Omar El Defrawy is the Founder and CEO of Sylndr, Egypt's leading

used-cars marketplace.

Before founding Sylndr in Q4 2021 where it raised Africa's largest

pre-seed to date, he served as the CFO and Board Member at elmenus,

Egypt's home-grown food delivery platform.

Prior to that, Omar spent six years as part of EFG Hermes' Investment Banking team, where he handled significant transactions, including Fawry's IPO, Cleopatra Hospital Group's IPO, the capital increase of Eastern Tobacco Company, and the sale of Tokiomarine's insurance arm in Egypt.

Chapters:

00:00-6:34 Intro

6:34-12:27 Largest Pre-Seed Fundraise in Africa

12:27-16:25 Scaling the Team

16:25-35:24 Sylndr Deep-dive

35:24-41:48 Business Model

41:48-52:09 Learnings

52:09-56:09 Organisational Structure

56:09-1:04:42 Outro