Alex Rahaman

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Partner, Idékapital @ Idékapital
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London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Alex Rahaman

London based, half Norwegian, VC investor at Idekapital (Idea Capital). Prior digital entrepreneur with a track record of scaling businesses and delivering shareholder value. Specialties: SaaS, Scaling, Advising the Board, Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation, Governance, Digital Advertising, Growth Companies, Mergers and Acquisition, Private Equity, FinanceKey highlights include:- Leading investments at Idekapital, with €200m AUM including Simplifai, Marketer, Cavai- Former Chair rapid growth martech platform Adimo , including first VC round Jan 2021- SaaS transition as CEO of venture backed Estonian creative ad builder, Nexd- Founded, moved to NYC and grew StrikeAd as the first SaaS programmatic digital ad platform for mobile advertising and as CEO sold May 2015 to Sizmek Inc (now Amazon), a global open ad management company - As operations/finance Director led the sale process of UK premium Ad Network, Unanimis, culminating in sale to France Telecom (Orange) in Aug 2009. Developed business plan and led spin out of leading Ad Exchange, OpenX, to Index Ventures in 2007 (later to Accel $16m)- Founding team of Touch Clarity, SaaS web optimisation solution (sold to Omniture 2006 for $60m)- Qualified Chartered Accountant, trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Alex Rahaman's Current Company Details
Idékapital

