Jury Member
SONIA WEYMULLER
Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouq
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AMERICA
Sonia Weymuller
Sonia Weymuller is an early-stage investor driven by a mission to support founders harnessing the power of technology to address tangible societal, economic and environmental challenges. She is also passionate about the nexus between technology and wildlife conservation.
Sonia Weymuller is a Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouq (VSQ), a MENA-based VC firm where she leads VSQ's Climate investment team. Previously, she was an Investment Consultant for Acumen’s KawiSafi Fund, worked in Commercial Development at Turner Broadcasting in Dubai, with Viacom’s Emerging Markets Strategy Group and with Microsoft’s Strategy and M&A team in London. Sonia is an Advisor to Village Capital’s Sustainability MENA Program, a Jury member for the Cartier Women’s Initiative and an Expert for wildlife conservation-focused tech platform The Ark. She serves as the UAE Director for the Yale Alumni Schools Committee and is a member of the Yale President’s Council on International Activities. Sonia holds a B.A. from Yale University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and is a Kauffman Fellow.
About VentureSouq
VentureSouq is a MENA-based venture capital firm investing in high growth early-stage technology companies.