Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
Connexity
Location Lebanon, Asia Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
Website rikkles.blogspot.com LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
HHenri Asseily is co-founder and managing partner of Leap Ventures, an entrepreneur-led technology venture capital firm that operates in MENA and Europe.
Henri has 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur focused on internet-related businesses. He co-founded Bizrate.com / Shopzilla, acting as CTO until its sale in 2005 for US$569
million. He was designing flat models before they were called NoSQL, and led the creation of the first product-centric online search engine. He has been coaching entrepreneurs around the globe, and is often seen conducting workshops and training sessions.
Henri holds a BA in mathematics and economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He still codes from Arduinos to iPhones, and prefers the Vim editor.
