![]() Raphael is a well-rounded entrepreneur with more than 10 years of experience in growing startups globally through his diverse set of skills ranging from product management, sales, and marketing. Francesco has a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Babson College and a Certificate in Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School. He started his career in the corporate finance team at Microsoft where he gained broad exposure to enterprise sales, cash management, M&A and internal audit. Francesco gained industry recognition early in his career as Business Week’s 2007 Best Entrepreneurs Under 25 as the Managing Director and the co-founder of DeParis Redinger, a technology and M&A advisory and online media publishing firm. During his time at Kraken, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange serving millions of clients, he shaped the bitcoin industry in his role as Vice President of Business Development, and secured several financial partnerships that enabled international growth. Most recently, he successfully navigated the business through the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Director of Operations at Couchsurfing, the world’s premier social travel platform, he built a globally distributed engineering and product team to develop features for its 20+ million users. He has deep experience advising venture funded companies and is an early adopter and thought leader in blockchain and bitcoin. GuestReady is now the leading urban short-term rental management company in Europe and the Middle East.įrancesco comes to Watheeq Proptech Venture with more than 15 years of experience in corporate management, developing successful business strategies and scaling consumer facing applications. One of the SFF portfolio companies was co-founded by Chris in 2016, called GuestReady. As of today, the fund has invested globally in more than 30 startups in different verticals, including PropTech. Additionally, Chris has established a Swiss VC fund, Swiss Founders Fund (SFF), a seed and early-stage venture capital fund. ![]() Chris was also serving at HotelQuickly as a Co-Founder, Chairman, COO and CMO, from the inception of the idea to building HotelQuickly into the leading last-minute hotel booking app in Asia-Pacific. ![]() He had helped Foodpanda expand to 28 different countries in less than 12 months, while heading global operations and product development. Chris was a Co-Founder and a Global COO of Rocket Internet’s Foodpanda. Also, he initiated and managed AIC real estate and private equity portfolio, with an asset under management of SAR 30 billion.Ĭhris has over twenty years of experience and deep knowledge in entrepreneurship, international management, venture capital, and startup life cycles. Additionally, Mohammad has developed and structured different investment schemes with public and private placement funds, as well as, advising on project financing transactions for multiple real estate funds. Also, Mohammad had developed several mega real estate projects across the Kingdom, including the landmark Jeddah Tower in Obhur, featuring the tallest tower in the world during his time as the Head of Alternative Investment at Alinma Investment. Previously, Mohammad had structured, executed, and managed a SAR 6 billion real estate fund - Alinma Makkah - and acquired three hotels and two retail malls in Jabala Omark, Makkah. Currently, Mohammed is the CEO of Alsabiq Investment, an independent investment arm for Al Fouzan Group. Mohammed has over 16 years of experience in asset management, project development, real estate development, strategic planning, and corporate financial engineering.
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