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Youssef Rezkalla

Youssef Rezkalla

Co-Founder & General Partner at Genesis Fund, student founder, and TEDx speaker

Boston, Massachusetts
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Joined June 2025
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Youssef Rezkalla is an ambitious and resilient young entrepreneur, having founded two companies (SAHI and Unwritten Lines) before or during his early college years. Despite his first startup (SAHI, a health tech venture) failing, he successfully exited his second company (Unwritten Lines, a clothing brand), demonstrating a strong capacity for learning and adaptation in the startup world. iheart+3
He is deeply embedded in the venture capital ecosystem, currently serving as a Co-Founder and General Partner at Genesis Fund, an early-stage fund dedicated to supporting student founders in Boston. His prior experience includes various analyst and venture partner roles at firms such as Afore Capital, BECO Capital, A/O, GoingVC Partners, and Global Ventures. linkedin+1
A Boston University student on a full-ride scholarship, Youssef is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Future Technology. He leverages his academic background and personal drive to foster the student startup community in Boston, actively mapping and connecting with student builders across various universities. iheart+1
Youssef is an advocate for prioritizing global spending on healthcare and education over military expenditure, a stance he articulated in his TEDx talk, 'Healthcare vs Defence'. He believes in investing in areas like medicine, space exploration, and nanotechnology to address global challenges and uplift people out of poverty. ted+2
Originally from Egypt and having lived in Dubai from age three, Youssef moved to the US in 2021. His international upbringing has provided him with diverse cultural insights, which he believes foster a greater understanding of people and a decent, kind human approach to life. iheart+1

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Healthcare vs Defence

June 1, 2021

A TEDx talk presented in June 2021 at GEMS Wellington Academy Al Khail. Youssef argued for prioritizing global investment in healthcare over military spending, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. He highlighted the economic and moral implications of current spending patterns and advocated for increased investment in health, education, and technology (medicine, space exploration, nanotechnology).

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Youssef was a competitive swimmer, participating in the 2016 World Cup in Dubai, before an injury led him to pivot his energy towards entrepreneurship. iheart+1