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Basil Darwish is a Managing Director of Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. He leads the venture and growth equity investments practice in Fintech and Enterprise IT. One of his goals is to seek investments that are strategically aligned with Wells Fargo and as a mean to bring in technology-based innovation. Basil’s investment focus areas include B2B/B2C Fintech, RegTech, AI & Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, and Information Security.
Basil has been in the domain of venture investing for more than a decade, with experiences across Silicon Valley, New York, and Southeast Asia/Singapore. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2016, Basil was with Citi for 8 years most recently as Senior Vice President at Citi’s growth ventures and innovation group (Citi Ventures), where he focused on strategic venture investments and innovation initiatives across the US and Asia, in the domains of Payments/Fintech, Big Data Analytics, and Cyber Security.
Prior to moving into financial services, Basil spent several years in the technology industry in various roles across the value chain, from semiconductor product engineering and system-level product development at Analog Devices Inc, as well as digital design engineering at Chinook Communications, a technology startup that emerged out of MIT in 1999 developing digital bandwidth enhancement technologies.
Basil holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business with a double major in finance and entrepreneurial management, a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University with a focus on semiconductor design, and a B.Sc. in EE from the University of Jordan
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San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
Managing Director, Fintech and Enterprise IT lead
2016 - Current
Director, Strategic Investments
2016 - 2018
Managing Director, Strategic Investments
2016 - Current
Wells Fargo Securities
Director, Strategic Investments
2016 - 2018
Board and Advisor Roles
5
Droit
Board Member
2016 - Current
Elliptic
Board Observer
Invalid date - Current
OpenFin
Board Member
2019 - Current
Trovata
Board Member
2021 - Current
H2O.ai
Board Member
Invalid date - Current
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Basil Darwish is the Managing Director, Fintech and Enterprise IT lead at Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Basil Darwish has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Basil Darwish studied MS EE, Semiconductors @ Tufts University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
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Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Investor Name | Money Raised |
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Oct 20, 2021 | - | Venture Round - Volante Technologies | Wells Fargo Strategic Capital | 10.0M |
Nov 07, 2021 | H2O.ai | Series E - H2O.ai | - | 100.0M |
Apr 26, 2023 | Axoni | Venture Round - Axoni | - | 20.0M |
May 24, 2023 | OpenFin | Series D - OpenFin | Wells Fargo Strategic Capital | 35.0M |
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