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Sonia Weymuller is Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouq (VSQ), a MENA-based VC firm focused on FinTech and ClimateTech. Previously, she was an Investment Consultant for Acumen’s KawiSafi Fund, worked in Commercial Development at Turner Broadcasting in Dubai, with Viacom’s Emerging Markets’ Strategy Group and Microsoft’s Strategy and M&A team in London. She is an Advisor to Village Capital’s Sustainability MENA Program and Jury member for the Cartier Women’s Initiative. She is also a Board Member for the Middle East Venture Capital Association, an Expert for wildlife conservation-focused tech platform The Ark and serves as the UAE Director for the Yale Alumni Schools Committee. Sonia holds a B.A. from Yale University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and is a Kauffman Fellow.