Our Story
The Middle East is rising—fast. It’s where capital meets ambition, and big industry-scale problems demand bold solutions. As the epicentre of emerging markets, the region is the interconnector and launchpad for ventures that scale across Asia, Africa, and beyond.
The Middle East is rising—fast. It’s where capital meets ambition, and big industry-scale problems demand bold solutions. As the epicentre of emerging markets, the region is the interconnector and launchpad for ventures that scale across Asia, Africa, and beyond.
Local founders bring deep insight, global drive, and the grit to build from day one. We back them early, to create companies that matter—regionally rooted, globally scaled, and - unapologetically ambitious.
Local founders bring deep insight, global drive, and the grit to build from day one. We back them early, to create companies that matter—regionally rooted, globally scaled, and - unapologetically ambitious.
Our Team
Our Team
Alina Truhina
Founding & Managing Partner
Alina Truhina Founding & Managing Partner A venture capital leader with over 10 years of experience across emerging and frontier markets. As a Founding Partner of Utopia Capital Management, Alina founded and leads the Middle East and the Southeast Asia VC funds. She is also the co-founder of Founders Factory Africa.
Alina Truhina
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Alina Truhina
Founding & Managing Partner
Alina Truhina Founding & Managing Partner A venture capital leader with over 10 years of experience across emerging and frontier markets. As a Founding Partner of Utopia Capital Management, Alina founded and leads the Middle East and the Southeast Asia VC funds. She is also the co-founder of Founders Factory Africa.
Alina Truhina
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Alina Truhina
Founding & Managing Partner
Alina Truhina Founding & Managing Partner A venture capital leader with over 10 years of experience across emerging and frontier markets. As a Founding Partner of Utopia Capital Management, Alina founded and leads the Middle East and the Southeast Asia VC funds. She is also the co-founder of Founders Factory Africa.
Alina Truhina
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Fatema Al-Khater
Partner
A serial entrepreneur and sustainability advocate, founder of Qatar’s sustainable Torba Market, and leader of the Qatar Africa Business Forum, championing innovation, wellness, and inclusive economic growth across the Middle East and Africa.
Fatema Al-Khater
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Fatema Al-Khater
Partner
A serial entrepreneur and sustainability advocate, founder of Qatar’s sustainable Torba Market, and leader of the Qatar Africa Business Forum, championing innovation, wellness, and inclusive economic growth across the Middle East and Africa.
Fatema Al-Khater
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Fatema Al-Khater
Partner
A serial entrepreneur and sustainability advocate, founder of Qatar’s sustainable Torba Market, and leader of the Qatar Africa Business Forum, championing innovation, wellness, and inclusive economic growth across the Middle East and Africa.
Fatema Al-Khater
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Ahmad Nazzal
Investment Principal
An emerging markets investor with experience across early to growth-stage ventures, focused on fintech, capital formation, and ecosystem development, and an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community.
Ahmad Nazzal
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Ahmad Nazzal
Investment Principal
An emerging markets investor with experience across early to growth-stage ventures, focused on fintech, capital formation, and ecosystem development, and an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community.
Ahmad Nazzal
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Ahmad Nazzal
Investment Principal
An emerging markets investor with experience across early to growth-stage ventures, focused on fintech, capital formation, and ecosystem development, and an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community.
Ahmad Nazzal
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Konstantin Behr
Head of Corporate Development
A venture strategist and ecosystem builder, with over 7 years of emerging and frontier market VC experience. Konstantin enables cross-regional collaboration across Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, with a specific focus on fund formation, capital design, fund structuring and set up.
Konstantin Behr
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Konstantin Behr
Head of Corporate Development
A venture strategist and ecosystem builder, with over 7 years of emerging and frontier market VC experience. Konstantin enables cross-regional collaboration across Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, with a specific focus on fund formation, capital design, fund structuring and set up.
Konstantin Behr
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Konstantin Behr
Head of Corporate Development
A venture strategist and ecosystem builder, with over 7 years of emerging and frontier market VC experience. Konstantin enables cross-regional collaboration across Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, with a specific focus on fund formation, capital design, fund structuring and set up.
Konstantin Behr
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Aly El Shalakany
Venture Partner
With over 15 years of experience in emerging markets, Aly is an active venture investor, mentor, and ecosystem builder, backing early-stage startups across sectors while driving founder support, angel investing, and cross-border community building across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
Aly El Shalakany
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Aly El Shalakany
Venture Partner
With over 15 years of experience in emerging markets, Aly is an active venture investor, mentor, and ecosystem builder, backing early-stage startups across sectors while driving founder support, angel investing, and cross-border community building across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
Aly El Shalakany
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Aly El Shalakany
Venture Partner
With over 15 years of experience in emerging markets, Aly is an active venture investor, mentor, and ecosystem builder, backing early-stage startups across sectors while driving founder support, angel investing, and cross-border community building across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
Aly El Shalakany
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Roo Rogers
General Partner
A serial entrepreneur, business designer, and author, and the Founding Partner of Utopia Capital Management. Roo serves as the GP across all of Utopia’s Funds, having spent the last 15 years investing in high-growth emerging and frontier markets.
Roo Rogers
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Roo Rogers
General Partner
A serial entrepreneur, business designer, and author, and the Founding Partner of Utopia Capital Management. Roo serves as the GP across all of Utopia’s Funds, having spent the last 15 years investing in high-growth emerging and frontier markets.
Roo Rogers
President of the A-Typical Management Board
Roo Rogers
General Partner
A serial entrepreneur, business designer, and author, and the Founding Partner of Utopia Capital Management. Roo serves as the GP across all of Utopia’s Funds, having spent the last 15 years investing in high-growth emerging and frontier markets.
Roo Rogers
President of the A-Typical Management Board
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Utopia Capital
A-typical Ventures was born on a simple belief: founders are the ones reshaping the world—economically, socially, and systemically.
We’ve backed disruptive ventures across Asia and Africa, and with our sister fund in Southeast Asia—The Radical Fund in ClimateTech—we’re part of Utopia Capital Management, a global VC platform driving bold ideas with powerful execution.
Utopia Capital
A-typical Ventures was born on a simple belief: founders are the ones reshaping the world—economically, socially, and systemically.
A-typical Ventures was born on a simple belief: founders are the ones reshaping the world—economically, socially, and systemically.
We’ve launched and backed disruptive ventures across Asia and Africa, moving fast and at scale. Together with our sister fund in Southeast Asia—The Radical Fund, focused on ClimateTech—we’re part of Utopia Capital Management, a global platform of VC Funds backing bold ideas with serious execution power.
We’ve launched and backed disruptive ventures across Asia and Africa, moving fast and at scale. Together with our sister fund in Southeast Asia—The Radical Fund, focused on ClimateTech—we’re part of Utopia Capital Management, a global platform of VC Funds backing bold ideas with serious execution power.
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Our Story
A-typical Ventures is part of UTOPIA Capital Management - a global platform of investment vehicles and studios across emerging and frontier markets. With funds across Africa, Southeast Asia and the wider Middle East, UTOPIA has backed over 150 ventures to date, and raised capital from leading global and regional investors.
Our Story
A-typical Ventures is part of UTOPIA Capital Management - a global platform of investment vehicles and studios across emerging and frontier markets. With funds across Africa, Southeast Asia and the wider Middle East, UTOPIA has backed over 150 ventures to date, and raised capital from leading global and regional investors.