Abdallah Yafi

Co-Founder at BY Venture Partners

📍 Lebanon, Lebanon🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2020
VC🌍 Lebanon
10
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6
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0
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4
Late stage
10y
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Board Member
Dec 2020
DHARMA is the first travel brand-as-a-service. We build travel brands for the passion economy.
Board Observer
Dec 2020
Were building a super app for the real estate market offering people a seamless experience to buy, sell, finance and rent their homes in Europe and the Middle East.
Board Member
Feb 2019
Sohati.com is an online healthcare solution aiming to provide trustworthy health services to patients in Arabic. The online platform is a health content website offering reliable information about diseases, symptoms as well as tips and recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. Along with patient information and disease awareness, Sohati launched in March 2020 Sohatidoc.com an innovative Patient-Physician interaction platfform bringing an additional health solution home. Early 2018, Sohati launched SohatiCare an online parapharmacy offering dermo-cosmetic and wellness products. The platform allows users to shop on a 24/7 basis while also offering the advice of an accredited expert, available through online chat or call. The products are delivered within a maximum of 72 hours from the date of the order. Sohati is also a major health brand on social media with a community of more than 10Million active and engaged fans on SM. Visit our websites: https://www.sohati.com https://www.sohaticare.com https://www.sohatidoc.com
Board Member
Aug 2018
Zbooni was founded in 2016 and provides tools and solutions that empower businesses to capture orders, accept payments, sell more, and track every order. The company was incubated at Facebook, one of only a handful of global businesses to receive such access and support from the social media giant. Its merchant app went live in 2018, developing to its current robust platform as the MENA region’s pioneer in cCommerce. Through the power of one-to-one conversation, Zbooni enables businesses to convert customer interactions into transactions via social and messaging apps. In this way, Zbooni is reinventing how businesses seamlessly transition into the new era of “cCommerce”. For more information about Zbooni, visit www.zbooni.com Download the app via the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
Board Member
Jul 2017
Rentify is a letting agent built for the 21st century. It helps landlords to let and manage their properties by giving them a fixed yield, using Rentify’s Property Specialists without the hassle and expense of an old-fashioned agent. Rentify's landords successfully leverage our unmatched property knowledge. This means better rents, great tenants and substantial savings in letting fees. Rentify emphasises great customer service and convenience, powered by remarkable technology. Founded in 2011, Rentify operates nationwide with more than 175,000 landlords using its services to market, manage and make money from their properties.
late stageReal Estate
Board Observer
Apr 2017
Affectiva is now a Smart Eye company. In June 2021 Smart Eye acquired Affectiva. We are merging the two companies to form a global AI powerhouse. Affectiva is on a mission to humanize technology. An MIT Media Lab spin-off, Affectiva created and defined the Emotion AI and Human Perception AI categories. Built on deep learning, computer vision, speech science and massive amounts of real-world data, Affectiva’s technology can detect nuanced human emotions, complex cognitive states, activities, interactions and objects people use. In automotive, Affectiva’s Interior Sensing AI is enabling leading car manufacturers, fleet managers and ridesharing companies to build next-generation mobility that understands the state of the driver, the cabin and the occupants in it. Affectiva’s technology is also used by 28 percent of the Fortune Global 500 companies to test consumer engagement with ads, videos and TV programming. For more information, visit www.affectiva.com.
Board Observer
Mar 2017
Pirate.com is the world's leading provider of rehearsal and recording facilities for artists, with studios in the UK, Germany and the USA and exciting plans to expand globally. As one of Europe's fastest-growing companies, we’re a global team, working together to build something extraordinary. We’re on a mission to make creative space accessible to all. We provide 24/7 rehearsal, DJ, recording, podcast and dance studios. At Pirate, we strive to break down barriers for people of all backgrounds, and it’s no different for our team. Equal opportunity, inclusivity and diversity are celebrated here. This means we treat people fairly, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, pregnancy and maternity, marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation.
early stageMusic
Board Member
Oct 2016
Bidvine is the fast, free way to get competing quotes for local services from interested, available professionals. No legwork. No hassle. Its free for consumers who know that accomplishing goals is awesome. Feeling smart doing it is double awesome. But hunting for someone to help sucks. For service pros Bidvine is the best cost per lead marketing option that brings new customers to their business - on their terms. Think of Bidvine as your personal assistant for finding local service providers and getting things done.
