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Renad Jabaji

Commercial Partnerships Director, UAE at Rainmaking APAC

Dubai

Overview 

Renad Jabaji is a Strategic Partnerships expert with a background in Venture Capital and Corporate Innovation, currently serving as the Commercial Partnerships Director at Rainmaking APAC in Dubai. With experience at notable companies like Autodesk and Vornado Realty Trust, Renad has demonstrated success in managing cross-functional initiatives and driving business development through partner relationship management. Renad's career highlights include roles as a Venture Partner at VNTR Capital and Head of Product at Horizontal Systems, showcasing expertise in investment strategies and product management within the tech and real estate industries.

Work Experience 

  • Commercial Partnerships Director, UAE

    2022 - Current

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2022

    VNTR Capital is a global investment community focused on investing in fast-growing Series A+ startups.

  • Venture Fellow

    2021 - 2021

VNTR connects global investors to share opportunities.

  • Regional Manager

    2019 - 2021

    Toss Lab is a South Korean startup and provider of JANDI, an enterprise team collaboration platform with a global footprint of over 2 million users in 60+ countries. (Series B)

  • Product Marketing Manager

    2017 - 2019

    Paltalk Inc is a New York-based startup that developed the largest online group-video and public chat service with more than 200 million registered users globally. (IPO)

Paltalk is a video chat room community that enables users to communicate via video, audio and internet chat.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from SoftBank Capital.

  • Senior Consultant

    2013 - 2017

    Autodesk® Consulting provides world-class consulting services to help companies solve complex business problems and transform critical processes to realize tangible benefits from technology.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2011 - 2013

    Acqui-hire in the Horizontal Systems M&A deal tasked with leading product and strategy for Autodesk® Cloud Solutions globally.

HSMWorks technology with its industry leading software and cloud services for manufacturing.

  • Head of Product

    2010 - 2011

    First hire at Horizontal Systems, a New York based startup that developed the industry’s first enterprise SaaS platform for real-time project coordination. (M&A Exit)

  • Business Analyst

    2009 - 2010

  • Technical Design Manager

    2005 - 2009

  • Lead Architect

    2005 - 2005

MWT Architect is an architectural firm that specializes in hospitality, apartment, and mixed use projects.

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