03 — Why BitRoot
The people behind BitRoot. BitRoot founders, partners and board are operators and investors first — builders who have already scaled and exited category-defining companies in Egypt. Together they've returned $150M+ to LPs across exits valued at over $200M .
• Co-founded A15 in 2015, Egypt's premier VC, serving as Managing Partner through 2020 • A15 invested till date in 50+ startups, 9 exits from which 2 are Dragon exits (returning the whole fund) returning 10x in 10 years to LPs.• Former CEO of Orascom Telecom Ventures; transformed a telecom holding into a lean, VC-style operator • Co-founder and CEO of The Fashion Kingdom that raised $3M, signing 200+ brands and 135k+ customers • Managed Africa's #1 startup accelerator of the American University in Cairo, AUC Venture Lab • Designed and operated 10+ early-stage startup cycles, graduating 250+ companies since 2021 • Built the investment readiness and GTM performance framework deployed across 300+ startups • Owned a 400+ annual due diligence pipeline across multiple AUC programs 