early stageInternet
Board Member
Jul 2016
Chat based luxury commerce.We offer an unrivalled shopping experience. We do this by providing a highly personalised service, entirely over social media and text. We offer styling advice, product recommendations, and create inspiring editorial content featuring the ultimate curation of products and brands. We’re always connected - whatever our clients want, wherever they are, we’ll track it down and ship it to them. We’re here to uplift, inspire and empower the global #ThreadsCollective Tech City UK named us a Future Fifty business, one of the UK’s fastest growing and most disruptive digital tech companies in 2017, and we’ve been recognised for three consecutive years in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 list of the fastest growing tech companies in Britain. We’re an ambitious, creative and committed community. Every one of us helps nurture Threads’ culture and makes daily decisions that shape our mission and direction. Founded by Sophie Hill in 2009, our footprint and influence has grown every year. We’re female-founded and led, and believe passionately in creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone - we want to be a positive force in the luxury fashion industry, with progressive ideas around sustainability, diversity and inclusivity. We’re here to make waves and to be the place to work in the luxury industry for development, empowerment and belonging. BYP X Threads Article- https://byp-network.com/news/419124
Board Member
Jan 2016
Private By Design The award-winning MYKI product suite offers three solutions: The MYKI Password Manager & Authenticator for individuals, MYKI for Teams geared towards Enterprises, and MYKI for MSPs customized for Managed Service Providers & IT Resellers. The MYKI Offline Password Manager & Authenticator stores your passwords, payment cards, notes and IDs, offline and away from the cloud. For more information about how MYKI protects your identity, visit: https://myki.com/privacy Teams: Control Your Digital Workspace Managing passwords in your enterprise should be secure and seamless. Our offline, cloudless password manager for teams has you covered. Managed Service Providers: Managed Reselling MYKI for MSPs offers Managed Service Providers full visibility and control of the enterprises they manage, allowing them to safeguard both their own proprietary data and that of their clients, all while leveraging intuitive access and group management features, such as item folders, user groups, as well as time and location-based security policies. Built-In Multi-factor Authentication Built-in Multi-factor authentication is at the core of MYKI, providing a strong layer of protection that can only be offered by an offline solution for both personal and business accounts. 🏆 Winner of PCMag's Editors'​ Choice Award 2021.  Featured in TechCrunch, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Available on Android, iOS, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Edge. Download MYKI on Android and iOS. MYKI Solutions: MYKI Password Manager & Authenticator (Android & iOS) MYKI For Teams (https://myki.com/teams) MYKI For Managed Service Providers (https://myki.com/msp)
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2020
Board Member
Dec 2020
DHARMA is the first travel brand-as-a-service. We build travel brands for the passion economy.
Board Observer
Dec 2020
Were building a super app for the real estate market offering people a seamless experience to buy, sell, finance and rent their homes in Europe and the Middle East.
2019
Board Member
Feb 2019
Sohati.com is an online healthcare solution aiming to provide trustworthy health services to patients in Arabic. The online platform is a health content website offering reliable information about diseases, symptoms as well as tips and recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. Along with patient information and disease awareness, Sohati launched in March 2020 Sohatidoc.com an innovative Patient-Physician interaction platfform bringing an additional health solution home. Early 2018, Sohati launched SohatiCare an online parapharmacy offering dermo-cosmetic and wellness products. The platform allows users to shop on a 24/7 basis while also offering the advice of an accredited expert, available through online chat or call. The products are delivered within a maximum of 72 hours from the date of the order. Sohati is also a major health brand on social media with a community of more than 10Million active and engaged fans on SM. Visit our websites: https://www.sohati.com https://www.sohaticare.com https://www.sohatidoc.com
2018
Board Member
Aug 2018
Zbooni was founded in 2016 and provides tools and solutions that empower businesses to capture orders, accept payments, sell more, and track every order. The company was incubated at Facebook, one of only a handful of global businesses to receive such access and support from the social media giant. Its merchant app went live in 2018, developing to its current robust platform as the MENA region’s pioneer in cCommerce. Through the power of one-to-one conversation, Zbooni enables businesses to convert customer interactions into transactions via social and messaging apps. In this way, Zbooni is reinventing how businesses seamlessly transition into the new era of “cCommerce”. For more information about Zbooni, visit www.zbooni.com Download the app via the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
2017
Board Member
Jul 2017
Rentify is a letting agent built for the 21st century. It helps landlords to let and manage their properties by giving them a fixed yield, using Rentify’s Property Specialists without the hassle and expense of an old-fashioned agent. Rentify's landords successfully leverage our unmatched property knowledge. This means better rents, great tenants and substantial savings in letting fees. Rentify emphasises great customer service and convenience, powered by remarkable technology. Founded in 2011, Rentify operates nationwide with more than 175,000 landlords using its services to market, manage and make money from their properties.
late stageReal Estate
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