About
Rema Alyahya is Vice President of VC Portfolio Management at Merak Capital, where she leads post-investment strategy and execution across the firm's venture funds, overseeing portfolio performance, reporting, and follow-on investments for more than 30 portfolio companies. She previously served as Strategy Lead at SRMG before moving to SRMG Ventures to help launch and operate the fund, and earlier worked at technology startups Wise Systems and SmartBear Software in Boston. She holds a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University and has completed executive programs at Oxford Saïd Business School and JPMorgan Chase.
Invests in
Data & InfrastructureFintechGaming
Experience
- Merak CapitalPrincipalcurrent2026 — present
- Merak CapitalVice Presidentcurrent2024 — present
- Saudi Research and Media Group - SRMGVC at SRMG Ventures2023 — 2024Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Research and Media Group - SRMGStrategy Lead2021 — 2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Research and Media Group - SRMGStrategy Manager2021
- U.S. Embassy Saudi ArabiaSteering Committee, Cultural Exchange Program '23 - '242023 — 2024Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Wise Systems, Inc.Senior Marketing Manager2020 — 2021
- Wise Systems, Inc.Marketing Manager2017 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
- IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture AcceleratorVenture Coach2018 — 2020Greater Boston Area
- SmartBear SoftwareDigital Marketing [6 Mo. Rotation]2016Boston, MA
- Genzyme sanofiBusiness Intelligence [6 Mo. Rotation]2015Cambridge, MA
- The Cohen GroupBusiness Intelligence - Summer Internship2014Washington, DC
- Dunia InterMediaStrategy - Summer Internship2013Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Education
- Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Science, New Venture Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Skills & more
Creativity2Public Speaking15Leadership8Teamwork11Analysis5Writing3Analytical Skills1ManagementTeam LeadershipMicrosoft Office10Microsoft Excel3Microsoft PowerPoint1
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Microsoft WordAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorGoogle AnalyticsCoaching & MentoringBusiness StrategyStart-up VenturesEntrepreneurshipMarketingPublic RelationsData AnalysisCompetitive IntelligenceLanguages Arabic · English
- Venture Finance Program — Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
- Corporate Finance & Credit Risk — JPMorganChase
From Rema's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Northeastern University228
Matt GuineyChief Financial Officer at Flybridge Capital PartnersSaunaz MoradiPartner, Communications at Lux CapitalBrian DixonManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalMurat BicerGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Arjun BalajiPartner, Investing & Research at ParadigmAyesha AroraVenture Partner at S32
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Shared employers
Also worked at Saudi Research and Media Group - SRMG1
Also worked at IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator6
Tyler FohrmanChief of Staff at Glasswing VenturesMatthew SaittaPrincipal at Silverton PartnersRema AlyahyaVice President - Venture Capital, Merak Capital at Exel by MerakKyle DAssociate at Glasswing VenturesCarson OrtolaniAnalyst at Glasswing VenturesNick SammutSVP, Strategic Finance & Corporate Development at Crusoe
Also worked at SmartBear Software6
Also worked at Genzyme sanofi86
Christine AylwardFounder & Managing Partner at Magnetic VenturesAlan WaltsVenture Partner at Advent Life SciencesMatt VineSenior Associate at RRE VenturesWalter OlesiakOperating Partner at RDiscoveryRamy RiadPresident, Plasma-Derived Therapies Business Unit at Takeda VenturesCarlos Garcia-EcheverriaVenture Partner at Ysios Capital
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Colleagues at Merak Capital
Abdlaziz Alsaid
Principal, Private Equity at Merak Capital
Abdulelah Alshareef
Principal, Venture Capital at Merak Capital
Abdullah Altamami
Founder and CEO at Merak Capital
Abdulrahman Althaydi
Vice President, Capital Formation at Merak Capital
Abdulrahman Bin Mutrib
Partner and Chairman of the Board at Merak Capital
Ahmed Al Salmi
Senior Associate at Merak Capital
Akram Hashem
Director, Communications at Merak Capital
Albaraa Bassuny
Director, People and Culture at Merak Capital