About us
Operators first, investors second.
For over a decade, Rennewi Ventures has completed transactions in 53 countries, connecting investors with cash-flowing assets. Today we also build companies ourselves. We incubate new ventures, manage businesses for the people who own them, and handle the acquisitions and exits that bookend each one.
Meet the founder
An operator who has built, bought and sold.
Salim Rennewi founded Rennewi Ventures after more than a decade of building, buying and scaling businesses. He started his career in growth in 2016 and went on to found BurnerLabs, where he helped 12 founders build in-house growth teams and generated over $24M in client revenue. At Opontia, he worked across the full acquisition cycle: sourcing businesses, running due diligence, closing the acquisitions, managing the brands after purchase and taking them to exit. He then founded SellAbroad, a cross-border payments platform, and scaled it to $8M in monthly processing volume and $11.4M in ARR.
- Building, buying and scaling businesses
- 10+ yrs
- Acquisition and exit transactions
- 100+
- ARR scaled at SellAbroad
- $11.4M
Leadership
The team running your investment
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Salim Rennewi
Head of Acquisitions
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Abbas Ammar
Head of Financing
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Ralph Halabi
Head of Operations
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Straight answers for investors and founders. Anything else, ask us during your application call.
ApplyWhat does Rennewi Ventures do?
We are an asset management and incubation firm. We incubate new ventures from idea to revenue, manage operating businesses on behalf of investors, and run the acquisitions and exits around them.
What is the difference between incubation and asset management?
Incubation is building something new: we provide the operating team, systems and capital access to take a venture from zero to scale, the way we did with SellAbroad. Asset management is taking an existing business and growing it on your behalf, so you own the upside without running day-to-day operations.
Which sectors do you invest in?
We are sector-agnostic. Our track record spans fintech, payments, software and consumer brands. We match each investor with opportunities in the industries they want exposure to.
What size of transaction do you work on?
The smallest transaction we have completed for a client was $50K USD and the largest was $75M USD.
How long does a deal take to close?
From first qualified lead to closing typically takes 15 to 45 days. Exits usually take 3 to 6 months from preparation to completion.
What is the application?
A short questionnaire about your investing or operating history, goals and capacity. It lets us decide quickly whether we can help and which opportunities fit you.
Work with us
Apply to see if we are a fit.
We work with a small number of investors and founders at a time. The best fit has prior investing or operating experience and wants a partner that runs the business side, not just a cheque.