ManalBelaouane

Manal invests at the earliest stages at HV, from Pre-Seed through Series A, with a focus on the London and Paris ecosystems. She grew up between Geneva and Algeria, two cultures that shaped how she thinks and works in equal measure. She studied Business Administration and International Affairs at St. Gallen, co-founded Stellar Analytics during an exchange at Harvard, then moved to Accenture Strategy. She left to build Upmote, a B2B mental health platform she launched through the pandemic, before joining Gorillas during hyperscale to drive revenue growth and topline strategy. That combination of operator experience and strategic depth is what she brings to every founder she backs. Off the clock: deep in books on AI, history, and economics, or running long distances when she needs to think.

Manal focuses on AI-native infrastructure, AI-native and AI-enabled applications, and energy transition. She looks for non-obvious markets and likes to come in early, helping shape the fundamentals before they're set.