Raed is a successful serial tech entrepreneur, turned angel investor turned venture capitalist (VC investing in start-ups), turned institutional limited partner (investor in other VCs)..
Knowing precisely how bumpy a founder's journey is through the many awkward mistakes Raed made, Raed knew he could “pass the torch” by helping someone else to get there in half the time — and with fewer scars and horror stories.
Raed helped tech founders crack silicon valley quickly by coaching them to raise money, scale their business and exit successfully.
As a founder himself, Raed founded a number of software, digital and telecom companies. Raed was partially responsible for the introduction of new wireless policy in Canada, which produced new wireless carriers giving Canadians real wireless choice for a change. Subsequently, Raed was responsible for brining inflight wifi across Canadian air space when he founded SkySurf. After that Raed co-founded Mubadala Ventures in Silicon Valley, a $600m platform that invested in startups as well as invested in other VCs in Silicon Valley.
Having worn all hats in a tech-startup eco-system and having founded, invested in other founders and in and with other VCs, Raed's experience and network in Silicon Valley is second to non. Raed skills, coaching, and relationships have yielded great outcomes for the founders which he supports.
Raed has helped a number of promising founders achieve extraordinary outcomes and helped grow their business to hundreds of millions in value and being recognized for numerous awards such as Forbes 30 under 30 and CES innovation awards.
