Peter Khayat
Founder of TrustWorks
Peter Khayat
Founder of TrustWorks
Madrid, Community of Madrid
Overview
Work Experience
Founders’ Associate
2024 - Current
Investment Manager
2023 - 2024
We tried to raise the €30M social impact VC fund “AYO Impact on People I FCR” to invest in tech startups aiming at improving social wellness and the life of disadvantaged groups, with investment themes being Education, Ageing population, Disability population, Health, Social inclusion and Social cohesion. Fundraised, defined the investment thesis and process, screened 200+ opportunities.
Innovation Manager
2023 - 2023
- Business Development. - Grants and fundraising for European Deep Tech startups.
Investment Associate
2020 - 2023
November 2021 - March 2023 Acting as the Investment Director of Full Global Investments, a fast-deploying sector, stage and geography agnostic €35M+ hybrid fund under Inveready management. - Corporate development: designed fundraising decks and shaped the investment thesis, the investment process and the quarterly report template. - Investing: self-sourced, negotiated access and closed 10 fund investments and 7 startup co-investments, and participated in the analysis of 20+ other closed deals. 8 countries covered. August 2020 - October 2021 "First Capital" is the Inveready vertical focused on investing in deep tech and digital tech startups, primarily leading seed(+) rounds in Spain. - 60% portfolio support for 9 companies: crafted KPIs and board presentations, guided go-to-market strategies, structured fundraising rounds, designed exit processes. - 30% dealflow: self-sourced and closed Intelex Vision and Fleksy deals, the first two post-seed and UK investments. - 10% corporate development: designed the pre-seed coinvestment agreement with BackFund, tried to implement a portfolio database and reporting tool.
Investment Analyst
2019 - 2020
Martin Varsavsky's family office. - VAS Ventures: Martin Varsavsky's first VC fund. Analyzed early stage startup deals and participated in the selection and investment processes. Designed financial models and KPIs for portfolio companies. - MVB Fund: Co-wrote several thesis that led to successful investments in top-tier US and European Venture Capital funds and pre-IPO unicorns. - Provided strategic support and designed decks for Martin Varsavsky's initiatives, including Overture.life, Goggo.network, BarterEnergy.es and Gametogen.com.
Business Analyst
2019 - 2019
Operations Department. - Created, developed, reported and monitored several operational KPIs and dashboards on both Service (job vacancies, recruitment process) and Contracts (hires, salaries, debts, invoices) levels by combining database analysis (Redshift/PostgreSQL), BI tools (Metabase/Excel), scripting (Google Apps Script/Javascript) and spreadsheets (Google Sheets/Excel). - Conducted studies based on company historical data to improve rates charged to clients, reduce operational errors, and provide better services to JT subcontracted employees. - Gathered and analyzed data for audit purposes.
Internal Auditor (Intern)
2018 - 2019
Technology and Operational Risks at the corporate level of Santander Group. Audits performed using MySQL, Excel and Santander internal apps: - Market Risk department and VaR calculation - Identity and Access Management - Technology Obsolescence - BCP and DRP
Junior Consultant
2015 - 2017
Job rotation in the EPC services company. Experience in Financial Modeling, Market Analysis, Technical Consulting, Offers and Proposals, Business Development, Cost Estimation, Project Management and Risk Analysis, Electrical Engineering design. Selected projects: - Techno-economic study and financial model of a petcoke handling plant - Cost estimation of an LPG pipeline project (engineering and human capital) - Renewable energies in Latin America: market study, techno-economic reports - Risk analysis of a steel mill - Electrical engineering design for power generation plants and industrial plants
Junior Engineer
2014 - 2015
Electrical engineering design and consulting.
Electrical Engineer (Intern)
2013 - 2013
Designed an instrumentation and automation plan for the SOAL Chekka Plant