Iryna Voskerician is a Founder, Managing Partner, and venture capitalist known for backing frontier technologies and building global investment ecosystems across biotech, space, AI, deep tech, and consumer innovation. Her work in the GCC hub stems from her appointment as Venture University’s Strategic Partner for the region, where she collaborates with governments, sovereign wealth funds, and royal families to bring world-class investor training and entrepreneurial development to all six GCC countries—giving her a front-row view into the trends shaping this rapidly accelerating innovation landscape.

She collaborates with Venture University to expand high-quality deal sourcing, conduct rigorous industry-validated diligence, deepen GCC partnerships, and build next-generation investor talent pipelines, especially at a time when the Gulf is rapidly deploying capital into AI and deep tech, diversifying its economies, and forging global co-investment alliances. Through this partnership, Iryna brings a unique blend of Silicon Valley training, GCC strategic access, a powerful global network of senior executives and domain experts from companies such as NVIDIA, Google, and Meta, and hands-on operational expertise to VU’s global investing platform.

Beyond her professional work, she is passionate about storytelling and visibility for innovators—expressed through her role as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Red Hot Monde Magazine—and about empowering entrepreneurs, investors, and changemakers through community, creativity, and global perspective.