Tala Aziz

Co-founder & COO at Gather Finance · Developer tooling

Gather Finance

Dubai, UAE · GST (UTC+4)

8+ years experience

University of Dubai

English, Arabic

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I started Gather Finance to fix developer tooling for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Raised $36 million across 2 rounds. Previously at Swvl. Most at home with open source and developer tools. Cyclist - trying to do a century this year.

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Looking for founding engineers to join Gather Finance early - developer tooling

Role: Founding engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $123k-$176k + equity
Team: Founding team, 8 people
Start: This quarter
Must have: Has closed the books at a growing company Strong modelling Ownership of something end to end
Process: Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp AED 26k-62k a month. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Series A round open - tutoring for pharmacies, 79 paying customers

Stage: Series A
Raising: $2M
Instrument: Convertible note
Committed so far: Opening the round now
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: 79 paying customers after 16 months
Use of funds: Engineering hires and the first sales team

79 paying customers after 16 months. Looking for investors who know mobility and can help with regulatory approvals.

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Experience

Co-founder & COO
Feb 2022 - Present
Gather Finance · 4 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
- Signed 399 paying customers, 20 of them enterprises.
- Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
- Took Gather Finance from zero to $8 million ARR.
FP&A Manager
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
Swvl · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Dubai, UAE
- Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 7 straight quarters.
- Closed the books in 4 days, down from 18.

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University of Dubai
BBA, Computer Science
2013 - 2017

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