After almost three long exhilarating decades of challenges inspired by his various roles across the region, Basem built his career leading Private Equity and Venture Capital investments and advisory in the Education, Healthcare and Real estate sectors. Basem advised on over 300 M USD investments for private family offices, institutions and HNI while creating many meaningful JVs and partnerships in these sectors. Basem’s passion lies in creating value mainly in the education and edtech space having orchestrated many school acquisitions and JVs, as well as operational and improvement projects amoung his extensive network of over 300 Schools in the region. Today, he is actively involved in the EdTech sector after assessing hundreds of startups and launching an EdTech Venture Studio to invest and consolidate an expansive portfolio of startups and develop the nascent edtech ecosystem and support brilliant founders. His passion for transforming education inspired the launch of several new ventures including The Learning Curve Holdings, ReimaginED Collective, Aster Club Global Partners and LBS Catalyzers. Basem has recently been an active Mentor, Judge and Speaker in many local and international conferences and forums with a Venture Capital investment drive to accelerate and disrupt Start-up and Entrepreneurship discussions.