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B&Y Venture Partners is a Lebanese venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Abdallah Yafi and Ghaith Yafi. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage technology startups with high growth potential, aiming to partner with visionary and high-impact founders who seek to create new markets or transform existing ones. B&Y believes that success stems from building strong and supportive relationships with the entrepreneurs they back, offering not just capital but also resources, mentorship, and an extensive global network of connections. The firm's investment approach is deeply founder-centric, providing hands-on support from day one to exit. B&Y's portfolio spans multiple countries, including Lebanon, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Turkey, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia. Their investments cover various sectors, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, E-Commerce, FinTech, SaaS, EdTech, Enterprise IT, HRTech, Internet of Things, MarTech, Cybersecurity, HealthTech, PropTech, and AgTech. B&Y Venture Partners emphasizes a 'default global' approach, helping startups think globally from the outset while leveraging their local expertise. The firm has made 35 investments and achieved 4 exits, with an average investment size of $500,000.