Hesham AlMazrouei

Overview

Principal at Saltwater Ventures, backing consumer companies. Backed 51 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 12 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later. Before that: Majid Al Futtaim and Monday.com. Most at home with brands and marketplaces. I host a monthly meetup on consumer.

Replies between meetings, usually same day

Experience

1. Principal

   Jan 2025 - Present
   Saltwater Ventures · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
   • Led or co-led 37 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Backed 47 founders at pre-seed and seed.
   • Sit on 2 boards.
2. Principal Product Manager

   Dec 2021 - Jan 2025
   Majid Al Futtaim · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
   • Led or co-led 19 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Sit on 4 boards.
3. Associate Product Manager

   Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
   Monday.com · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
4. Principal Product Manager

   May 2018 - Jun 2020
   Boston Consulting Group · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
   • Led or co-led 18 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
5. Product Manager

   Oct 2016 - May 2018
   Siemens · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
   • Took payments activation from 27% to 54% in three quarters.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new payments customers from 14 days to 2.

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Education

1. University of Dubai

   BBA, Business Administration
   2012 - 2016