Hesham Zreik

Hesham Zreik is a prominent venture capital investor and the founder and CEO of FasterCapital, a Dubai-based venture studio that invests in and co-builds tech startups from idea to Series A. Under his leadership, FasterCapital has supported more than 800 startups, helping them raise over $2.3 billion while investing $681 million directly. Prior to founding FasterCapital, Zreik co-founded ZGroup Mobile in 2002, scaling it rapidly to a valuation between $2.5 million and $3.25 million by 2005. He has invested in a wide range of successful ventures, including Twitter, Zomato, SpaceX, Edunoor, Dooet, Letuscloud, Mobayle, Meody, ABCmob, TVlize, Nakkeb, BeamGift, PickTaxi, MobAdv, Bazarmaker, Entablet, PinProfile, mp3ready, BookThatBook, Newsanalyse, and many others. Zreik's achievements have been recognized globally; in 2018, Forbes ranked him #39 among the Top 50 Investors, and in 2025, he was named to the Global Entrepreneurship Club’s 'Top 25 Entrepreneurs to Watch'. He is multilingual, able to speak, read, and write Arabic, English, and French, with some knowledge of German and Spanish.

Innovative startups with scalable business models, Strong founding teams with a clear vision, Companies operating in high-growth industries