Our Approach
We Invest In Muslim & Ethical Startups
Salam Fund provides funding and guidance for Muslim entrepreneurs to grow their startups and make their dreams a reality.
We believe that entrepreneurs have the highest potential to make a positive impact and make the world a better place.
However, as Muslim entrepreneurs ourselves, we also know that Muslim entrepreneurs have the toughest when it comes to access to funding and investors.
This is why we launched Salam Fund to help Muslim entrepreneurs with funding.
If you are a Muslim entrepreneur working on a startup that will have a positive impact on the world, get in touch.
More Than Just Funding
The funding is just the beginning.
We also provide business guidance and help with the following:
Product Design
Product Development
Marketing & Advertising
If you are a Muslim entrepreneur working on a startup that will have a positive impact on the world, get in touch.
Portfolio
Investment Portfolio
The Team
Meet the Team
Amany Killawi
Amany is a social worker turned social entrepreneur. She is the Co-Founder & COO at Launch Good. She mentors deenpreneurs with their product journey and operations.
Chris Blauvelt
Chris is a co-founder of Launch Good – the largest Muslim crowdfunding platform with over 1 million users. They raised over $400 million for charitable causes since 2013.
Khalid Parekh
Khalid Parekh is an award-winning serial entrepreneur. His latest startup is Fair – the first halal neobank in the USA. He is also the chairman and founder of AMSYS Group which consists of 13+ companies valued at over $400M.
Maruf Yusuf
Maruf is an award-winning serial entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Halal.Ad – #1 marketing agency for the Muslim market. He is also the founder of Ali Huda & a co-founder of Quran Era – a leading Quran reading application for Muslim kids.
Dr Sayd Farook
Dr. Sayd Farook is a Senior Partner at Dinar Standard that publishes the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report. He is also the founder of Salaam Gateway, Falcon Network, and many other initiatives.
Rafi-uddin Shikoh
Rafi-uddin Shikoh is the Founder and CEO of DinarStandard – an advisory consulting firm for Islamic Economy. He has over 1,500 global media mentions including The Economist, CNN, Fortune, and the BBC.
Shahed Amanullah
Shahed created Zabihah, the world’s first Halal restaurant guide, with 10MM annual users and 750,000 mobile app downloads. From 2011-2014, Shahed served as Senior Advisor for Technology at the US Department of State.
Sabiha Ansari
Sabiha is a Co-Founder & Vice President at American Muslim Consumer Consortium (AMCC). She has appeared on Huffington Post, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and other major publications as well.
Fadzil Hashim
Fadzil Hashim is an award-winning serial entrepreneur. He is the founder and group CEO of Brainy Bunch – the #1 Islamic Montessori Daycare Chain in the world with 100+ campuses and 8000+ students.
Umar Munshi
Umar Munshi is a social entrepreneur and a co-founder of Ethis.co & the strategic advisor of Islamic Social Finance marketplace Global Sadaqah Global Sadaqah which manages charity, Zakat and CSR programs.
Amin Aaser
Amin is the Founder and Executive Director of Noor Kids, a Harvard-supported educational technology firm that seeks to build character among Muslim children. Since 2012 Noor Kids has titles in 250,000+ homes across 25 countries.