Venture & Growth
Partnering with ambitious founders across AI, healthcare, deep tech, fintech, and enterprise software.
Investor · Builder · Storyteller
Backing bold ideas.
Living beyond
convention.
Venture investor, executive producer, pilot, and conservation advocate working where technology, culture, and human possibility meet.
Venture & Growth/Film & Media/Aviation & Conservation
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About
One life. Many frontiers.
Capital, culture, and service are all part of the same story.
I was born in Baghdad and shaped by a global life. My path has crossed venture investing, company building, healthcare, film, and the arts—fields that look different on the surface but share a reliance on conviction and imagination.
The through-line is simple: find people doing meaningful work, understand what makes them exceptional, and help possibility become real. Away from the boardroom, that same instinct takes me into the cockpit, the ocean, and animal rescue.
Investment approach
Film & Art
Producing independent film and creating work across digital art, composition, and cultural storytelling.
Aviation & Conservation
Flying rescue missions, exploring the world from air and ocean, and supporting wildlife conservation.
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Investing
Conviction before consensus
Backing founders building what the world will need next.
I look for category-creating founders with uncommon insight, the resilience to endure, and a product that can matter at scale. My approach blends rigorous research with an instinct for people, markets, and the inflection points others overlook.
Discuss an opportunityAI-native systems
Software that changes how people decide, create, and work.
Health & biotech
Science-driven companies expanding access, precision, and outcomes.
Deep technology
Defensible breakthroughs built for consequential, long-term markets.
Enterprise & fintech
Infrastructure that makes complex systems simpler and more useful.
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How I partner
The long view
More than capital.
See around corners
Develop a point of view before a market becomes obvious, then keep testing it against reality.
Partner with empathy
Ambition is human. Listen closely, speak directly, and stay useful when the path gets difficult.
Build for endurance
The most meaningful companies compound trust, talent, and insight over a long horizon.
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Film & Art
Stories create possibility
Backing ideas is one way to shape culture. Telling stories is another.
As an executive producer, I support independent films with distinctive voices and the courage to take creative risks. My work beyond film includes fluid and digital art, original music, and a continuing fascination with how images and sound make the unseen feel tangible.
Selected film work
- 01Rare Objects↗
- 02Birth/Rebirth↗
- 03The Man in the White Van↗
- 04You Can Call Me Bill↗
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Beyond the work
Presence in motion
A wider view of what a life can hold.
Flying rescue dogs to their forever homes. Skydiving into open horizons. Kitesurfing remote coastlines. Diving in support of shark conservation. These are not escapes from the work—they are how I remain curious, grounded, and fully alive.
Piloting missions that bring animals closer to safe, permanent homes.
Exploring perspective through flight, skydiving, diving, and wind.
Supporting the protection of sharks and the ecosystems they sustain.
“A full life is not built in one lane.”
AMAD ELIA07
Contact
Build · Create · Explore
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For investment opportunities, film and creative collaborations, conservation work, or thoughtful introductions.
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