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Wan Fara Ayu is a Venture Capital ("VC') entrepreneur who focuses on shariah compliant investments and developing start-up companies. She has 17 years experiences of which 10 years in VC and 7 years in entrepreneurship. She has screened over 2,000 companies from diverse sectors and stages.
Fara Co- founded Kanzun Ventures Management Sdn Bhd, a Venture Capital Fund Management Company involved in nurturing and developing promising SMEs/start-ups. She is a World Business Angel Forum (“WBAF”) Senator for Malaysia and is a Board Member for the WBAF Start-Up Committee for 2021. Kanzun Ventures Management supports SDG-17, Partnership for the Goals and Kanzun, through Fara, have signed up more than 10 partnership agreements with ecosystem players to support impactful and sustainable ventures across the globe.
She has acquired the end to end experience of the Venture Capital Value Chain, from working with General Partner (Fund Management), Limited Partner level (Fund) fund of funds to being an entrepreneur herself. In the past, she has monitored 11 fund companies with AUM of RM350mil and helped secure more than RM15mil worth of investment for 2 portfolio companies.
On the international front, she has experience in real estate investments in Turkey, business development mission in Cannes, monitored and liaised with a fund manager in Hong Kong, participate in business missions, investees in China, Singapore and a few investment related companies in the UK. She is also a member of a few NGOs, business and trade associations and has a passion in following current and futuristic trends.