Patrick Thiriet is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of EQ2 Ventures. See sector focus and contact routes.
Patrick Thiriet is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of EQ2 Ventures, an evergreen venture capital firm he co-founded in 2015 that formally spun off as an independent entity from Choueiri Group’s corporate venture arm in 2020. His investment thesis targets Seed to Series A startups, with capacity for follow-ons up to Series B, focusing on fintech, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, edtech, marketplaces, and SaaS across the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm typically invests in rounds averaging approximately $4 million and can deploy up to $3 million in follow-on capital, though specific lead versus follow behavior for Thiriet personally is not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies include ArabyAds, eyewa, Alfan, and Tern Group, for which EQ2 Ventures participated in a $24 million Series A round in September 2025. Thiriet also serves as a board member at ArabyAds and Alfan and as an investment committee member at Dubai Angel Investors, where he was a founding member in 2016. While he has 20 years of experience advising private entrepreneurs and is an active seed investor, no distinctive public writing o
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