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2018 Endeavor Catalyst Meeting Program

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FEATURED ENDEAVOR ENTREPRENEURS IDRISS AL RIFAI Founder and CEO, Fetchr Idriss Al Rifai is an entrepreneur passionate about disrupting the Middle East retail market with technologies and customer-centric services that enable the growth of e-commerce in the region. Idriss has developed and optimized a last mile delivery solution specifically for the e-commerce needs and requirements in the Middle East. In 2012, Idriss founded Fetchr which has evolved to become a full end-to- end logistic solution, backed by technology, for e-commerce companies, regional players, social media sellers as well as SMBs in the MENA region. Fetchr is also the first company in MENA to raise $52M in funding to date ($11M Series A and $41M Series B), led by a top tier Silicon Valley VC, New Enterprise Associates. Idriss's goal is to empower all deliveries through technology in emerging markets. Previously Idriss worked for MarkaVIP, a leading ecommerce player in the MENA region, where he headed the operations and built an in-house logistics department for the company to expedite deliveries. Prior to this he worked as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Idriss holds an MBA from University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is also a Rath and Fulbright scholar and Endeavor entrepreneur.

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