Yousef Hamidaddin
Managing Partner at VentureX & Board Member – HassadAs the Managing Partner at VentureX Yousef Hamidaddin is targeting to launch 7 sector-based accelerators embedding up to 15 sector themes. He launched, and currently is a Board Member of Hassad – a business acceleration program designed for the next generation of Agri Tech & Agri-Food startup companies in Jordan. He also signed a framework with the Ministry of Culture and launched the first accelerator of its kind in the Mena Region, the Cultural, and creative Works Accelerator, “IBDA3” which has the Royal Film Commission, the Jordan Media Institute, The National Center for Culture and Arts, The National Music Conservatory, and The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts as strategic partners. In addition, he has recently launched Siya – Tourism Accelerator with the Jordan Tourism Board and Startup Avicenna – Medical and Healthcare Accelerator in collaboration with the medical tourism gateway MedXConcierge. He also works on developing innovative funds to deliver solutions that address the region to be well-positioned as an “open lab” a term he coined for early adoption that can take solutions globally.
Yousef is all about strategy, and how to scale up fast from the roots of being local, to the leaves of being global. He is a Frequent speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship, & acceleration.