Fahad AlSharekh

Fahad AlSharekh

Founder & Managing Partner

Kuwait City, KW

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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026

In Their Own Right

Biography

Fahad is currently General Partner of The JEDI Fund with Kamco Invest and Vice Chairman of Kamco Invest - Saudi.

Fahad joined the Investment Banking team at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York at the start of the Dot-com boom. In 2015, he founded TechInvest, an advisory firm that provides opportunities for Middle East investors, including the established regional Sovereign Wealth Funds, to obtain exposure to private investment opportunities in the early and growth stage technology sectors in the USA. TechInvest advised and structured deals totaling over $900M in funds raised. He has advised several notable Silicon Valley leaders.

The Record

Background

  • 2015 — Present

    Founder & Managing Partner

    TechInvest Corporation

    TechInvest Corporation provides opportunities for Middle Eastern investors to obtain exposure to private investment opportunities in the technology sector, in Europe and North America. TechInvest advised and structured several deals in early, growth and late stage VC totaling over $900 million in money raised.

  • 2011 — Present

    CEO

    Sharq Capital Holding Co KSCC

    Founded in 2007, Sharq Capital is a private holding company, which operates throughout the Middle East, North Africa and the US, with active companies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Egypt and Washington DC.

  • 1996 — Present

    CEO

    Sakhr Software Company

    Sakhr Software Company is the market leader and pioneer in advanced Arabic language technology. Sakhr has successfully transformed its research into industry-first commercial software and solutions. Fahad received 3 patents from US PTO office for Sakhr's proprietary technologies.

In The News

Newsfeed

  • 1 February 2026 · Marcopolis

    Fahad Al Sharekh, TechInvest: Kuwait’s Technology Investment Outlook in the Age of AI

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  • 27 October 2025 · The Business Year

    Fahad AlSharekh is helping shape Kuwait's innovation landscape

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  • 21 October 2025 · Arab Times

    Kamco Invest drives global tech investing from Kuwait

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  • 14 October 2025 · The Business Year

    Inside the One-of-One Playbook of Fahad AlSharekh: The Architect Connecting Gulf Capital to Silicon

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  • 30 April 2025 · Arab Times

    Kamco Invest strengthens tech portfolio with Mercury success

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  • 4 April 2024 · The Information

    The Kuwaiti Fund Promising a Shortcut to Sovereign Wealth

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Formative Years

Education

  • MIT Sloan School of Management

    Executive Program in Corporate Strategy

    2002 — 2002

  • Northeastern University

    BS Business Administration (Finance)

    1992 — 1996

  • Northfield Mount Hermon School

    High School Diploma

    1990 — 1992

  • Bayan Bilingual School

    1980 — 1990

Areas Of Focus

Expertise

  • Private Equity
  • Technology
  • Fintech
  • Investment Management
  • Public Speaker
  • Software & Applications