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Sarah Toukan

Founder

Founder at Ziina

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FoundedZiina · YC

About

Sarah Toukan is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Ziina. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and has held product roles in fintech companies in the UAE, proptech startups in London, and autonomous vehicle companies in Silicon Valley.

Founder at ZiinaYC W21

Intro paths

YC

Sarah went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ziina's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Sarah can intro founders to Ziina's investors below.

Ziina's investors · 12

Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checksAltos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checksAvenir Growth CapitalNew YorkFinTech CollectiveNew York City · $100K – $10M checksFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksGraph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checksJabbar Internet GroupDubai · $284K – $25M checksKube VCLong Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksWamda CapitalDubai · $600K – $65M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Ziina

AGAndrew Gold
Andrew GoldFounder
FTFaisal Toukan
Faisal ToukanFounder
TT
Talal ToukanFounder

Experience

  1. ZiinaCo-Founder and Chief Product Officercurrent2019 — presentRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
  2. Property.WorksClient Success Manager2017London Area, United Kingdom
  3. FerdosCo-founder and Chief Product Officer2013 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
  4. SchlumbergerMechanical Engineering Intern2012Paris, France
  5. SchlumbergerMechanical Engineering Intern2011Sugar Land, TX

Skills & more

Product Design20Testing11Rapid Prototyping10

Languages Arabic · English · French

From Sarah's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sarah Toukan?
Sarah Toukan is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Ziina. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and has held product roles in fintech companies in the UAE, proptech startups in London, and autonomous vehicle companies in Silicon Valley.
Where does Sarah Toukan work?
Sarah Toukan is Founder of Ziina.
What companies did Sarah Toukan found?
Sarah Toukan founded Ziina.
Where did Sarah Toukan go to school?
Sarah Toukan studied at Stanford University (M.S., Mechanical Engineering); Stanford University (B.S. with Distinction, Mechanical Engineering); Y Combinator (Winter Batch 2021).

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