Riya Patel

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Founder, Trellis AI - data · climate tech · enterprise sales

Trellis AI
Abu Dhabi, UAE · GST (UTC+4)
13+ years experience
INSEAD Abu Dhabi
English, Arabic
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Overview

Founder of Trellis AI, working on climate analytics. Raised $15 million across 2 rounds. Signed 354 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises. Weekend cricket, weekday chai.

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Raising a $12M Series A for cross-border payouts for property managers

Stage
Series A
Raising
$12M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
229 paying customers after 25 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

229 paying customers after 25 months. Looking for investors who know media and can help with expansion into Africa.

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Experience

  1. Founder
    Nov 2022 - Present
    Trellis AI · 3 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Abu Dhabi, UAE
    • Raised $2 million across 2 rounds.
    • Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company.
    • Signed 387 paying customers, 21 of them enterprises.
  2. Business Analyst
    Dec 2019 - Nov 2022
    EY · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Abu Dhabi, UAE
    • Reduced cloud spend on web by 29% in two quarters.
    • Wrote the enterprise sales service that now handles 46 million requests a day.
  3. Senior Consultant
    Feb 2016 - Dec 2019
    SABIC · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Abu Dhabi, UAE
    • Delivered 27 engagements across 9 countries.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $176 million.
  4. Business Analyst
    Aug 2014 - Feb 2016
    Majid Al Futtaim · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Abu Dhabi, UAE
    • Wrote the data service that now handles 33 million requests a day.
  5. Consultant
    Jul 2013 - May 2014
    Emirates NBD · 10 mo · Full-time · Abu Dhabi, UAE
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $49 million.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 26 deals.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Abu Dhabi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. American University in Cairo
    BA, Economics
    2009 - 2013

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