MarkaVIP is an exclusive and invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle East.
Members can discover private sale campaigns that offer unique brands and styles for just a brief window of time.
MarkaVIP focus on sought-after collections from the premiere apparel, accessories, and home decor brands in the world, but also carry regional up and coming designers.
MarkaVIP was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry.
Markavip is backed by Middle Eastern and European investors including:
Usama Fayyad (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/usama-fayyad)
Karim Kawar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Kawar)
Humminngbird Ventures (www.hummingbird-ventures.com)
Prime Ventures (www.primeventures.com)
Highly driven, successful, energetic executive and strategic thinker. Experienced with employers of both global organizations and start-ups.
Specialties
Relationship Builder Expert, Negotiator and Sales Strategist / Strategic Partnership Building / Key Account Management / Forecasting & Market Analytics / Sales Team Training & Management / Complex Negotiations & Sales Cycles Territory Startup / Strategic Planning
Sake Bosch is a founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures. Sake brings over 20 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime, Sake was a senior principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many of the Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by NIBC), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom.
Prior to joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an independent corporate finance consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position he was a sales executive at Securitas Group. He started his career in 1989 as a strategic market analyst at VNU.
Sake holds an MSc degree in Business Administration as well as a BA degree in management science and industrial engineering.
Barend founded Hummingbird Ventures (then called Big Bang Ventures) in 2000. As Managing Partner, Barend oversees all aspects of fund and investment management.
He currently serves on the board of directors of Clear2Pay, MMO Life, Wakoopa, Travel Intelligence Group, Cybersports and Shutl. He was a director on the board of DataCenterTechnologies (acquired by Symantec) and Dedigate (acquired by Terremark Inc.).
Barend was president of the Benelux Tech Tour 2006-2007. Previously, Barend co-founded SwiftTouch (US). He began his career in the US as a Financial Analyst for SG Cowen in Boston, Massachusetts, focusing on internet and data-networking companies. Barend holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of Louvain, Belgium
Pamir is a Venture Partner at Hummingbird Ventures and focuses on digital media and e-commerce in emerging economies. Pamir serves on the board of Peak Games, MarkaVIP and On Device Research.
Pamir previously co-founded Flytxt, a pioneer in mobile marketing technology and also worked at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, D.E.Shaw and Juno Online Services.
Pamir received his BS in Electrical Engineering Summa Cum Laude from Duke University and a Master of Science in Operations Research from Columbia University.
Martin is currently Founder and Managing Partner of Lumia Capital, which invests in later-stage Internet and software companies targeting emerging markets experiencing breakout growth.
Previously, Martin was one of five investment professionals at Focus Ventures, a later-stage, technology-focused venture capital firm in Palo Alto with ~$830M under management across three funds. Two Focus partners are on the 2011 Forbes Midas List.
Prior to Focus, Martin was a Product Manager at Oracle Corp., where he was responsible for core components of Fusion CRM, Oracle’s next generation CRM strategy.
Prior to these roles, Martin was a management consultant for both Siebel Systems (Customer Strategy Team) and, post acquisition, Oracle (Insight Group), where he provided strategic recommendations across people, process and technology domains to top global customers and prospects in a variety of industries.
Marketing Manager at MarkaVIP
CSO (Chief Sourcing Officer) at MarkaVIP
Financial Director at MarkaVIP