Rasmal Ventures

Alexander Wiedmer, based in Doha since 2011, is an early VC in Qatar who, as a core architect and investment committee member, helped deliver 4x+ returns to the fund's investor.

Dr. Shaikha Al-Jabir combines 25+ years leading telecom and ICT at Ooredoo and Kahramaa, a Computer Science Ph.D., and co-founding Doha Tech Angels to bring operator insight to eHealth, edtech and fintech.

Soumaya Ben Beya Dridje bridges QIA‑backed institutional capital and global founders, leveraging Silicon Valley experience to build Doha's venture infrastructure and focus on algorithmic trading, blockchain tokenisation and AI capital‑markets.

Angus Paterson joined Iris Capital in 2012 as a Venture Partner based in Dubai, working with companies across the Middle East. He previously set up and led venture capital activities at twofour54 and worked in the ventures division of Ingenious Media and at Genesis Investments, both UK media-focused investors. He began his TMT career at Arthur Andersen (now Deloitte), where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, and holds a degree in Oriental Studies and Modern Languages from Cambridge University.

Omar Alismail sits on his firm's investment and management committees overseeing semiconductors and infrastructure, co-led GlobalFoundries' IPO as its former Deputy CFO and delivered ~$2.5B incremental EBITDA.

Mohamed Altawash is a Riyadh-based co-founder focused on seed AI, logistics, digital health and deeptech; he built companies to GCC IPOs and is associated with an alternative-assets wealth platform.

Tim Peters leverages active C-suite experience as Guideline.ai’s CMO and Venture Partner to advise AI and enterprise founders on North America–GCC–Asia expansion and go-to-market strategy via on-the-ground relationships, thought leadership.