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Ziyaad Aboobaker

Angel Investor | Venture Capital | Serial Entrepreneur | Ex-Private Equity | Ex-McKinsey | Harvard MBA

London, England

Overview 

Ziyaad Aboobaker is a highly accomplished Angel Investor and Venture Capitalist based in London, with a background in Private Equity and Management Consulting at McKinsey. He currently serves as a Partner at 10x Value Partners and Utopia Capital Management, with notable investments in companies such as Female Invest and Cala, showcasing a strong track record in strategic investments and entrepreneurship. A Harvard MBA graduate, Ziyaad has leveraged his expertise in Venture Capital, Business Strategy, and Financial Analysis to make impactful contributions as a Founding Investor and Non-Executive Board Member at ARCbuild, while also demonstrating a keen eye for identifying promising opportunities as an investor in various startups and emerging markets through his involvement with organizations like Harvard Business School HBS Alumni Angels Association - HBSAA.

Work Experience 

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10x Value Partners

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

    10x Value Partners is a venture studio that invests in and incubates early stage technology companies. Global, sector agnostic and contrarian by nature, 10x Value Partners applies the principles of value investing to early stage technology companies.

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Utopia Capital Management

  • Partner

    2023

    Utopia Capital invests in and incubates transformative ideas, mission-driven founders and innovative companies. Zero to one, deep tech, moonshot type of ideas that can change the path of humankind for the better.

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Fobe.me

  • Founding Investor

    2020

    Fobe makes it possible for you to rent luxury handbags and accessories via subscription. Fobe is currently raising a seed round of funding.

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Female Invest

  • Series A Investor

    2024

    Female Invest is an education technology platform aiming to close the financial gender gap by equipping women with tools and knowledge about financial markets through subscription-based learning and community. Female Invest has raised $17.3m in total funding.

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ARCbuild

  • Founding Investor and Non-Executive Board Member

    2023

    ARCbuild manufactures prefabricated, steel modular, affordable and attainable housing with a full suite of clean technologies, thus enabling these homes to be built fully off-grid. ARCbuild is currently raising a seed round of funding.

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Cala

  • Series A Investor

    2023

    Cala uses robotics technology to make high quality meals accessible to everybody. Cala has raised EUR 6.5 million in funding.

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Liquid Trees

  • Pre-Seed Investor

    2023

    Liquid Trees sequesters carbon using microalgae in polluted rivers. Liquid Trees is on trajectory to remove more carbon per day than any other carbon removal startup.

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Educate Online Inc.

  • Series A Investor

    2023

    Educate Online is democratizing access to high quality K12 education. Educate Online has raised USD 6 million in funding.

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EMIL Group GmbH

  • Seed Investor

    2023

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Harvard Business School HBS Alumni Angels Association - HBSAA

  • Investor

    2019

    Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Association is one of the largest angel networks in the world. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Association has 1,000+ members in 20 locations across 4 continents and has invested more than USD 100 million in over 400 companies.

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