Nicolas Rouhana

General Manager - Insure & Match Capital

Dr. Nicolas Rouhana is currently the General Manager of IM Capital, a $20M fund under USAID MENA Investment Initiative, providing Matching Capital, Equity Guarantee and Technical Assistance to early-stage businesses and investors in Lebanon. Between 2002 & 2015, Dr. Rouhana was the Executive Director of Berytech Technological Pole, counseling and mentoring Lebanese entrepreneurs in their startup ventures. He was Associate Professor at ESIB, and the administrator of Beirut Internet Exchange Point till 2015. He currently is Vice-President of the Internet Society-Lebanon Chapter, a Board Member at Berytech, and Chairman of Speed Seed Accelerator. Dr. Rouhana holds a Telecommunications Engineering degree from the Saint Joseph University (ESIB) and a PhD in Networking Systems from Universite Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. He is also an EDP graduate from INSEAD, France.