Sadaharu Saiki(a.k.a. Sada), Founder & General Partner at Sunny Side Venture Partners, based in Cairo, Egypt, is passionate about finding startups with good ambitions and supporting them in scaling their businesses & their impact into the world. He worked at Dentsu Inc., one of the largest marketing and advertising companies in the world, for 6 years in Tokyo, Japan, mainly serving Toyota’s global marketing team, and 3 years in Bangalore, India, engaging in helping Japanese multinational corporations expand in India, before he went to study at Harvard Business School(HBS). At HBS, he was a VP of Africa Business Club and a member of Impact Investing Club and Consulting for Impact Club. After graduating with distinction, he joined McKinsey & Company, and in 2022, founded Sunny Side Venture Partners, the first Asian VC based in North Africa. Sunny Side Venture Partners targets early-stage startups across Africa and the Middle East. It has so far invested in almost 20 companies operating across 17 countries. He is an active supporter and advocator of the local ecosystem, having participated and spoken so far at more than 70 startup related conferences/events for Africa & the Middle East across 19 cities in 14 countries, including Japan-India-Africa Business Forum organized by Nikkei and METI in Tokyo, Japan, GITEX Africa in Marrakech, Morocco(Africa’s largest startup conference), RiseUp Summit in Cairo, Egypt(Egypt’s largest startup conference), etc.
Sadaharu holds a Bachelor in Integrated Human Studies from Kyoto University and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) with Distinction[Top 10% of the entire cohort] from Harvard Business School.
