Khalil A. Al-Shafei
CEO and Managing Director @ Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
Khalil A. Al-Shafei is a seed investor at Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures focused on Apps and Mobile. Khalil A. Al-Shafei is the CEO and Managing Director of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Venture Co. “WA’ED.” Prior to joining Wa’ed, Mr. Al-Shafei joined Aramco Services Company (ASC), the U.S. subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, in 2012 as the manager of the ASC Technical Services Department. In this role he oversaw a wide of company activities,including the North America venture capital subsidiary Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, as well as responsibility for engineering, information technology, quality insurance and inspection, environmental stewardship, megaprojects and project support, and technology transfer.Prior to joining ASC, Al-Shafei was appointed as the interim president of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center. In this role, he oversaw the center’s development and launch, including strategies for research, human capital, information technology, finance, procurement, and public relations; as well as the facility’s construction. He recruited the Center’s executive staff, and led the launch of the Center’s inaugural conference in 2011.Al-Shafei spent more than 30 years with Saudi Aramco, a fully integrated, global petroleum and chemicals enterprise, serving in numerous leadership and professional positions. As the director of the Research and Technology Program, he guided the development of the corporate strategic plan for downstream research and technology programs.Al-Shafei also served as a member of Saudi Aramco’s Corporate Strategic Committee leading the development of the corporate strategies for clean fuel, oil to chemicals, oil to hydrogen, oil by wire, carbon and sulfur management; and he investigated the impact of environmental and legislative policies on oil demand. He also led the development of collaboration strategies within Saudi Arabia and global research institutions in Europe, the United States, China and Russia.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Khalil A. Al-Shafei invests in
Stages Khalil A. Al-Shafei invests in
Countries Khalil A. Al-Shafei invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (50%)
- Mobile 1 (50%)
- Advertising 1 (50%)
- Mobile Apps 1 (50%)
- Crowdsourcing 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| A mobile application and an online platform that provides an outdoor advertisement solution for companies and organizations by matching them with car owners who would wrap their cars with advertisements.Car owners will have an additional source of income without doing any extra effort or working extra hours. All they have to do is to wrap theircars with the ads and drive the way they do everyday. Companies and advertisers will be offered an affordable platform for outdoor advertisements which grants their brands a high level of exposure and impressions. Shiftah would provide companies an online platform where they can lively monitor and track their ads campaigns. | Seed / Dec 31, 2017 | ||
| Sihatech is the solution to the problem of lack of transparency and accountability in healthcare. They have developed a responsive website and two native applications on iOS and Android. Today, a small hospital or clinic can use Sihatech for all their Hospital Information System (HIS) needs and save all the hassle and trouble of working with athird party IT developer and paying thousands of riyals in server and development costs. Sihatech is a pure cloud player. They are focusing on the marketing and appointment booking aspects of the website and apps, but this is just the simple hook to get the doctors on board. Once they experience the robustness of their back end system and their innovative ideas, they will become loyal users. They are already being referred by their existing customers. They are now in the process of building a payment gateway that will allow their users to apply for micro-loans to finance certain medical procedures that are not typically covered by insurance and it will also allow small hospitals and clinics to manage their revenue cycle with insurance companies and their medical supply payments to their vendors (pharmacies, laboratories and equipment/consumables suppliers). Sihatech’s vision is to become the MENA regions premium provider of technology solutions to the healthcare space to improve the access, accountability and quality in healthcare.Sihatech’s mission is to allow the hospitals, polyclinics and doctor practices to outsource all business and technology processes to be able to focus on treating the patient | $1.3M / Series A / Dec 10, 2017 |
Co-Investors
Wa’ed Ventures is the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), established by Saudi Aramco with the vision of igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Wa’ed has deployed a suite of programs over the years to assist entrepreneurs in establishing, enhancing, or expanding their ventures. Theseprograms comprise development and financial support including business incubation, coaching and training to guide and nurture entrepreneurs along different business stages, seed funding, non-collateral loans, venture capital (equity/debt) investment, and business development. These programs support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of localizing industries and diversifying the Kingdom’s economy. Wa’ed also collaborates and engages with key players in order to create an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem.Wa’ed aspires to provide leadership in promoting entrepreneurship to support economic growth, diversification, and social development in Saudi Arabia, in alignment with the Kingdom’s strategic thrust into moving towards a knowledge-based economy. The organization aims to turn innovative ideas into successful projects, create and support sustainable SMEs, and develop entrepreneurs into successful business owners.Wa’ed Ventures aims to fuel the growth of high potential companies, thereby promoting economic development in Saudi Arabia with job creation for Saudi nationals, technological improvement, knowledge transfer, economic diversification, and economic growth within the Kingdom. The firm focuses on seed, early, and growth-stage businesses across a diverse range of sectors including information and communication technology (ICT), energy, manufacturing, healthcare, and services – from mobile application platforms and technologies to industrial equipment manufacturing to advanced software solutions.
Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures Contacts
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Khalil A. Al-Shafei
CEO and Managing Director
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Muhammad Zeeshan Hassan
Investment Director
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Trey Goede
Investment Manager
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Wassim Basrawi
Managing Director
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Ziad Abdulaal
Investment Manager
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What does Khalil A. Al-Shafei invest in?
Khalil A. Al-Shafei invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Saudi Arabia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Khalil A. Al-Shafei closed in Dec 2017. 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.
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