Khalid Abdelrahman

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Founder at Northwind Pay · AI agents for operations teams

Northwind Pay
Muscat, Oman · GST (UTC+4)
11+ years experience
Khalifa University
English, Arabic
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Northwind Pay (AI agents for operations teams). 11 years of building before that. Took Northwind Pay from zero to $6 million ARR. Before that: Swvl and SABIC. Kannada theatre fan.

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Skills
productLLMsfundraisingB2B SaaSautomation
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - event ticketing for D2C brands, 73 paying customers

Stage
Series B
Raising
$2M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
$534k from operators in the space
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
73 paying customers after 13 months
Use of funds
Product and compliance

73 paying customers after 13 months. Looking for investors who know marketplaces and can help with hiring.

Muscat, Oman · remote OKfundraisingb2b saasautomation
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Oct 2024 - Present
    Northwind Pay · 2 yr · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Raised $11 million across 3 rounds.
    • Signed 293 paying customers, 18 of them enterprises.
    • Took Northwind Pay from zero to $12 million ARR.
  2. Finance Director
    Jul 2022 - Oct 2024
    Swvl · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $208 million raise.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 10 straight quarters.
  3. Finance Manager
    Mar 2019 - Jul 2022
    SABIC · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Ran diligence on 7 acquisitions.
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 18.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
    Etihad Airways · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  5. FP&A Manager
    Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
    Oracle · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 6 straight quarters.
    • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. Khalifa University
    BSc, Engineering
    2010 - 2014

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