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I don’t advise. I operate.

Saleh Halfi

Saleh Halfi

Saleh Halfi

Operating Partner & Venture Builder

Operating Partner & Venture Builder

I deploy on the ground in 5 languages to build what's next.

Venture building, GTM, brand, and team transformation. Operating in the language of the market across EMEA and Latin America since 2014. From Moroccan farmland to the coast of Brazil to corporate boardrooms.

5

Fluent Languages

Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese.

5

Fluent Languages

Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese.

483%

First-Year Revenue Growth

Delivered during the market entry of Maroc Rider. Year one.

50+

Tons of Organic Harvest

Produced in year two. Mzab Hot Chili Peppers.

50+

Tons of Organic Harvest

Produced in year two. Mzab Hot Chili Peppers.

Who is this for?

Who is this for?

For Venture Platforms

Your portfolio company has the funding and the founder. What it doesn’t have is someone who can land in an unfamiliar market, build the commercial engine, and move fast without burning equity or culture. That’s what I do.

For Venture Platforms

Your portfolio company has the funding and the founder. What it doesn’t have is someone who can land in an unfamiliar market, build the commercial engine, and move fast without burning equity or culture. That’s what I do.

For Founders

You’re past the idea stage. Or not. Either way, you’re hitting a wall. Not just the business wall. The one inside. I take three founders a year. Not to coach. To walk with you through the zones you’ve been avoiding. I know what they cost.

For Founders

You’re past the idea stage. Or not. Either way, you’re hitting a wall. Not just the business wall. The one inside. I take three founders a year. Not to coach. To walk with you through the zones you’ve been avoiding. I know what they cost.

For Industry Leaders

The boardroom has a plan. The field has a different reality. I've operated inside that gap for global leaders, for restricted-market launches, for organizations under competitive pressure. I don't work from the outside. I stay until both sides speak the same language.

For Industry Leaders

The boardroom has a plan. The field has a different reality. I've operated inside that gap for global leaders, for restricted-market launches, for organizations under competitive pressure. I don't work from the outside. I stay until both sides speak the same language.

Selected work

Built. Delivered. Tested. Built again. A decade of work across venture building, market entry, and organizational transformation in environments where the playbook didn’t exist.

Built. Delivered. Tested. Built again. A decade of work across venture building, market entry, and organizational transformation in environments where the playbook didn’t exist.

Man Side View

What I do. On the ground.

What I do. On the ground.

Venture Building

From blank page to operating reality. I’ve built from soil, from waste streams, from broken models. Twice, on two continents. I don’t blueprint. I build.

Venture Building

From blank page to operating reality. I’ve built from soil, from waste streams, from broken models. Twice, on two continents. I don’t blueprint. I build.

Marketing & GTM

I read the market before I enter it. Then I build the commercial strategy and execute it myself. One operator. No dilution between thinking and doing.

Brand

Most brands say what they do. I build identities rooted in cultural reality. Sharp enough to hold a position in a contested market, human enough to mean something.

Team & Culture

Scale doesn’t stall because of strategy. It stalls because of people. I design the experiences and structures that turn a group of employees into an aligned operation that moves with conviction.

Where I operate

I work primarily in green tech, regenerative ventures, circular economy, and creative industries. And anything built on the conviction that profit and impact are the same system. Not by accident. Because these are the spaces where building something new matters more than optimizing what's already there.

Green Tech

Green Tech

Agriculture

Agriculture

Circular Economy

Circular Economy

Energy

Energy

Creative Industries

Creative Industries

Leisure & Hospitality

Leisure & Hospitality

FMCG

FMCG

Sports

Sports

Impact Ventures

Impact Ventures

What services do you specialize in?

Do you work with startups or established companies?

What is your typical engagement model?

What industries do you work in?

How do I know if we’re the right fit?

What services do you specialize in?

Do you work with startups or established companies?

What is your typical engagement model?

What industries do you work in?

How do I know if we’re the right fit?

What services do you specialize in?

Do you work with startups or established companies?

What is your typical engagement model?

What industries do you work in?

How do I know if we’re the right fit?

Ready to build what’s next?