Abbas Kazmi is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor to governments, behind many exciting businesses and organisations since founding his first of several successful companies at 16.
He has been recognised as a Forbes 30Under30 Standout, as a Maserati100, as one of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards Entrepreneurs' Champions of the Year, and as one of StartupsUK’s Young Entrepreneurs of the Year and Business Growth Enablers of the Year, to name just a few amongst many other awards.
Ex-BlackRock working across EMEA and the US, Abbas co-founded both the Oxford Accelerator and Collegiate Capital, and is an Investment Committee member of, advisor to and LP investor in several VC funds in EMEA including BlackWood Ventures. He is now co-founder of the first impact VC firm between MENA, Israel and Palestine, following the Abraham Accords. Abbas has also been appointed a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Fellow and World Economic Forum Global Shaper.
Passionate about blockchain, the metaverse, and AI technologies, Abbas has been in the space since 2014, investing in and building many exciting projects. He advises the UK Government as a co-founding Advisory Board Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Metaverse and Web 3.0 and several Azerbaijani government ministries through SABAH.Hub. He was also recognised and selected by the UAE's Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Mansour, as an Arab Youth Pioneer.
Abbas Kazmi is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor to governments, behind many exciting businesses and organisations since founding his first of several successful companies at 16.
He has been recognised as a Forbes 30Under30 Standout, as a Maserati100, as one of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards Entrepreneurs' Champions of the Year, and as one of StartupsUK’s Young Entrepreneurs of the Year and Business Growth Enablers of the Year, to name just a few amongst many other awards.
Ex-BlackRock working across EMEA and the US, Abbas co-founded both the Oxford Accelerator and Collegiate Capital, and is an Investment Committee member of, advisor to and LP investor in several VC funds in EMEA including BlackWood Ventures. He is now co-founder of the first impact VC firm between MENA, Israel and Palestine, following the Abraham Accords. Abbas has also been appointed a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Fellow and World Economic Forum Global Shaper.
Passionate about blockchain, the metaverse, and AI technologies, Abbas has been in the space since 2014, investing in and building many exciting projects. He advises the UK Government as a co-founding Advisory Board Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Metaverse and Web 3.0 and several Azerbaijani government ministries through SABAH.Hub. He was also recognised and selected by the UAE's Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Mansour, as an Arab Youth Pioneer.
Abbas Kazmi is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor to governments, behind many exciting businesses and organisations since founding his first of several successful companies at 16.
He has been recognised as a Forbes 30Under30 Standout, as a Maserati100, as one of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards Entrepreneurs' Champions of the Year, and as one of StartupsUK’s Young Entrepreneurs of the Year and Business Growth Enablers of the Year, to name just a few amongst many other awards.
Ex-BlackRock working across EMEA and the US, Abbas co-founded both the Oxford Accelerator and Collegiate Capital, and is an Investment Committee member of, advisor to and LP investor in several VC funds in EMEA including BlackWood Ventures. He is now co-founder of the first impact VC firm between MENA, Israel and Palestine, following the Abraham Accords. Abbas has also been appointed a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Fellow and World Economic Forum Global Shaper.
Passionate about blockchain, the metaverse, and AI technologies, Abbas has been in the space since 2014, investing in and building many exciting projects. He advises the UK Government as a co-founding Advisory Board Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Metaverse and Web 3.0 and several Azerbaijani government ministries through SABAH.Hub. He was also recognised and selected by the UAE's Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Mansour, as an Arab Youth Pioneer.