Saud Abdelrahman

Associate, Foxglove Ventures - board work · venture capital · due diligence

Foxglove Ventures

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · AST (UTC+3)

4+ years experience

Technion

English, Arabic

Investing

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Overview

5 years around startups; now investing in fintech. Sit on 7 boards. Previously an operator for 11 years before investing. Outside work: long runs and longer podcasts.

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Founders building in employment law
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Thoughtful intros to people in my field

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due diligenceventure capitalboard work

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into Series A fintech in India

Cheque size: $500k
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: Employment law, climate
Geographies: Europe
Lead or follow: Lead
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: Intros to operators in our network

Usually the first cheque in. Decisions within 2 weeks.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · remote OKdue diligenceboard workventure capital

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Experience

Associate
Mar 2024 - Present
Foxglove Ventures · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Negotiated 554 commercial agreements a year.
- Secured 5 payments licences.
- Built the privacy programme for launches in 17 countries.
Finance Manager
May 2022 - Mar 2024
First Abu Dhabi Bank · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Closed the books in 4 days, down from 15.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 8 straight quarters.

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Education

Technion
BSc, Engineering
2017 - 2021

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