What Angel Investors in the GCC Look For with Joanne & Hind from PLAYBOOK | Breakthrough Founders
About event:
Join a live AMA with Joanne Marques and Hind Habbach of PLAYBOOK, the GCC network of female executives and investors, on what angel investors in the Gulf look for and how to access them.
If you are an early-stage founder thinking about raising beyond the UK, this is a chance to hear how angel investing works in the Gulf from people inside the network.
Meet Joanne & Hind
Joanne Marques is a founding member of PLAYBOOK and Senior Advisor at Runway Strategies. She supports startups as they enter new and complex markets, navigate policy and regulatory challenges and scale their businesses internationally. She spent over 10 years living and working in the Middle East and almost two decades in business development and public policy roles in the US, Europe and the Middle East.
Hind Habbach is Legal Counsel and Advisor at Axiom Law and is a founding member of PLAYBOOK, where she specializes in legal advocacy and serves on various educational boards. A qualified attorney, she previously spent nearly a decade in senior investor relations roles at Sentinel Real Estate in New York prior to her return to the Gulf region.
PLAYBOOK brings together female executives, female founders and investors across the GCC and recently the UK to help women build wealth through connections and learning. It also hosts the Women Shaping Wealth Summit in Riyadh where our founding partner, Amber Ghaddar was invited to discuss early stage investing and bias.
Why Attend
The conversation will cover:
What GCC Angels Look For: how angel investors in the Gulf evaluate early-stage founders, and what makes them commit or pass.
Accessing the Network: how a UK founder gets into the room, and which routes PLAYBOOK sees work.
Raising Across Borders: what to expect when taking investment from GCC angels, from cheque sizes to how relationships are built.
Your Questions: A live Q&A with Ed.
The Format
5 mins: Welcome and framing
10 mins: Joanne and Hind on angel investing in the GCC
40 mins: Open Q&A where you can ask Ed whatever you want
5 mins: Closing advice for founders
Secure Your Spot
Spaces are limited. Register early.
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