Awad Makkawi

Director of Venture Builder, UAE at Modus Capital
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(386) 825-5501
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, AE

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Credentials

  • Certificate in Alternative Investments
    CAIA Association
    Jan, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Agile Practitioner: Design Thinking, Lean Startup & SCRUM
    Udemy
    Jan, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certified Venture Architect/Venture Builder
    Bell Ventures
    Oct, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP)
    ACRP - Association of Clinical Research Professionals
    Sep, 2012
    - Nov, 2024
  • Financial Modelling and Valuation Mastery
    Breaking Into Wall Street

Experience

  • Modus Capital
    • United States
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Venture Builder, UAE
      • Feb 2023 - Present

    • Snr Venture Architect
      • Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Build Successful Startups
    • Founder
      • Mar 2019 - Present

      Premium entrepreneurship content platform on building scalable business models. 20K+ audience Premium entrepreneurship content platform on building scalable business models. 20K+ audience

  • Afaq International Group
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Partner
      • Feb 2007 - Present

      Afaq adds value in a range of markets. * Fashion-Tech Startup. Fusing high end luxury and technology bringing the latest trends to customers. * Automotive - Vossen UAE Vossen is one of the top 5 brands globally for producing car wheels. View the collection at vossenuae.com Regarding general trade: Afaq has a wide array of strategic partners to provide cross-industry value in petroleum and petroleum products trade, plastics, refurbished medical equipment and construction. Show less

  • Consultant
    • Venture Architect - Innovation & Alternative Investment Consultant
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      Built 3 statement model to analyse potential growth equity investment; concluded that add-on acquisitions funded by equity likely to yield 5 year IRR of 20%+ Built complete DCF analysis; concluded that company was overvalued by 5-15% and should not pursue sell side M&A Built accretion/dilution analysis for $2.5 Billion acquisition; concluded that offer price was reasonable but deal should be funded by mix of Cash, Debt and Stock rather than 100% Stock Completed LBO for $1 Billion leveraged buyout; recommended the deal due to high probability of 30%+ IRR even in downside due to historically low acquisition EBITDA multiple Analyzed and completed several other investment models including, reverse mergers, LBO, debt financing, merger models etc – case studies can be furnished upon request Created GTM strategy for Electric Vehicle & Healthtech ventures Designed Market Positioning for 15+ companies (including competitive and marketing analyses) Constructed step by step process for Healthtech startup i.e. responsible for designing: Scalable business model, Revenue generation model, Operational preparation, Pitch Deck, Financial Model review, GTM Strategy, Hiring roadmap, Company KPIs Show less

  • Krypto Labs
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mentor
      • Apr 2020 - May 2020

  • BizBridged
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Founder - CMO
      • Mar 2015 - Mar 2019

  • ERGOMED
    • United Kingdom
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Regional PM / LCRA
      • Mar 2013 - Feb 2015

    • LCRA / CCRA
      • Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

    • CCRA
      • Oct 2009 - Apr 2012

Education

  • Kings College London
    MSc
    2004 - 2005
  • University of Portsmouth
    BSc
    2001 - 2004

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