About Us

Kepri develops innovative sustainability solutions through investments in visionary startups and partnerships with forward-thinking organizations

Our story and mission

Our mission is to drive large-scale sustainability solutions and promote impact-oriented initiatives through innovation and partnerships.

The Kepri name

The name Kepri comes from the Ancient Egyptian scarab beetle god “Khepri”, the god of rebirth and sunrise.

Our global team

Our global multicultural team is is composed of experts and practitioners in sustainability, impact investing, strategy consulting, innovation management, and sustainable travel.

Our story and mission

Our mission is to drive large-scale sustainability solutions and promote impact-oriented initiatives through innovation and partnerships.

Kepri invests in impact-driven startups and provides B2B sustainability services and solutions to support its clients in their sustainability journey while contributing positively to the reversal of the climate and environmental crises we are currently witnessing.

Kepri began its journey over 15 years ago in sustainable travel. Our founder, Karim Haggar, started the business in Canada with his childhood friend and initially offered B2C adventures to Canadians travelers. Over the years, the business evolved and pivoted to a B2B model focused on educational expeditions and impact projects partnering with pioneering educational institutions in North America. 

The educational travel division was then carved out and the business refocused on impact investments along with B2B sustainability advisory and impact projects with private and public clients across sectors. 

Kepri recently moved its head office to Dubai, the business hub of the Middle East, and a city at the crossroads of the world; a bridge between East and West, and between the global North and the global South. Today, the Middle East is at the center of the global climate dialogues with COP27 and COP28 taking place in Egypt and the UAE respectively.

The Kepri name

The name Kepri comes from the Ancient Egyptian scarab beetle god “Khepri”, the god of rebirth and sunrise. The scarab beetle inspired ancient Egyptians for centuries as it lays its eggs in animal dung balls that it then pushes along the ground. In the same way that the beetle kept pushing the dung balls containing its offspring, Khepri pushed the newly born sun across the skies.

The scarab beetle is also a symbol of endurance in harsh and arid environments. This amazing small beetle literally harvests water out of thin air. The beetle stands on its head until enough fog / mist condenses on its body letting droplets of water accumulate and drip down into its mouth.  

Inspired by the small scarab beetle, Kepri today symbolizes hope, endurance, rebirth and the start of a new economy centered on sustainability and circularity.

Team and founder

Our multicultural team is scattered around the world and is composed of experts and practitioners in sustainability, impact investing, strategy consulting, innovation management, and sustainable travel.

Initially, Karim Haggar co-founded Kepri Projects in 2004 with his childhood friend in order to harness sustainable travel as a force to counter the environmental degradation of our only planet. The business operated both B2B and B2C expeditions in 30+ countries and focused mostly on educational travel through partnerships with educational institutions in North America. In 2014, Karim bought out his partner and decided to carve out the educational travel activities and to pivot and refocus the business around impact investments/VC, advisory and impact projects and travel for B2B customers. The business then moved its headquarters to Dubai, a more central location, at the crossroads of the world.

Karim also advised public and private clients on their strategy, innovation and sustainability challenges in North America and the Middle East and worked for 7+ years with Strategy&/Booz & co (part of the PwC network) in both regions and helped set up the Strategy& offices in Canada.

His curiosity and thirst for learning led him to complete a PhD in strategy and innovation management while working on one of Canada’s largest management research projects with research missions around the world and while teaching an entrepreneurship course at McGill University that he also designed.

As an angel investor and mentor, Karim also supports young social and impact entrepreneurs through various accelerators, board memberships and pro bono engagements.

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