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Sajid Rahman is an angel investor and founder of MyAsiaVC. Before this, he founded and served as CEO at Telenor Health. He served as a managing director at Standard Chartered Bank in Asia. He is also an advisor to several startups, including Xendit, Oddup, and MyNurva. Sajid Rahman invests in Asian companies, assisting startups scale regionally and globally. He writes at TechInAsia on the topic of technology and leadership.
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Sajid is the director of UDGEL, a company aiming to build a grid-connected wind power plant in Bangladesh. He is an active angel investor and has invested at companies based out of Silicon Valley, Asia, and Europe. Some of his investments include Hyperloop One, Shyp, Human Longevity Index, and Zendrive. During his banking career, Sajid was involved in various M&A activities as well as launching digital products. He has built banking businesses and brought a silicon valley-based accelerator called Founder Institute to Bangladesh. He is a director of Founder Institute.
He publishes columns on topics related to investments and global technology trends, financial services, and health. His blogs are featured in publications like Mattermark. Sajid is a mentor at Endeavor Indonesia, a US-based organization focused on facilitating the growth of mid- to large-sized companies. He is on the board of various companies, spanning financial services to cybersecurity. He writes blogs on technology trends, startups, entrepreneurship, investments, and life lessons. He is also a speaker, coach, and consultant in areas like banking, performance management, leadership, productivity, and digital health. He is an author and host of a podcast called myasiavc.