Sofien V. Sidhoum is a co-Founder at VERTIS Capital, a new kind of Venture Capital firm addressing early-stage investment needs in Sub Saharan Africa.

He is both an accomplished investment professional and a serial entrepreneur having run four businesses in three industries. Fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French, he is also well-versed in cross-cultural collaboration and international team management, having lived and worked on four continents. He is a regular judge and mentor for international and local acceleration programs (World Bank Afrique Excelle, UN SGS Geneva, African Rethink Award…) and a sought after speaker (VivaTech, Afrolynk, UNDP, Afric’Up…).