Sonia Gokhale

Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouq · Joined 2013

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Biography

Sonia Gokhale is a Co-Founder and General Partner of VentureSouq, a MENA-based venture capital fund manager she co-founded in 2013 and which is regulated by the Abu Dhabi Global Market FSRA. Before VentureSouq she was an Investment Professional in the Global Special Situations Group of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, focusing on venture capital and technology deals, and earlier worked as an Actuarial Consultant at Mercer. She holds a BSc in Actuarial Science and Statistics from the University of Toronto and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and of the Society of Actuaries. She represented the firm publicly on the launch of its MENA fintech fund.

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Career Timeline

2013
Co-founded VentureSouq in the UAE alongside Sonia Weymuller, Tammer Qaddumi and Suneel Gokhale.
2022
Spoke as General Partner on the launch of VentureSouq's USD 50 million MENA fintech fund.

Sources & References

VentureSouq - Team ↗Forbes Middle East - 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen 2025: Sonia Gokhale ↗Forbes Middle East - The Middle East's Top Venture Capitalists 2024: VentureSouq ↗Entrepreneur Middle East - VentureSouq Debuts US$50 Million Fintech Fund ↗