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Jebran Raashed

Investor

Associate at Octopus Ventures

United Kingdom

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Jebran Raashed is part of the B2B Software team at Octopus Ventures, focusing on companies in the scale-up phase. He joined in 2020 after four years at KPMG's TMT M&A team advising on software and SaaS deals, and is a qualified ACA with a first-class economics degree from the University of Manchester.

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Invests in

Enterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Octopus VenturesInvestment Managercurrent2024 — present
  2. Octopus VenturesInvestment Associate2020 — 2024United Kingdom
  3. Gradient LabsInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  4. DostBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  5. bsportInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  6. SembleInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  7. MagicOrangeBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  8. LodgifyBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  9. FergusBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  10. TurtlBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  11. Perfect WardBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  12. FISCAL TechnologiesNon Executive Directorcurrent2020 — present
  13. Care & Independence LtdBoard Observer2020 — 2024
  14. KPMGCorporate Finance M&A Associate2019 — 2020
  15. KPMGCorporate Finance M&A Analyst2015 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
  16. Duff & PhelpsM&A Summer Analyst2015London Area, United Kingdom
  17. Trillium Partners LimitedM&A Summer Analyst2014London Area, United Kingdom

Education

  1. The University of ManchesterBachelor of Science (BSc), Economics
  2. Bradford Grammar School

Skills & more

Public Speaking4Strategic Planning4Negotiation3Teamwork1Microsoft Excel13Microsoft Office7Microsoft Word7PowerPoint4Windows4Outlook4Corporate Finance26Valuation20
+11 moreResearchFinancial ModelingInvestment ManagementInvestment BankingBusiness StrategyEconomicsEnglishCustomer ServiceBudgetsEditingFinancial Analysis

Languages English · Urdu

  • ACA — ICAEW

From Jebran's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The University of Manchester118

Joel NoyceInvestor at Moonfire VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalSimon SegarsExecutive Advisor at Black Opal VenturesHonor de WintonExecutive Assistant at Giant Ventures Global LlpRajiv DatarEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation Space

+ 112 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Octopus Ventures69

Simon MurdochGeneral Partner, PhD at Episode1Conor ScanlanAssociate Partner at Nauta CapitalDafydd ProlePrincipal at Presidio VenturesAkriti DokaniaVenture Partner at Ridge VenturesGeorge WhiteheadPartner at ACF InvestorsSimon KingPartner at Octopus Ventures

+ 63 more

Also worked at bsport2

Uthishtan RanjanPartner at Octopus VenturesFrederic HalleyManaging Partner at Sonorcap

Also worked at Semble3

Uthishtan RanjanPartner at Octopus VenturesSeb WallacePartner at Triple Point VenturesGeorge BevanVenture Partner at Bethnal Green Ventures

Also worked at Fergus3

Howard LeibmanCo-founder & Partner at EVPDaniel SzekelyPartner at EVPRich BoltonInvestor at Octopus Ventures

Colleagues at Octopus Ventures

Adam Said
Principal at Octopus Ventures
Alan Wallace
Investor at Octopus Ventures
Albert Puig
B2B Software at Octopus Ventures
Amy Nommeots-Nomm
Investor at Octopus Ventures
Angel Issa
Fintech at Octopus Ventures
Brandon Mhangami
Investor at Octopus Ventures
Chloe Allan
B2B Software at Octopus Ventures
Chris Oliver
People + Talent at Octopus Ventures