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Audra Shallal
EBAN SPORTS
Co-founder & Co-chair
Description
Audra Shallal is Founder and CEO of INNIVIA Ventures and Co-founder and Co-chair of EBAN Sports, entrepreneur, investor and ecosystem builder at the intersection of sport, innovation and venture capital. She explores how sport can become a horizontal driver for innovation across health, well-being, wearables, cybersecurity, sustainability, food tech, space and dual-use technologies. With over 25 years in venture building, startup financing and investor readiness programs, she connects founders, athletes, investors and sport organizations, strengthening the European sport innovation ecosystem by bridging early-stage sport-tech ventures with business angels, capital and market access. She conducts her signature Craft a Killer Pitch workshop globally and teaches Entrepreneurship, Business Plan Development and Entrepreneurial Finance at ENSCP, Ecole Polytechnique (X), ParisTech and CELSA. She holds board leadership roles across Europe's investment landscape. Past Vice-president of Femmes Business Angels and past board member of Nordic Female Business Angels Network and Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles (BAdGE), she is currently board member of European Business Angels Network (EBAN) and Executive Committee member of EBAN for EBAN Communities, board member of Sophia Business Angels (SBA), Impulse 4 Women (I4W), Tenmou - 1st Bahrain Business Angel Network and African Business Angels Network (AFBAN), and co-founder of Flying Finn Angels and founder of INNIVIA Angels. She is Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC) Powered by Microsoft Ambassador for France. She is Expert Jury Member for the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), D2XCEL stakeholder for AI-powered services in smart cities and D2XCEL expert in renewable energy and sustainable mobility, EIC Mentor and Expert for Clean Fuels and Hydrogen, expert for InnoHSupport, EBAN Gender expert and WOMEN TechEU Ally / EIC Women Leadership program mentor supporting women-led deep tech startups. As expert advisor to OECD, UNEP, UNIDO and European Commission, she launched the Enterprise Financing Network within the MENA-OECD Investment programme connecting entrepreneurs, financiers, academia, government and policymakers to improve innovation funding conditions. She empowers athletes and sport-tech founders to become investors, entrepreneurs and long-term value creators beyond competition. As former professional classical ballet dancer and currently medal-winning athlete in competitive fencing and horse show jumping, she brings firsthand understanding of performance, discipline and the transition from sport to business. Audra holds two BAs in International Business and International Economics from American University of Paris, MBA from Ponts et Chaussees and DEA in Strategic Management from Sorbonne.
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