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Kuwait Life Sciences Company

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About Company
KLSC is a Kuwait-based life sciences and healthcare technology transfer and investment company.

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founded date

03.03.2010

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For Profit

IPO status

Private

Description

KLSC invests in healthcare innovative concepts and demanded services which have a clear and unmet need in the MENA region, and operates in healthcare investment, life sciences training, medical technology, and pharmaceutical distribution. KLSC follows a similar investment strategy to its parent company, NTEC, focusing on incubation (start-up) projects, venture capital, and private equity. KLSC invests in companies with products or services that solve existing customer problems with groundbreaking technologies and have the potential for above-average, substantial growth, as well as more established companies with the purpose of reducing the time gap of certain in-demand technology introduction into the mass markets.
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Qais Marafie
Qais Marafie

Qais Marafie

Mr. Qais Marafie serves as an Assistant Vice President at National Technology Enterprises Company. Mr. Marafie joined NTEC in June 2006 and heads the life sciences team. Mr. Marafie is actively involved in sourcing, identifying, and evaluating investment opportunities as well as follow up on the performance of NTEC’s existing life sciences portfolio. Mr. Marafie is the Chief executive Officer at Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He served for eight years as an Assistant Vice President in The Industrial Financial Investments Co. (IFIC), 'International Arab Investment Department' and focused on venture capital private equity investments and was responsible for a portfolio of private equity funds direct deals in addition to fund raisings and clients follow-up. He serves as a Director at NewBridge Pharmaceuticals FZ-LLC. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Kuwait University in 1997.

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Kuwait Life Sciences Company
Kuwait Life Sciences Company

Qais Marafie

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Mussaad Al-Razouki

Chief Business Development Officer

Qais Marafie

Qais Marafie

Vice Chairman & CEO

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