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John Christopher Maamary

Founder of WeScaleVentures

Dubai

Overview 

John Christopher Maamary is a Strategy & Growth Consultant and Co-founder at WeScaleVentures in Dubai, specializing in scaling and investing in B2B technology. With a background in engineering and entrepreneurship, he has successfully led cross-functional teams, conducted due diligence, and closed deals in sectors such as Gaming/eSports, SaaS, and FinTech. Maamary's career highlights include founding and leading successful startups like timedine and Petsavvi, as well as serving as Managing Director at Darwinian Ventures and a mentor at Founder Institute.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Manager, Ads

    2023 - Current

  • Investor

    2022

    We make the B2B SaaS journey easier for early-stage founders. Formerly known as Acceleprise.

Forum Ventures is a fund, program, platform, and community for B2B SaaS startups.

  • Management Consultant | Co-founder

    2022 - 2023

    A boutique strategy & growth consultancy working with both public entities and private technology companies in the MENA region. We advise and execute on go to market, strategic growth plans and partnerships resulting in new enterprise and government clients in the GCC with a focus on the UAE & KSA. Our services include but are not limited to: 1) Fractional Chief Strategy Officer 2) Fractional Chief Sales/Growth/Partnerships Officer 3) Go to market strategy and planning 4) B2B Sales & Marketing 5) Fundraising 6) Restructuring & Org Structure buildout 7) Business Continuity Planning 8) Positioning & Pricing 9) New Market Penetration

  • Managing Director

    2021 - 2022

    • Led a cross-functional team of 30 spanning strategy, sales, and operations, with full ownership over sourcing and closing high-impact growth projects worth $3M • Croix Ventures (Private equity firm): Repositioned investment strategy using a value chain model; supported $25M raise • Corpay (Publicly listed on NYSE): Engaged by Corpay’s CEO to architect and implement GTM, hiring, and growth strategies for the launch of its payments solution, driving early traction and team scalability • SambaNova Systems (AI): Engaged to build new market entry and revenue optimization strategy leveraging $676M in funding from BlackRock and Google Ventures

  • Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

    2019 - 2021

    - Launched Canada's first pre-ordering app for corporate dining with 45+ companies and 40+ restaurants - Successfully raised a private pre-seed round of $500k through influential angel investors and friends - Secured partnerships with 2 restaurant groups in Toronto resulting in an additional 100 orders per day

  • Founder & CEO (Sold)

    2017 - 2019

    - Designed and brought to market a B2C PetTech multi-functional dog harness in accidents up to 80km/hr - Successfully raised a private pre-seed round of $150k through friends & family

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