Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Exits 
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  • Primary Job Title Managing Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    The E14 Fund
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Habib is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor, recently turned VC. He is currently the CEO of Wamda.com and the managing partner of Wamda Capital. He founded Yamli.com the Arabic search and transliteration startup that licensed its technology to Yahoo. He also started a number of non-profits including YallaStartup, INLET and ReliefLebanon.

In

2009, the World Economic Forum recognized Habib as a Young Global Leader and the ArabianBusiness named him one of the top 30 influential Arabs under 30 as well as of the most 500 powerful Arabs. He currently serves on the Global Agenda Council on innovation. He is an advisor to several US and Middle Eastern startups and non-profits.

Habib is behind the original idea behind Yamli, and today drives Yamli's vision of empowering the Arabic language and users on the web. His responsibilities span from product strategy and design to business development. The World Economic Forum recently recognized Habib as a Young Global Leader for 2009.

Prior to Yamli, he worked as a senior engineer at ATI (later acquired by AMD); and before that he was part of the early engineering team at Mok3 (now Everyscape), a startup out of the MIT CSAIL lab.

Habib co-founded INLET (International Network of Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Technologists), an organization geared towards promoting entrepreneurship and leadership for the Arab world in general and Lebanon in particular. He also founded Relief Lebanon, a grass roots effort aimed at supporting the relief operations in Lebanon during the July 2006 war. Relief Lebanon was featured by the "101 Stories to Tell" initiative by the UNDP in February 2009.

Habib often speaks about early stage development and entrepreneurship, and has spoken at venues such as the Harvard Business School, Boston College and the American University of Beirut. He currently sits on the advisory board of Meedan, a non-profit startup that aims to enable cross-cultural dialogs online.

Habib holds a Bachelor of Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University in Beirut and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Number of Investments 3
Habib Haddad has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - ProBueno on Mar 11, 2013, when ProBueno raised
$340K
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 11, 2013
ProBueno
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Seed Round - ProBueno
$340K
Jun 26, 2012
Rally
No
Series A - Rally
$7.9M
Apr 27, 2012
Circa
No
Convertible Note - Circa
$900K
Number of Partner Investments 4
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jul 25, 2023
Ubicept
The E14 Fund
Yes
Seed Round - Ubicept
$8M
Mar 1, 2022
OPT Industries
The E14 Fund
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Series A - OPT Industries
$15M
Aug 25, 2021
Augmental
The E14 Fund
No
Pre Seed Round - Augmental
$1.2M
Apr 6, 2021
Guardian Agriculture
The E14 Fund
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Seed Round - Guardian Agriculture
$10.5M
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Number of Current Jobs 8
Number of Past Jobs 6
Habib Haddad has 8 current jobs including Investor at Volta Labs, Managing Partner at The E14 Fund, and Investor at Affectiva. Additionally, Habib Haddad has had 6 past jobs including Regional Liaison at MIT Media Lab.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
MIT Media Lab
Regional LiaisonNov 2012Dec 2016
Wamda
Founding CEOJun 2011Dec 2016
Wamda
Venture Partner & member of the Investment CommitteeJul 2013Nov 2016
Yamli
Founder & CEOJul 2007Jul 2012
AMD
Senior EngineerMay 2005Feb 2008
EveryScape
Founding Engineer20032005
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 12
Habib Haddad holds 12 board and advisor roles including Board Observer at Secure AI Labs, Board Member at MitoLab, and Board Observer at BRELYON.
Number of Events 2
Habib Haddad has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Digital Youth Summit on May 7, 2015.
Number of News Articles 25
News•Apr 21, 2023
gloc.al — Dubai Angel Investors
News•Nov 16, 2016
News•Sep 14, 2016
News•Jul 31, 2016
News•Apr 6, 2016
News•Feb 18, 2016
News•Jan 19, 2016
Arab Business - Startups — Wamda, Expo 2020 unveil start-up collaboration
News•Nov 30, 2015
Wamda News (MENA) — Soraya Salti: Celebration of life
News•Sep 26, 2015