BA Women Presents: From the Corporate World to Angel Investing

Episode 6 | Women Startups Leaders Series

Sayma Rahman is an active startup mentor, investor, and advisor, with companies such as Thrive EdTech and Jobike under her portfolio. An INSEAD and North South University alumna, Sayma has held several positions of leadership across top organizations in Bangladesh. Her expertise and experience across digitalization, partnerships, retail modernization, product development, projects, intrapreneurship & angel investing make her an asset to any startup founder. 

Hear from her on her journey, as a third culture kid growing up in the Middle East, to coming back to Bangladesh and helping to set up major partnerships for the largest telco in Bangladesh. She also details how she has applied her lessons and skills from the corporate world to advising and investing in startups. Finally, she shares tips on personal finance and angel investing for other corporate executives looking to explore this asset class.

Listen to previous episodes covering the legal aspects of startup investing and more.