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Abdulla Elyas

Investor

Advisor at RAED Ventures

Saudi Arabia

About

Advisor and entrepreneur who joined Careem as co-founder after it acquired his delivery startup Enwani. A Saudi national raised in Germany, appointed to the Saudi SME Authority board in 2016.

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Experience

  1. CareemCo-Founder & MDcurrent2014 — presentJeddah/Dubai
  2. Najm Company for Insurance ServicesChairmancurrent2024 — presentRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
  3. Bupa ArabiaBoard of Directors2019 — 2025
  4. MonshaatSABoard of Directors2016 — 2023
  5. enwani (Acquired by Careem)Co-Founder2011 — 2014Jeddah/Aachen
  6. Scheer GmbHManagement Consultant2008 — 2011Germany
  7. SAP, GermanyResearch Partner IS Waste & Recycling2004 — 2008Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  8. waymo.de - Social Network for Muslims in GermanyCo-Founder2001 — 2005
  9. iWorldSAP BI Consultant2003Malaysia
  10. aiXplainAI Analyst and Software Engineer2001 — 2002Germany
  11. T-Systems InternationalSoftware Engineer, part-time1996 — 2001Germany
  12. islam.de - NewsportalCo-Founder1999Germany

Education

  1. RWTH Aachen UniversityPhD, Business Administration2004 — 2008
  2. RWTH Aachen UniversityMSc, Computer Science1995 — 2002

Same school

Also attended RWTH Aachen University38

Jason GrüningerInvestment Manager at CapnamicFrederike WolffInvestment Team at RedstoneAlexander KüppersInvestment Director at Statkraft VenturesEmil JerslingSenior Growth Manager at Orbit StartupsSteffen ReineckePartner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSWilli MannheimsManaging Partner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS

+ 32 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Careem5

Abdulrahman TarabzouniFounder & CEO at STVSalman SaleemGrowth Manager at Orbit StartupsMuhammad Ali TaufiqVice President, Investment at Gobi PartnersOmer ZabitPartner at Shorooq PartnersAlba RubioFellow at LifeX Ventures

Also worked at MonshaatSA4

Nora AlsarhanCEO at SVCAbdulrahman TarabzouniFounder & CEO at STVAmani AlshaikhmubarakDirector, Saudi Arabia at Orbit StartupsNezar AlhaidarInvestment Committee Member at ESFF at Equivator®

Also worked at SAP, Germany112

Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra Ventures

+ 106 more

Also worked at T-Systems International4

Vaas BhaskarPartner at Elevation CapitalRakesh RamchandranCo-founder at AFK Gaming & SVP - Tech and Product at NODWIN Gaming at NODWIN GamingAnne ZellerInstitutional Investor Relations at Finance in MotionJan GeldmacherVenture Partner at Impact Venture Capital

Colleagues at RAED Ventures

Aashish
Head of Compliance & Risk at RAED Ventures
Aashish Dhaawan
Head of Compliance & Risk at RAED Ventures
Abdellatif Waked
Advisor at RAED Ventures
Abdulrahman
Venture Partner at RAED Ventures
Abdulrahman Alfozan
Venture Partner at RAED Ventures
Abdulrahman Alhashim
Investment Associate at RAED Ventures
Arsalan
Head of Finance & Operations at RAED Ventures
Arsalan Yousuf
Head of Finance & Operations at RAED Ventures