Bilel is a venture capital professional with a strong focus on development economics, technology, and social entrepreneurship.

Bilel currently advises tier 1 VCs and startups globally on go-to-market strategy, fundraising, divestment, and capital deployment. He was leading Cytomate as COO, the first CyberTech company in the GCC, where he led efforts to tackle the region’s growing cybersecurity needs. Under his leadership, Cytomate helped businesses strengthen their security posture and has since become one of the most visible CyberTech firms in MENA.

Before jumping to Cytomate, Bilel worked in venture capital at Qatar Development Bank and IMVentures, where he co-managed deep tech and fintech portfolios. He oversaw 145 startups, handling Investment / Funding activities across the region and beyond. His role also involved shaping national investment instruments and programs designed to direct capital toward venture funding in line with Qatar’s 2030 economic vision.

Earlier in his career, Bilel was a strategy consultant at BCG, working across three continents with companies like Spotify, Toyota, and GSK on corporate strategy, finance, and M&A. Before that, he served as an economist working on capital flows and FDI as part of the Brexit negotiations, advising on how the economic landscape would shift post-exit.

Bilel remains active in the regional startup ecosystem. He mentors early-stage founders through the Qatar FinTech Hub and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology’s TASMU Accelerator, with a focus on product-market fit, pricing, agile development, and investment readiness.

He was also recognized by the UN’s AI for Good initiative as a Young AI Leader, for his work at the intersection of AI, public impact, and responsible innovation.

Within the Global Shapers Community, Bilel served as the curator of the Doha Hub. There, he pushed for research-driven work addressing local socioeconomic challenges through collaboration with think tanks and universities and helped restructure the hub.