Tarek Elessawi

Tarek Elessawi is a Principal at Plug and Play Ventures based in San Francisco, California. In his current capacity, he focuses on early-stage technology investments across the mobility, proptech, fintech, insurtech, and health sectors, contributing to a venture firm with a historical portfolio of over 1,681 investments. He has served as a board observer for several startups, including Locomation, Shoof Technologies, and ProcessGold, which was subsequently acquired by UIPath, and he recently participated in Plunk's $6.5 million seed funding round. Prior to joining Plug and Play as an Associate, Elessawi worked as a Business Strategy Consultant at Accenture, a quantitative analyst at Citi, and in enterprise sales strategy for Google Cloud. Holding an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington, his professional background centers on identifying and scaling early-stage technology ventures within corporate innovation ecosystems.