Ovais is a Partner at Rise Capital, a leading Series A&B internet investor in growth markets.His career spans two decades in consumer industries, regional PE and global VC. He has been involved in transactions such as Careem and Hepsiburada. Ovais co-founded Wamda.com, now part of Wamda. He has served on boards in Africa, MENA and Pakistan and been a WEF Global Future Councils member for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.