Creating synergies

MIC Ventures is a new fund in the Lebanese entrepreneurship ecosystem. Seeking to boost the value of startups and young companies that specialize in areas of interest from a mobile telecommunications perspective as well as establishing partnerships between sector companies and the two Lebanese mobile networks, MIC Ventures is itself a startup backed by governmental vision. Executive set down with the fund’s manager, Khaled Zeidan. E   When did MIC Ventures start to operate? We had an introductory investment committee about two weeks ago [in the first half of February] and we expect to have a second one at the end of March [or] beginning of April. For investment opportunities, we are looking at four verticals and we also want to say that we are activists, we are not passive investors. E   So you are looking to create synergies and coherent portfolios of invested companies in each vertical rather