# Angus Blair

> Angus Blair is a seed investor at Signet (Cairo) backing Energy and Automotive. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Signet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signet)
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://eg.linkedin.com/in/angus-blair-8b13926
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AngusBlair1
- Website: https://x.com/AngusBlair1

Angus Blair is a seed investor at Signet in Cairo focused on Energy and Automotive. 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 MDof 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |
| Electric Vehicle | 1 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Charging Infrastructure | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenStar Technologies | OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Kwetta | Kwetta mission is to revolutionise the world of electric vehicle (EV) charging by unlocking the potential of power grids. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aspire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspireventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ngāi Tahu Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ng%C4%81i-tahu) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Radar Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/radar-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Signet

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Signet.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angus Blair | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angus-blair |

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## FAQ

### What does Angus Blair invest in?

Angus Blair invests primarily in Energy, Automotive and Electric Vehicle startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Angus Blair last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Angus Blair closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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