Ahmad

Coucha

CEO & Co-founder, FlapKap

Ahmad Coucha is CEO of FlapKap.

Ahmad Coucha is CEO and co-founder of FlapKap, a digital financing platform tackling the SME funding gap across the Middle East and North Africa, underwriting businesses on live sales and payment data rather than collateral and paperwork. Before FlapKap he left a role at Siemens Energy to co-found the digital advertising network Kijamii, serving as its Chief Strategy and Finance Officer as the business grew into GP&K, one of the largest independent media networks in the region. Having built and financed a company through the region's own capital constraints, he understands the problem FlapKap solves from the borrower's side of the table. He also co-founded TEDxCairo. He holds a master's degree from Harvard and an MBA from IE Business School.

Company Profile

FlapKap

FlapKap is a digital financing platform tackling the funding gap facing small and medium-sized enterprises across the Middle East and North Africa. Through revenue-based funding, merchant advances and flexible credit lines, it gives e-commerce, retail and food businesses fast, flexible working capital without the paperwork and delays of traditional banks. FlapKap underwrites businesses digitally by connecting to their sales, payment and accounting data, enabling quicker credit decisions and helping underserved SMEs access the capital they need to grow.

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