online activity. Technology and innovation (knowledge economy) Seed, early stage, scaleups. Looking for great, committed, people with innovative business ideas. The entrepreneur is committed to participate in a 3-month, onsite Venture Building programme including 9 days of classroom sessions, 3 simulated boards, clinics, product development mentoring and any online activity. uklebhub.com

29 Incubator / accelerator SPEED Speed invests cash in top-tier companies in the MENA region. It accepts startups at the idea and early stage. MENA region Equity investment AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT $30K in-kind - $30K cash MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Software, digital and web/mobile industries Idea & early-stage Tech innovation Non-tech project speedlebanon.com

30 Incubator / accelerator MAKESENSE MakeSense is a Social Enterprise Community and Acceleration programs (Bootcamp and Social Incubator) International - Regional Scope based in Lebanon and MENA Problem-solving workshop methodologies Seed, early stage makesense.org

31 Incubator / accelerator TRIPOLI ENTREPRENEURS CLUB The club aims to create, foster, and nurture entrepreneurial culture in Lebanon, with a particular interest in Tripoli. It does so by educating students and young inventors through awareness campaigns, and training on idea generation, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, business planning, fundraising and pitching with focused workshops, competitions and boot camps. MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Tripoli, Lebanon Accelerator Creative, technology, health, Arab World and green Seed & early stage Be a resident in Tripoli Absence of readiness of the prototype and lack of team competence. info@tripolientrepreneurs.org tripolientrepreneurs.org

32 Microfinance MAKHZOUMI FOUNDATION Makhzoumi Foundation mobilizes resources, builds partnerships and develops the capacities of our community in Lebanon while promoting targeted education, affordable healthcare, workable startups, sustainable development and secured livelihoods AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Loans $300 - $15K Beauty and health, small businesses Early stage Microcredit was initiated to provide financial services to those who are unable to get these services from the banks Non-registered companies makhzoumi-foundation.org

33 Microfinance AEP Non-profit association working for socio-economic development in the field of microfinance. AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Loans $5K with 10% interest Family SME Early stage Invest in entrepreneur and not the person, AEP favors people who has had difficulty obtaining a loan from bank The enterprise must be legally established aep@inco.com.lb aep.org.lb

34 Consultancy BEYOND REFORM & DEVELOPMENT Beyond Reform & Development (BRDI Group) is a missiondriven consulting firm and a social business specializing in policy research, public management and capacity development, with its headquarters located in Beirut and serving clients across the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa regions. BRD s work in social entrepreneurship in the MENA region focuses on a three-pronged strategy for the ecosystem development: designing formal and informal education programs and mainstreaming them across academic institutions and actors, providing technical assistance to establish and scale incubators and service providers and facilitating a policy dialogue to create an enabling environment for social enterprises MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Ecosystem support, network building, tool and learning development, program development Social & green enterprises All stages No appropriate mechanisms for social & green enterprises beyondrd.com

35 Bank IBL BANK IBL provides green loans: loans for green building certifications, loans for green measures (insulation, PV panels etc.) AVERAGE INVESTMENT- AMOUNT MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITES FOR FINANCING A PROJECT MOST IMPORTANT BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FINANCING Lebanon Loans $10K to $20M Green Buildings, green measures, recycling, energy efficiency & renewable energy systems Individuals and corporate entities, renovation of existing facilities, new projects The economic model of the project and the quality of the team. Lack of trust in the entrepreneurs and if they do not have a credit history. ibl.com.lb

36 INDEX Financing options YOUR BUSINESS STAGE Early stage Pre-profit Established & growing Profitable & growing Pre-trading Established & stable VIF - Fondation Diane IMCapital Al Fanar Flat 6 Labs KAFALAT isme KAFALAT MEVP Berytech Fund 2 Zoomal Agrytech Smart ESA Elevate Impact - Altcity UK Lebanon Tech Hub Speed Makesense TEC Makhzoumi foundation AEP Beyond RD IBL

37 Civic Awareness & Eco-sustainable Development VIRIDIS INVESTMENT FUND BY FONDATION DIANE Our mission at Viridis Investment Fund is to identify the best green initiatives, encourage them and provide them with the necessary support, notably financial, to help them grow, achieve their goals. To demonstrate that eco-sustainability and profitability are not incompatible but rather reconcilable and thus make tomorrow s green businesses emerge and serve as an example for the country. Projects are selected on the basis of the assessment of their positive impact on the environment, but also on the solidity of their economic model, the quality of the teams and their prospects for profitability and sustainability. OWN PROJECTS Additionally to investing in startups, Viridis is currently identifying problems in Lebanon, designing solutions and will hire & fund expertise to execute. Beirut Digital District Building 1280, Office 1 Beirut - Lebanon Tel: fondationdiane dianefoundation