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Rayan Aebi

Partner & MD @ Stryber | GP & CEO @ Sanabil Studio | Operator, Advisor & Angel Investor | ex-Product Engineer

Dubai

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $200,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $350,000.00

Work Experience

2018

  • Partner | Managing Director | Executive Board Member

    2018

    Stryber is a leading strategic growth advisory and venture builder, supporting Sovereign Wealth Funds and large corporations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We create scalable growth and build tech-startups across various industries. Our approach breaks traditional barriers, fostering new strategies and organizational approaches. Previous roles: Managing Director & Associate Partner (Aug 2021 - Sep 2023), Lead VA | Principal Fintech Digital health (Feb 2020-Aug 2021), Senior Venture Architect (May 2018 - Feb 2020)

  • General Partner | CEO | Member of the boards and IC

    2023

    Sanabil Venture Studio aims to create scalable technology ventures in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initial focus for venture building is on three sectors within the PIF’s Strategic Pillar program: Fintech, Consumer Goods and Tourism & Leisure.

  • Investor | Founding Limited Partner

    2020

    Rally Cap VC invests in early-stage fintech across emerging markets and climatetech globally. Combining capital, operating expertise and networks into a collaborative community, Rally Cap empowers a portfolio of top-tier founders building the next generation of emerging market financial services.

  • Startup and Digital Innovation Advisor | Angel Investor

    2016

    - Investing in Fintech and Healthtech in Europe, US and especially emerging markets (Africa and South East Asia) e.g. Marqeta, Kuda Bank, Sydecar, Mono (YC W21), Pngme, Termii (YC W20), Brick, Payflexi, Abhi, Kaoun, Curve, Wirex, Linen, Everup, etc. - Advising early-stage companies on everything startup e.g. team building/talent acquisition, ops, strategy, regulation and fundraising, hypothesis-driven development, M&A, etc. - Advising large corporations from $50M to $20B in revenue on everything corporate innovation e.g. venture capital, innovation strategy, M&A, etc.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2019

    SINGA in Switzerland runs the SINGA Factory: A startup program for people from refugee and migrant backgrounds who want to pursue their own business idea in Switzerland. https://singaswitzerland.ch

2022

  • Community Member

    2022

    Building tomorrow's tech society with cultural diversity: 2hearts is a community of people with immigration backgrounds from the tech scene (founders, investors, top executives) with the mission to empower great talent with immigration backgrounds to enrich Europe's tech economy.

2020 - 2024

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2024

    500 Global is a venture capital firm on a mission to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems. It is one of the most active venture capital firms in the world. Notable investments in the 500 portfolio include Credit Karma, Twilio, Canva, Grab, Bukalapak, The RealReal, Talkdesk, Knotel, Udemy, and Ipsy. Beyond providing seed capital, 500 supports startups via their Seed Accelerator Programs, notably in Silicon Valley, which emphasize digital marketing, customer acquisition, lean startup practices, and fundraising for pre-Seed companies. Screening for Sanabil 500 MENA Accelerator Program Mentored Intrro out of 500 Startups 2020 EU Batch

2019 - 2021

  • Advisor and Jury Member | Health Tech Vertical

    2019 - 2021

    Kickstart Innovation (formerly Kickstart Accelerator) is bridging the gap between startups, corporations, cities, universities & institutions to accelerate deep tech innovation. In 2019, Kickstart runs six verticals (EdTech & Learning, FinTech & Crypto, Food & Retail Tech, SmartTech, HealthTech, and Cybersecurity) together with 30+ established partner organizations across industries in the private and public domain.

2018 - 2021

  • Founding Team Member | Digital Health Lead | Lead Venture Architect (Stryber)

    2018 - 2021

    Sparrow Ventures is a Zurich-based venture builder and venture capitalist. As part of Migros — one of the largest retailers in Europe and a Fortune 500 company — we are building and investing in companies in a multitude of relevant fields, in particular e-commerce, logistics tech, health tech and fin tech.

2019 - 2021

  • Founding Team

    2019 - 2021

    Wir sind Olly, ein Schweizer Startup, dass es sich zum Auftrag gemacht hat innovative Lösungen im Gesundheitsbereich zu entwickeln, welche die Lebensqualität der Schweizer Bevölkerung erhöhen.