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Tariq El-Titi is a start-up venture specialist, having worked in numerous start-up companies across the UK, Europe & Middle East. Tariq brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of turning visions into reality. His experiences are spread across both private sector VC-backed start-ups, as well as prominent Government & Semi-Government backed mandates in the Middle East. He also brings a successful fund-raising track record, having been involved in multiple funding rounds at Pre-Seed, Seed & Series-A stages. These funding injections centered on start-up and growth capital for several high-potential new ventures.
After spending 15 years specializing in the healthcare sector and being deeply involved in the sustained growth and development of the health economy throughout the Middle East, Tariq founded Janus Ventures in early 2018. Janus Ventures is a UAE based company, focused on bringing new disruptive health technologies and ground-breaking digital health services, transforming today's healthcare industry, into the MENA & GCC regions. Janus Ventures also looks to support and nurture the early-stage growth of young, promising technology start-ups in other high-growth industry verticals throughout the region.
Prior to launching Janus Ventures, Tariq held various senior executive leadership positions in the UK, Austria, and Dubai & Abu Dhabi. These included roles at Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN), The Dubai Government’s Dubai Development & Investment Authority (DDIA) & Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) and Abu Dhabi Government’s Mubadala Healthcare & Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD). He previously co-founded HAYATI Healthcare, the Middle East region's first-ever dedicated healthcare financing platform, with founding investments from Dubai International Capital & Gulf Finance Corp. Tariq also held various senior financial management positions in start-up U.K. & U.S. Telecoms companies in London & Vienna, culminating in the successful sales of iaxis Ltd to NYSE listed Dynegy Inc. in 2001 & Dynegy European Communications Gmbh to Private Equity Investment Group Klesch & Company in 2003.
Tariq’s career has covered diverse responsibilities including strategic planning, fundraising, investment management, customer operations, business development, new business incubation & commercial value creation. He holds an MBA from London Business School, is a Business Graduate of the University of Westminster (UK) and a qualified Chartered Accountant from the UK (CIMA).
