Venture Lab Visiting Expert: Omar Qari (WG'13); Ops. Partner at K1 Investment Management

February 11, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Tangen Hall 342 and 325; Tuesday, Feb 11th 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT
This is a great opportunity for students interested in entrepreneurship, product innovation, global partnerships, and scaling companies. Interested in also doing a 1:1? Sign up here: https://go.oncehub.com/OmarQari
Omar is a creative and product-focused entrepreneurial leader with extensive experience founding, building, and scaling companies. His most recent venture, Peel, raised over $95M from top VCs, including Redpoint, Lightspeed, Alibaba, and Samsung. He built a global team of 200 and developed platforms supporting over 100M users and 50 million monthly active users.

Omar also launched the first internet-connected hardware device, which helped define the smart home category. He transformed Peel’s strategy from hardware-focused to software-driven, forming key partnerships with mobile manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Sony, and Xiaomi.