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Surayyah AhmadCapital Enterprise |
Mentor's bio
Surayyah Ahmad is a dynamic venture capitalist and an exit founder. Surayyah has founded two start-ups and exited one company via M&A. She currently runs a Venture Capital Firm (Aduna Capital) investing in early stage underserved founders in emerging markets. She specialises in elevating startups and has helped many founders navigate challenges including investment readiness (Pitch, Data room preparation, USP etc), refining go to market strategy and developing a consumer driven product roadmap . As a mentor, Surayyah has guided numerous startups, leading to significant milestones such as a 20% increase in monthly recurring revenues and successful fundraising rounds collectively exceeding £7m. She also mentors on other programmes including Turing Innovation Catalyst, Barclays Funding Readiness Programme and Investors. With a strong focus on practical strategies, Surayyah empowers founders to refine their propositions, understand investor dynamics, and achieve scalable growth.