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Kenza Lahlou

Kenza Lahlou

Managing Partner
Kenza Lahlou is the Founder and Managing Partner at Outlierz Ventures.

She is a pioneer ecosystem builder and VC investor in Africa with a background in Technology and investment. She lived and worked in Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States with experience spanning software engineering, management consulting and private equity. Kenza started her career as a Computer Science engineer in France, then acquired experience in Private Equity in Africa after a Masters in Business in Singapore. Before starting Outlierz Ventures, she moved to Silicon Valley to join an advisory firm providing market entry services to emerging markets tech companies looking to scale in the US market. Inspired by this experience, she returned to Morocco and co-founded StartupYourLife, one of the pioneer ecosystem builders in the country, as a leading community of tech founders to connect to investors and mentors in the region.

Kenza holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from INSA in France and a Master of Strategy and International Business from ESSEC Business School in Singapore. She completed a Leadership Executive Program at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2016. Kenza is a Kauffman Fellow Class 25.
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    PayTic secures $4M Pre-Series A to scale its unique payment reconciliation solution in EMEA
    15 avril 2025
    New deal: Socium, HR SAAS for SMEs in Francophone Africa, $5M Seed+ round
    20 novembre 2024
    New deal: Wattnow, energy efficiency company, raises $3.5m+ Pre-Series A to scale operations in Europe and MENA
    5 septembre 2024
    Morocco's Terraa, agri-tech B2B marketplace, raises $1.5m Pre-Seed led by FoodLabs
    14 février 2023
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