Carolyn Akel

Carolyn Akel has twenty years of experience in identifying and launching consumer products into the retail, catalogue and the online marketplace. She has an eye for the next trend and the know-how to turn cool products into hot market leaders. Her clients are up-and-coming companies that create trend-setting products that are celebrities in the marketplace with revolutionary ideas and cutting-edge technology.

Akel devoted ten years to managing institutional assets, including but not limited to, repositioning, investing, managing and divesting over $2.6 billion of financial assets. A Partner and SVP of Portfolio Strategies and Investments for a San Francisco investment firm, Akel brings her experience in advising and investing to emerging companies across multiple industries.

Akel founded Akel Ventures Inc. in 2005 capitalizing on her financial experience and passion for building first-class consumer product brands. Akel has a keen eye and strong gut for discovering “the next big thingâ€Â that consumers are seeking. Akel has had the opportunity to work with many notable consumer product companies and has a stellar track record in assisting her client companies into profitability and marketplace leadership within their categories.