Yacob Berhane

Yacob Berhane is Co-founder and CEO of Pariti, a B2B platform connecting growth-stage businesses in underserved markets across Africa with capital, talent, and resources. He is also a co-founder of Pando DAO, a community of African tech founders, and serves as a managing partner of Pando Africa Fund. Previously, Yacob co-founded ALN Ventures, a pan-African accelerator within African Leadership Network in Johannesburg, where he worked with portfolio companies and growth-stage ventures including mSurvey and African Leadership University. He also served as VP at Ingressive Capital and Head of Growth and Investment at Ajua. Yacob began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Leverage Finance at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. He is a 500 Startups B27 alumnus and holds a BBA in Finance from Howard University.