Endeavor Lebanon
Lebanese office of Endeavor, launched in April 2011, that selects founders of fast-growing Lebanese companies and supports them with advice, mentoring and networks.
Industry: Entrepreneur support organisation | Location: Lebanon | Founded: 2011
About Endeavor Lebanon
Endeavor Lebanon is the Lebanese office of Endeavor, a global network that selects and supports high-impact entrepreneurs. It identifies founders of fast-growing Lebanese companies and gives them strategic advice, mentoring and access to networks. The office launched in April 2011, according to a JumpCloud press release.
A 2019 Annahar interview with then managing director Christina Chehade said the office had selected 40 entrepreneurs from 31 companies, which generated more than USD 260 million in revenue and employed more than 2,300 people in 2018. It described a five-step selection process and a mentor pool of more than 170 people in Lebanon. The team page now lists Vera Abouchar as managing director, with an associate director, a senior associate, an associate, an analyst and an office manager. Mouhamad Rabah, CEO of Beirut Digital District, chairs a ten-member board.
Programmes listed on the site include the Entrepreneur Experience, the Scale Up Program, WEE READY and the Endeavor Catalyst Fund, a co-investment fund for Endeavor entrepreneurs. Cohort V of the Scale Up Program, announced on 5 October 2026, runs for 14 weeks with ten founders from nine companies. In April 2026 the office launched the Lebanese Women Empowerment Program with L'Oreal Liban, ESA Business School and Publicis Group Middle East as partners, and selected eight founders for the 2026 cohort. Featured entrepreneurs include Tony Jamous of Oyster, Tamim Khalfa and Nael Halwani of Toters, and Antoine Jebara of JumpCloud.
In 2017 the office organised the third Global Lebanese Entrepreneurs and Investors Summit with LIFE at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beirut. A memorandum signed in May 2020 made LebNet its mentoring partner. In October 2026 it co-organised a startup pitch competition with the Lebanese Angel Investor Network at Experia Expo, won by Edgebot, and it sits on that network's advisory board.
The website reports that Lebanese entrepreneurs in the network employed 3,368 people and generated USD 543 million in revenue in 2025, and have raised USD 609 million in equity capital. In April 2026 the office highlighted four Lebanese founders in Endeavor's 2026 Outliers class.
Leadership
- Vera Abouchar, Managing Director
- Elsa AR Yanni, Associate Director
- Mouhamad Rabah, Chairman of the Board
- Christina Chehade, Board member; former Managing Director
- Fadi Majdalani, Board member
- Ghaith Yafi, Board member
- Joumana Diab, Board member
- Karim Farra, Board member