Mujeeb ur Rehman
Founder & Managing Director
Managing Director of Rotana Business Center and founder of EasySetup.ae. Fifteen years across UAE company formation, market entry and investment facilitation.
Team & Advisors
The people behind the platform.
A small core team, backed by an advisory board of investors, operators and academics who lend real weight — and open real doors.
Core team
The people you will actually deal with.
Programme Lead
Community & Cohorts
Runs the monthly Idea Challenge, the accelerator cohorts and the founder pipeline. The single most important hire in the business.
Partnerships Lead
Events & Sponsorship
Owns MESA and YSA production, sponsorship sales, and the corporate and university partnerships that feed the funnel.
Advisory Team
Setup, Tax & Compliance
The existing EasySetup.ae and compliance teams, plugged directly into the platform so members get priority service.
Finance Lead
Models & Diligence
Builds and stress-tests the financial models behind every cohort company — and the ones that go in front of investors.
Head of Capital
Investor Relations
Manages the investor network, syndicate deals and the quarterly dealflow report. Joins as the capital layer switches on.
Advisory board
Five to eight credible voices who judge our awards, challenge our thinking, and open doors we can't.
Amira Nasser
Legal & Structuring
Corporate law partner specialising in ADGM and DIFC structures, shareholder agreements and fund formation.
Falcon Ridge Ventures
Institutional Capital
Regional seed fund. Brings investor discipline to our scoring rubric and a first-look relationship on cohort graduates.
Priya Raghavan
Technology
Former VP Engineering. Leads technical due diligence on cohort companies and advises on scaling platform teams.
Khalid Al Mansoori
Operations & Supply Chain
Twenty-two years in GCC distribution, warehousing and last-mile. The reality check on any logistics-heavy idea.
Marcus Bell
Hospitality & F&B
Multi-site operator. Pressure-tests unit economics for every restaurant and hospitality concept that comes through.
University Partner
Youth & Education
Represents our campus partners, shapes the YSA format and channels student founders into the pipeline.
Join us
We're building the team as the platform grows. If you're an operator who's done this before — run a programme, sold sponsorship, structured a fund — we want to hear from you.
Experts and mentors should apply through the panel rather than here; it's a faster route in and a clearer commitment.