Asher Siddiqui Email & Phone Number

California, United States

California, United States

Riyadh, SA

PORTFOLIO INCLUDES: MOZN, CLASSERA, MONEYHASH, OCTA, SIMPLIFI, ELEVATIX, BUNTAR AEROSPACE, GMDH STREAMLINE, ABHI, QWASAR, QUANTUMS, REVLY, MARN, DAWUL, ANECDOTE AI, SUBSBASE, PROTEINEA, FLEXXPAY, ETC.

Riyadh, SA

Palo Alto, California, US

Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi, IN

Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi, IN

Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi, IN

Member of the Investment Committee & Advisor to the founding GP as they set up their exciting interactive media and gaming focused Fund in India.

San Francisco, US

San Francisco, US

Race Capital is an early stage venture capital firm, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded by an amazing team led by Alfred Chuang (former CEO & co-founder of BEA Systems), focused on the next generation of enterprise infrastructure.

San Francisco, CA, US

New York, NY, US

Menlo Park, CA, US

Independent Member of the Supervisory Board and Investment Committee of the National State Fund of Funds (UZVC)

San Francisco, California, US

On Deck Angels (ODA) Cohort #7

Menlo Park, California, US

Merus Capital is a leading early stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, founded by ex Google and Microsoft corporate development executives who are focused on investing in the next generation of enterprise software (a thesis near and dear to me), with consistently top quartile performance across all funds.

Islamabad, PK

Member of the Investment Committee at the Zayn Capital Bitrate Fund - investing in early stage technology startups in Pakistan

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, SA

Working with the founders since 2016 as a mentor and coach. Currently advising the founders on the next phase of growth of the company (strategy, M&A, fundraising and business growth).

Marquette, MI, US

Oslo, NO

Trained 120+ aspiring European emerging fund managers and 60+ women from STEM backgrounds to develop careers in venture in Europe.

Los Angeles, California, US

FootPrint Coalition is a climate tech venture capital investor and platform, led by a stellar team, including Robert Downey Jr, Jonathan Schulhof and Steve Levin.

Skopje, MK

Reviewed, scored and voted on over 1,700 funding / grant proposals in various sectors

Altendorf, Schwyz, CH

Dubai, AE

https://spac.shuaa.com

Advised ADFG on their technology investment portfolio and sourcing global technology deal flow.ADFG is a leading global investment group that has invested in financial services, real estate and technology (including a significant strategic stake in 500 Startups) in the UAE, UK, Europe and the USA. (ADFG merged with SHUAA Capital in 2020)

San Francisco, California, US

Part of the global leadership team of 500, and architect of the deal, including leading deal negotiations, that led to ADFG's investment into 500 and its flagship funds in Q1'2018.Developed the investment thesis for 500's mid-to-growth stage fund (“Opportunity Fund”), which plans to make investments in selected 500 portfolio companies, to double down on.

San Francisco, California, US

Member of Dave McClure's Global Advisory Board for 500 Startups.

Advisor to the board of Aramis Partners, helping them to develop their Agency & Partnership business - Aramis Alpha.

Founding Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (and Chairman of the Investment Committee) of iMENA Group - a $50m venture investment firm focused mainly on early stage (classifieds and marketplaces) startups in the MENA region.Investments include: OpenSooq, JustProperty/JRD Group, SellAnyCar, ReserveOut, Hellofood/foodpanda (exited), EasyTaxi and.

Riyadh, SA

Transferred from Etisalat Group as SVP to KSA to build M&A capabilities at Mobily (large, listed telecom operator in KSA and part of Etisalat Group) and drive inorganic growth & corporate restructuring. Initiated and led the sale-and-lease-back process of Mobily's towers (c.9,000 towers). Also looked at the divestment of Mobily's Data Center's, real estate.

Non-Executive Member of the Investment Committee at Mobily Ventures - the venture capital fund of Mobily.Recent deals include: Fetchr / MENA360 (investment), TaskSpotting (investment) and HelloFood ME(divestment).

Abu Dhabi, AE

Head of Etisalat’s Corporate VC program leading investments in adjacent segments / TMT value chain.In parallel, was also Co-Head of M&A (focused on Special Situations and core markets of Middle East and Asia), responsible for corporate development activity for Etisalat Group (c. $60-70bn market cap, c. 200m subscribers, c. $12.6bn revenues, c. $5.9bn.

Abu Dhabi, AE

Vice President and Global Head of M&A, responsible for leading and managing all M&A activities across the Group - with a focus on Middle East, Asia and Africa.Managed the restructuring of M&A capabilities at Etisalat Group (2011-2012) including re-building the team, implementing processes and systems, etc.Eventually recruited a replacement Head of M&A to.

Abu Dhabi, AE

Co-Head of Investments (leading Asia & Special Situations) and Advisor to Etisalat Management & Board on strategic investments / M&A expansion in Asia. Responsible for M&A expansion as well as active portfolio/investment management of our Asian subsidiaries / affiliates ($ c.3bn of investments in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka) and.

Abu Dhabi, AE

Creating and managing investment deal flow, evaluating opportunities and managing M&A transactions across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.

Abu Dhabi, AE

Creating investment deal flow, evaluating opportunities and managing multiple M&A transactions throughout MENA, Asia and Africa.

Abu Dhabi, AE

Creating investment deal flow, evaluating opportunities and managing M&A transactions throughout Europe and Asia as well as supporting / managing multiple transactions in the MENA and Africa regions.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Part of the initial Dubai based pre-launch team and responsible for business and strategy development, for the launch of a new CNBC AFRICA TV channel to be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Palo Alto, California, US

1998-2006: Working with partners (clients) to solve real business problems by building software solutions (subscriptions = "pay as you use"); helping startups on product development & developing sustainable business models; helped Angel investors with startups due diligence.

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE

Strategy and business development role, involved in the development of a Technology and Media venture fund and venture creation activities from project conceptualising / feasibility, set-up, incubation and through to roll-out.Sponsored the MIT $50k Competition in 2005 in Abu Dhabi.

London, England, GB

Part of the initial pre-launch team.Initially a software development role to develop the interface of a large enterprise e-procurement portal (CommerceOne) focussed on the construction industry,After launch of the portal, was responsible for managing the portal and providing pre-sales technical consulting services support to potential and existing clients.

Co-founder, head of product development and business development at InstantREG - an event management solutions provider serving clients in the US and UK.Led the development of the online event management system (the product), developed new and managed existing customer relationships.

Croydon, Surrey, GB

Part of the team that digitized the vast amounts of information physically archived at the Land Registry (title deeds, etc.)

London, England, GB

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB

London, England, GB

Toronto, ON, CA

Executive Education, Venture Capital Unlocked Program

Executive Education, Leadership Development Program - Strategy & Implementation

Executive Education, Advanced Valuation

Post Graduate Ipc - Financial Law

Executive Education, Finance For Executives

Executive Education, Leadership & Strategic Management

Msc, Software Development

Ba Hons, Business Administration