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Bio

Emon Shakoor | ايمان عبد الشكور

Neuroscience researcher turned technology entrepreneur on a mission to enable female founders in Saudi Arabia, MENA & beyond.
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ABOUT ME
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I help female founders in MENA start, scale, and succeed.
I accelerate #Inclusivity in tech startups & investment, closing the gender gap in early investments and VC.💡💵
➡️DM me on IG to help your startup today! 🚀 @emonshakoor

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WORK STUFF:
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* Founder & CEO of Blossom Accelerator; MENA’s first female focused & inclusivity accelerator where we accelerate #Equality
* I majored in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego and was previously a neuroscience researcher 🧠
* I live with #epilepsy and have turned my seizures into #superpowers 💪 I have a TEDx talk about this titled "كيف يصير عندكم قوى خارقة؟" on YouTube.
* I’m an advisory board member at Oqal; Saudi’s largest Angel Investment Network & the Saudi Ambassador of Women Entrepreneurship Day.
* Named Saudi’s youngest Techpreneur in 2018 as part of the 50 Under 30 Delegate of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. #JeddahHub #GlobalShaper

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FUN FACTS:
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* I’m a Saudi born in Los Angeles & raised in Jeddah.
* I was raised vegetarian and have never tried meat in my life (unless plant based meat counts.) 🌱 🤷🏻‍♀️
* I’m currently 90.2% vegan with the exception of a few products and my Epilepsy medication. I mostly advocate for the notion of “reduceterian” which is to reduce our carbon footprint and reduce any harm to ourselves, others, and our planet.
* I am an extrovert full of life and would love to soon venture into acting and stand up comedy.
* I self taught myself many things including gymnastics. I’ve done countless splits, cartwheels and handstands whilst having #seizures aka my #superpowers

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IN THE NEWS
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* Featured on the cover of Entrepreneur Middle East & Harper’s Bazaar Arabia and various other outlets such as Yahoo Finance, Washington Business Journal, Arabian Business, Marie Claire Arabia, Elle Arabia, MBC, Arab News, Okaz, Saudi Gazette, amongst others.
* Named Saudis youngest technology entrepreneur in 2018.
* Named 1 of 9 Saudi women making global impact on the world. 🌎

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WORK WITH ME
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* For speaking, brand partnerships, coaching, SME & startup consulting or to get your business accelerated with (Blossom Accelerator):
* 💌: [email protected]

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LEARN MORE
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➡️www.blossom.sa
➡️www.emonshakoor.com
➡️ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emon_Shakoor