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Built by operators.

The Binary Holdings is built by a small core of operators with deep experience across telecommunications, financial services, regulated infrastructure, and consumer technology at scale. The team is based in Dubai with engineering reach into Southeast Asia.

HEADQUARTERS
DIFC Innovation Hub, Dubai

FOUNDED
2023

STRUCTURE
Private company
01 · Leadership

The operators.

Founder & CEO
Manit Sachin Parikh

Founder of The Binary Holdings. Operator-investor background across emerging-market telecommunications, digital infrastructure, and consumer technology. Based in Dubai.

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Co-Founder & CBO
Siddharth Sahi

Owns partner relationships, master service agreements, and commercial activation across the live country footprint.

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CIO
Ioannis Karipsiadis

Leads capital strategy, investor relationships, and the financial structuring behind partner and market expansion.

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Chief Legal Officer
Shahab Ahmed

Leads regulatory posture, partner DPAs, jurisdictional structuring, and external counsel relationships.

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VP Of Product
Vetrivelu Balasubramani

Leads product strategy across BinaryOS, Binary Network, BNII, and Atlas. Based in Bangkok with engineering coordination across the region.

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Tech Lead · AI
Kunanon Jarat

Owns the intelligence layer, model orchestration, and integration between foundation models and BNII output classes.

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02· Advisors & backers

The network.

Advisors
Strategic backers
Commercial partners
Advisors
Advisor
Gilly Strauss
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Advisor
Joanne Wood
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Advisor
Alexander Janssens
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Advisor
Dr. Joseph Thomas
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Advisor
Olivier Lenfant
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Advisor
Bhawnish Malhotra
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Advisor
Meng Wah Ng
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Advisor
Yiorgos Mexis
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Advisor
Ghassan Kassabji
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Partners & backers
Backer
The Private Office of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan
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SOSV
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Dutch Sports Tech Fund
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Plug and Play
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Hustle Fund
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Miti Ventures
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Mana Partners
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Plantec
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Engage

Recruiting and partner enquiries by appointment.

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