Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Phaze Ventures

Abdullah Al-Shaksy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Phaze Ventures, General Partner of SparkLabs Energy accelerator, Board Member of Akeed, eMushrif, PhazeRo and Shaksy Group, and board observer at Interface Fluidics. Abdullah previously headed Group Operations and Investments at Shaksy Group. Abdullah has had over 10 years’ experience managing both public and private equity portfolios. Prior to this Abdullah studied Mathematics & Computer Science at University of Toronto, trained at Investcorp’s INSEAD Leadership Program, as well as Dubai Bank Investment division, and has been a guest lecturer at Harbour.Space University high-tech entrepreneurship program.

Phaze Ventures is a venture capital firm and innovation platform founded to transform the region by unlocking the untapped potential of our youth, start ups and corporates. Headquartered in Oman, our goal is to enable innovation through early stage investments and strategic partnerships.

Our insights are informed by our deep collaborations, network and technical team and our focus is on early stage technology investments from pre-seed to series-A.