About
Saed has over two decades in VC and co-founded Sadara Ventures, one of the region's earliest VC firms and the first fund established in Palestine (2011). He started his software engineering career at Microsoft in 1994 and became the first Kauffman Fellow in the Arab Middle East.
ContactΒ· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Raed VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2020 β present
- Raed VenturesAdvisory Board Member2016 β 2020
- Sadara VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2011 β present
- tabbyBoard Observer2020 β 2023
- OpontiaBoard Member2022 β 2023
- FreightosBoard Observer2015 β 2023
- YamsaferBoard Member2012 β 2020
- WebTeb ΩΩΨ¨ Ψ·Ψ¨Board Member2014 β 2019
- Kauffman Fellows ProgramKauffman Fellow2009 β 2011
- Equiom MENAManaging Director2007 β 2011
- Equiom, Inc.CTO2004 β 2011
- G.ho.st Global Hosted Operating SysTemBoard Member2009 β 2010
- Fidesic CorporationLead Software Design Engineer2000 β 2003
- MicrosoftLead Software Design Engineer1994 β 2000
Skills & more
Investor Relations5Venture Capital92Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Software Development68Business Strategy60Product Management54Business Development31Software Project Management38Software Engineering30Executive Management17Software Design16
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Emerging MarketsProduct DevelopmentAngel InvestingImpact InvestingFrontier MarketsPrivate EquityStrategyLeadershipManagementLanguages Arabic Β· English Β· Hebrew
- Certificate in Introduction to Securities & Investment (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) β The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)
From Saed's professional profile.
Colleagues at RAED Ventures
Aashish Dhaawan
Head of Compliance & Risk at RAED Ventures
Abdellatif Waked
Advisor at RAED Ventures
Abdulla Elyas
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 Yousuf
Head of Finance & Operations at RAED Ventures
Dr. Mohammed Alhussein
Co-founder & CEO at RAED Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Saed Nashef?
- Saed has over two decades in VC and co-founded Sadara Ventures, one of the region's earliest VC firms and the first fund established in Palestine (2011). He started his software engineering career at Microsoft in 1994 and became the first Kauffman Fellow in the Arab Middle East.
- Where does Saed Nashef work?
- Saed Nashef is Founding Partner at RAED Ventures.
- Where did Saed Nashef go to school?
- Saed Nashef studied at Center for Venture Education; California State University, Long Beach; St. George's School, Jerusalem.
Same school
Also attended Center for Venture Education31
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Also attended California State University, Long Beach24
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Shared employers
Also worked at Raed Ventures9
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Also worked at Kauffman Fellows Program382
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Also worked at Microsoft1,188
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