Idékapital

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Partner, Idékapital
Alex Rahaman Work Experience Details
  • Idékapital
    Partner
    Idékapital Sep 2020 - Present
    Oslo, No
    General Partner in Idékapital (Idea Capital) investing in rapidly growing technology companies in the Nordics and the UK. With €175m AUM, we provide Series A and growth equity that comes with strategic advice and scale-up support for entrepreneurs seeking to build global market leaders. Idékapital is often the first institutional investor in aspiring B2B technology companies with talented management.
  • Idékapital
    Venture Partner
    Idékapital Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
    Oslo, No
  • Simplifai
    Board Member
    Simplifai Jun 2024 - Present
    Oslo, No
    Joined Board as part of Idékapital's lead investment
  • Marketer
    Board Member
    Marketer Oct 2021 - Present
    Oslo, Oslo, No
    Joined as part of Idekapital's leading of the €7.5m investment round into the leading global Real Estate marketing platform
  • Cavai®
    Interim Chairman
    Cavai® Jul 2021 - Present
    Oslo, No
    Board of fast growing Conversational Advertising Technology scale up. Joined as Interim Chair as part of Idekapital's leading of their £7m Series A
  • Shepper
    Board Member
    Shepper Sep 2020 - Present
    London, England, Gb
  • Kogenta
    Non Executive Chairman
    Kogenta Feb 2020 - Present
    London, Gb
    Hired following investment from Idekapital Fund I to advise the Oslo Board and Executive Team on core strategic growth initiatives. Led investment into Urban Analytics and subsequent Aug 2021 merger and hire of new CEO and Feb 2022 rebrand as Kogenta.
  • Shenorock Ventures
    Owner
    Shenorock Ventures Feb 2007 - Present
    Focus areas include setting strategy; sales, marketing and GTM; business development in particular international growth; people; and financial planning. Bring experience in key shareholder milestones such as fundraising strategy/process and exit.
  • Xenoss
    Advisor
    Xenoss Sep 2018 - Present
    Brooklyn, New York, Us
    Xenoss is a software development company that helps startups and SMEs build software products that deal with big data under high load. Xenoss is headquartered in Wilmington, U.S. with R&D in Kiev, Ukraine.
  • Favrit
    Board Observer
    Favrit Mar 2021 - Mar 2024
    Oslo, No
  • Adimo
    Non Executive Chairman
    Adimo Dec 2019 - Sep 2022
    Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Gb
    Advised the Board and Executive Team on core strategic growth initiatives around internationalisation, commercial structuring, organisation and technology - including first VC raise in Feb 2021. Adimo reduces the path to purchase for global FMCG brands.
  • Nexd
    Non Executive Chairman
    Nexd Apr 2019 - Aug 2020
    Tallinn, Ee
  • Nexd
    Ceo
    Nexd Apr 2017 - Mar 2019
    Tallinn, Ee
    Invited by the lead VC, 3TS, to join the business as its first CEO to lead a SaaS transformation and grow the businesses in UK, Asia and beyond. Opened sales offices in Paris, London, Copenhagen, Tokyo and Singapore, increasing recurring self serve revenues 10X.
  • Powerlinks Media
    Non Executive Chairman
    Powerlinks Media Dec 2017 - Aug 2020
    New York, Ny, Us
    Hired by Foresight VCT as part of investment to set and Chair the governance structure, advise the Board and Executive Team on core strategic initiatives.
  • Rippll
    Non Executive Chairman
    Rippll Mar 2017 - May 2019
    London, Gb
  • Sizmek
    Svp Programmatic
    Sizmek Jun 2015 - Feb 2017
    New York, Ny, Us
    Successfully sold StrikeAd to Sizmek Inc in May 2015 to become a core part of its Programmatic Business, particularly in EMEA and positioned as the first and leading global mobile-first demand side platform for large brands via global media agencies. Took on ownership of UK Sizmek core business (Adserver, rich media, DCO, attribution, verification).
  • Sizmek
    Ceo And Founder (Strikead)
    Sizmek Oct 2010 - May 2015
    New York, Ny, Us
    StrikeAd™ was the developer of the world’s first dedicated mobile advertising Demand Side Platform (DSP), allowing media agencies to plan, optimise and deliver effective global mobile advertising campaigns via a single console through which agencies can plan, execute and evaluate hundreds of mobile campaigns on a global basis in real-time. Alex founded StrikeAd in 2010.
  • Orange
    Director Of Mobile
    Orange Aug 2009 - Jun 2010
    Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, Fr
    Sold Unanimis to Orange in 2009. Then, within Orange, set up and ran their first mobile advertising unit. Responsible for Business Development, Agency & direct Sales team, P&L, Marketing & Orange relationship. Including the launch of a non-Orange Mobile Network, developing the 'Orange Shots' messaging business with Blyk
  • Orange
    Operations And Finance Director (Unanimis)
    Orange Jan 2006 - Aug 2009
    Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, Fr
    - Responsible for a mixture of financial, M&A & commercial activities in this period. -Key achievements include: Managed sale process with Jefferies investment bank until ultimate sale to Orange/FT in August 2009- 2007 Restructure of Unanimis and OpenX Group and £2m investment from NewMediaSpark VC into Unanimis. - In 2006 wrote the first business plan for OpenX, and led the spin out & negotiating of £3m Series A funding from Index Venture
  • Jeego
    Co-Founder, Coo, Then Non-Executive Director
    Jeego Dec 1999 - Dec 2007
    - Founded in 1999, Jeego (formerly Sharpcards) was a mobile media business which addressed the global market for playful picture messaging from phone to phone. Co-founded the business with CEO and was COO from Dec 1999 to April 2001- Backed by Seraphim Capital, Jeego was one of the UK's leading suppliers of picture and animation messaging content for the mobile phone industry before being acquired in 2007.
  • Adobe
    Business Development Director (Touch Clarity)
    Adobe Jan 2001 - Jul 2002
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Member of launch team of this highly innovative predictive internet technology, reporting to CEO. Touch Clarity was sold to Omniture for $60m in 2006 and became part of the business acquired for $1.8bn by Adobe in 2009.
  • Pricewaterhousecoopers
    Assistant Manager
    Pricewaterhousecoopers Sep 1995 - Mar 1999
    Gb
    - Qualified as Chartered Accountant in Autumn 2008, passing all exams first time.- Started in Audit and Advisory Services in commercial division. - In 1997 became first non-qualified employee to join their Transaction Services Division (now part of the PwC Corporate Finance Division). Whilst there worked on £500m MBO and other M+A Transactions.

Alex Rahaman Skills

Mobile Advertising Mobile Devices Entrepreneurship Digital Strategy Start Ups Mobile Marketing Analytics Digital Media Ad Networks Advertising Finance Venture Capital Strategic Partnerships Mergers Private Equity Seo Lead Generation Mergers And Acquisitions Ppc New Media Mobile Media Entrepreneur

Alex Rahaman Education Details

  • University Of Oxford
    University Of Oxford
    Geography
  • St Paul'S School
    St Paul'S School
  • Hampton School
    Hampton School

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