Angus Blair
Angel Investor @ Outset Ventures
Cairo, Egypt
Angus Blair is a seed investor at Outset Ventures in Cairo focused on Energy and Robotics. Mr Blair is CEO of Signet LLC, a consultancy dedicated to the MENA region; helping businesses and investors forecast economic and political trends, risk analysis and due diligence. Mr Blair was previously a partner and head of development and research at Beltone Financial; head of product development/asset management at Al Rajhi Bank and MD of Safron Advisors, one of the first private equity firms in the MENA region. Previously, Mr Blair was head of equities, sales and trading for the MENA region and southern Europe at ING Barings and ABN AMRO, heading the team which started the first coverage of the MENA region by a global investment bank. He handled key ECM transactions in the development of the MENA region capital markets, including the first GDR in Egypt, CIB; the first funds to allow foreign investors in Saudi Arabia and Oman, and writing the first research on the MENA region capital markets and economies. He commenced UK coverage at Barings and then later started a new business at Barings when he was appointed head of all the developing markets from Portugal to Turkey and the Levant and Morocco to Egypt and all the GCC. He founded MENA Financial in 2002 as well as Signet in 2012 and he is an investor in several start-ups as well as a mentor to several companies.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Angus Blair invests in
Stages Angus Blair invests in
Countries Angus Blair invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 1 (33%)
- Robotics 1 (33%)
- Aerospace 1 (33%)
- Automotive 1 (33%)
- Electric Vehicle 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| SYOS designs and manufactures cost‑effective uncrewed vehicles across air, land, and sea domains. Its flagship platforms deliver mission-critical ISR, cargo delivery, EW, resupply, and border patrol functions, even in GNSS‑denied or contested environments. Their autonomy suite ensures high survivability and operational flexibility at anindustry-leading capability‑to-cost ratio | Seed / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid. | $3.5M / Seed / Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Kwetta mission is to revolutionise the world of electric vehicle (EV) charging by unlocking the potential of power grids. | Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2022 |
Co-Investors
About Outset Ventures
Outset Ventures provides investment, facilities, and support for technology on the forefront of new industries to thrive.
Outset Ventures Contacts
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Imche Fourie
Co-Founder and CEO
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What does Angus Blair invest in?
Angus Blair invests primarily in Energy, Robotics and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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