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Rayan Aebi

Partner & MD at Stryber

Dubai

Overview 

Rayan Aebi is currently serving as a Partner and Managing Director at Stryber and as a General Partner and CEO at Sanabil Studio. With a background in Mechanical Engineering and extensive experience in entrepreneurship and venture capital, Rayan has excelled in advising startups, leading digital innovation, and contributing as an angel investor in various ventures. Rayan's career highlights include his roles as a Partner and Managing Director at Stryber, where he plays a key leadership role in the company, and as a General Partner and CEO at Sanabil Studio, where he oversees strategic decisions and operations.

Work Experience 

  • Partner | Managing Director | Executive Board Member

    2018 - Current

    Stryber is a leading strategic growth advisory and venture builder, supporting Sovereign Wealth Funds and large corporations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We create scalable growth and build tech-startups across various industries. Our approach breaks traditional barriers, fostering new strategies and organizational approaches. Previous roles: Managing Director & Associate Partner (Aug 2021 - Sep 2023), Lead VA | Principal Fintech Digital health (Feb 2020-Aug 2021), Senior Venture Architect (May 2018 - Feb 2020)

  • General Partner | CEO | Member of the boards and IC

    2023

    Sanabil Venture Studio aims to create scalable technology ventures in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initial focus for venture building is on three sectors within the PIF’s Strategic Pillar program: Fintech, Consumer Goods and Tourism & Leisure.

  • Board Member

    2025

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Investor | Founding Limited Partner

    2020

    Rally Cap VC invests in early-stage fintech across emerging markets and climatetech globally. Combining capital, operating expertise and networks into a collaborative community, Rally Cap empowers a portfolio of top-tier founders building the next generation of emerging market financial services.

  • Startup, Digital Innovation and VC Advisor | Angel Investor

    2016

    - Investing in Deeptech, Fintech and Healthtech in Europe, US and emerging markets e.g. Anthropic, Marqeta, Kuda Bank, Sydecar, Mono (YC W21), Termii (YC W20), Brick, Abhi (YC S21), Aviva Credito, Wind.app etc. - Advising early-stage companies on everything startup e.g. team building/talent acquisition, ops, strategy, regulation and fundraising, hypothesis-driven development, M&A, etc. - Advising large corporations and family holdings typically from $50M to $20B in revenue on everything corporate innovation e.g. venture capital, innovation strategy, M&A, etc.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2019

    SINGA in Switzerland runs the SINGA Factory: A startup program for people from refugee and migrant backgrounds who want to pursue their own business idea in Switzerland. https://singaswitzerland.ch

  • Community Member

    2022

    Building tomorrow's tech society with cultural diversity: 2hearts is a community of people with immigration backgrounds from the tech scene (founders, investors, top executives) with the mission to empower great talent with immigration backgrounds to enrich Europe's tech economy.

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