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Why OQAL Started?

Fares Al-Rashed
Founder & Chairman of Board of Trustees
OQAL was founded by Faris Al-Rashed at his house in 2011, after a meeting with a group of his friends and acquaintances who share the same passion and experience in developing and scaling promising entrepreneurial companies. He proposed the idea of founding a network that focuses on entrepreneurial opportunities and angel investing. Hence, OQAL was established as the first angel investors network in Saudi Arabia,  which consisted of a group of angel investors who met periodically to review startups and attractive investment opportunities and engage with experts and keynote speakers about venture and angel investing.

Oqool + Amwal = OQAL

Establishment

An endowment established by young businessmen and angel investors to be the platform connecting innovative and pioneering startup founders with seasoned angel investors to establish leading enterprises that contribute to the welfare of the economy and society

Mission

Providing opportunities for seasoned angel investors to catalyze angel investing into scalable and innovative startups and cultivate the community and knowledge sharing among investors to empower and grow Saudi Arabia’s economy

Objectives 

Enabling founders to access smart capital and seasoned angel investors  to streamline the fundraising process and advance  promising scalable, innovative startups across various sectors

With sharp minds and perseverance, OQAL was founded to make impact constantly

OQAL Leadership

Board of Trustees OQAL

Faris AlRashed

Chairman

Musaab AlMuhaidib

Member

Abdulaziz AlOmran

Member

Board OQAL

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Abdulrahman AlJiffry

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AbdulWahid AlMurshidi

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Ahmed AlGusair

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Khaled Zainalabedin

Opportunity Committee OQAL

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Abdulrahman AlJiffry

Chairman

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Rawan AlRasheed

Vice-Chairman

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Latifa BaNasr

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Mohammed Bakhsh

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Abdulah AlShamma

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Samer Shaaban

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Saleh AlGhamdi

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Rayan Sindi

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Hisham Elkhereiji

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Hussein Attar

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Jamal Abed

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Omar Khasawneh

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Mohamed Milyani

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Nawaf AlGain

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Rana AlHumaidan

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Tariq AlTurkestani