Nasser Mostafa

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Principal at Cedar Ventures · Fintech · venture capital, due diligence

Cedar Ventures
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · AST (UTC+3)
6+ years experience
INSEAD Abu Dhabi
English, Arabic, French
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Overview

6 years around startups; now investing in fintech. Led or co-led 6 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later. Before that: Microsoft and Amazon. Most at home with board work and due diligence.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on fintech
  • Founders building in fintech
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on infrastructure decisions
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

Best reached early in the week

Skills
venture capitaldue diligenceboard workinfrastructure
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for founders preparing a seed round: fintech and infrastructure

Topics
fintech, due diligence, infrastructure
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Equity
Capacity
Two calls a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

6 years of fintech. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabiaventure capitalinfrastructureboard work
Open
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed fintech in MENA

Cheque size
$250k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Fintech
Geographies
US and Europe
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 3 weeks.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Nov 2023 - Present
    Cedar Ventures · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Backed 39 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 7 boards.
  2. Consultant
    Jul 2021 - Jul 2023
    Microsoft · 2 yr · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Delivered 18 engagements across 7 countries.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 13 deals.
  3. Senior Consultant
    Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
    Amazon · 9 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Designed the operating model for a 19 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Abu Dhabi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2021 - 2023
  2. King Saud University
    BSc, Engineering
    2015 - 2019

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