An experienced global team, investing in Emerging Markets since 2009.
Meet the team
Fund Team
Charlie
Graham-Brown
General Partner
🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland
Charlie is an investor and entrepreneur with an engineering background and is a CFA charterholder. Since joining the founding team in 2014, he has grown Seedstars into a leading emerging market VC platform. When not closing deals, he's probably doing sports. Any kind of sport, really.
Nataly
Yousef
Principal, MENA + India
🇦🇪 Dubai, UAE
Nataly has over five years of venture capital experience across early and growth stages in emerging and developed markets. Her background spans value creation, impact investing, and portfolio management at leading regional VCs. Outside of work, she’s a dedicated gym-goer and fitness enthusiast.
Konstantin Hapkemeyer
Principal, Africa
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Konstantin has been with Seedstars since 2018, helping shape its growth from a small SPV into a global institutional fund. He focuses on backing and supporting exceptional founders across Africa. Based in Portugal, he spends his free time reading, writing for his blog, and experimenting in the kitchen.
Samantha
Batista
Principal, LATAM
🇧🇷 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sam leads Seedstars Interational Ventures’ investments in Latin America, drawing on more than a decade of experience in investment banking, treasury, and venture capital. She was born in NYC with Latin heritage, and has lived and worked across multiple countries in North, Central, and South America, shaping her approach to cross-border founder support. She co-founded whoisraising.vc, a newsletter connecting founders and investors across the Americas. Outside of VC, she’s exploring new parts of LatAm or picking up new hobbies and sports
Pun 'Twwo' Jaruthassanakul
Principal, Asia
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Twwo leads investments in Asia. Previously, he was Investment Director at 500 Startups Thailand, where he led the charge in investments and helped shape the local ecosystem. Having been involved with hundreds of venture transactions across Southeast Asia, supporting companies from early-stage to unicorn scale, he brings a practical, founder-focused perspective to company-building. When not meeting founders, you can find him at tennis courts and golf courses.
Malgorzata 'Mal'
Filipowska
Head of Portfolio
and Platform
🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar
Mal leads portfolio and platform initiatives, supporting startups with growth, fundraising, and strategic guidance. Before joining Seedstars, she led investments at Flat6Labs in the UAE and worked with a major CVC in Central and Eastern Europe. Outside of venture, she’s usually travelling or reviewing cheesecakes from around the world.
Jon
Attwell
Growth Entrepreneur
in Residence
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jon drives growth initiatives, helping founders accelerate go-to-market and scale efficiently. With years of operator experience across continents, he blends hands-on execution with data-driven experimentation. Off work, he’s either on the ice playing hockey or tinkering with AI tools.
Investment Advisors
Pierre-Alain Masson
IC Member
Seedstars Co-founder, CEO
Switzerland
Pierre-Alain Masson is an entrepreneur and investor with over 15 years of experience building companies and supporting founders across emerging markets. He co-founded Seedstars, a global organization driving entrepreneurship in over 90 countries. Pierre-Alain is passionate about leveraging venture capital to create sustainable economic growth and opportunity worldwide.
Ian McNish
IC Advisor
Angel Investor, Partner
USA
Ian McNish is an engineer, mentor, and angel investor with over two decades of experience building and scaling technical infrastructure for high-growth companies. He’s advised startups through StartX, 500 Startups, and the European Innovation Academy, helping founders design systems that scale. Ian now focuses on supporting early-stage ventures, driving meaningful innovation.
Pritesh Gupta
IC Advisor
Founder, Investor, Operator.
Vietnam
Pritesh Gupta is a founder, investor, and operator with deep experience building and scaling ventures across emerging markets. He co-founded ZipGo, India’s first tech-enabled bus network, and has held leadership roles at Ola and TinyOwl. Today, he invests in and advises early-stage startups across Asia, Africa, and LATAM, focusing on founders tackling real-world challenges through scalable technology.
Fady Abdel-Nour
IC Advisor
General Partner, Antler
Singapore
Fady Abdel-Nour is a General Partner at Antler Elevate, leading investments across global emerging markets. With a background in venture capital and corporate innovation, he has built and backed high-growth companies at the intersection of technology and impact. Fady focuses on helping exceptional founders scale transformative businesses across diverse regions.
Executive Advisors to Portfolio Companies
Konstantin Valiotti
PLG, GTM & Growth Advisor
x-PandaDoc
United Kingdom
John Pathrose
B2B Sales & Marketing Advisor
x-Microsoft
Singapore
Andrew Anton
Enterprise Sales Advisor
x-Zendesk, Celonis
USA
Carolina Palma
Growth Marketing Advisor
x-Uber, Mercado Livre
Brazil
Simone Lopes
Enterprise Sales Advisor
x-Salesforce
Brazil
Mark Leadercramer
Enterprise Sales Advisor
x-Stripe
Australia
Kailash Madan
Enterprise Sales Advisor
x-Stripe, Primer
Singapore
