Samakab Hashi brings nearly two decades of experience investing across developed and emerging markets, including deploying roughly $1 billion in private equity deals at Allstate Investments before moving to early-stage venture at Lateral Frontiers Fund, giving him an uncommon mix of large-cap institutional PE and frontier VC experience. He invests from Nairobi as an East African native who built his career in London and the Middle East, positioning him as a locally rooted yet globally trained investor who can translate between African founders and international institutional capital. Samakab Hashi brings nearly two decades of experience investing across developed and emerging markets, including deploying roughly $1 billion in private equity deals at Allstate Investments before moving to early-stage venture at Lateral Frontiers Fund, giving him an uncommon mix of large-cap institutional PE and frontier VC experience. He invests from Nairobi as an East African native who built his career in London and the Middle East, positioning him as a locally rooted yet globally trained investor who can translate between African founders and international institutional capital.