Yousef Masri

Associate at Cedar Growth · product, applied ML

Cedar Growth

Cairo, Egypt · EET (UTC+2)

3+ years experience

Technion

English, Arabic

Investing

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Overview

3 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Backed 45 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 11 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with venture capital and applied ML. I mentor first-time managers when I can.

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Founders building in fintech regulation
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venture capitalapplied MLproduct

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed AI applications in the Nordics

Cheque size: $250k
Stages: Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors: Fintech regulation, B2B SaaS
Geographies: LatAm
Lead or follow: Follow
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: Intros to operators in our network

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 3 weeks.

Cairo, Egyptapplied mlventure capitalproduct

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Experience

Associate
Jun 2025 - Present
Cedar Growth · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
- Secured 7 payments licences.
- Built the privacy programme for launches in 23 countries.
- Negotiated 224 commercial agreements a year.
Principal Engineer
Dec 2023 - Jun 2025
Visa · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Cairo, Egypt
- Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
- Backed 35 founders at pre-seed and seed.

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Education

Technion
BSc, Computer Science
2019 - 2023

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