U.S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CERTIFIED TRADE MISSION TO

Saudi Arabia

Join us on December 1-4, 2025

In Riyadh, Dhahran, or Jeddah

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Agenda

Monday, December 1

Riyadh - Marriott Riyadh Diplomatic Quarter

12:00 - 13:00 Registration & Networking lunch between the U.S. Fund Managers and Saudi investors

13:00 - 17:00 Members of the U.S. delegation will meet in one on one meetings with investment professionals from Riyadh's institutional investors and family offices

19:00 - 21:00 U.S. Embassy hosted Reception for the U.S. Fund Managers and the Riyadh Investors

Wednesday, December 3

Dhahran - Kempinski Al Othman Hotel Al Khobar Al Qashlah, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia

11:00 - 12:00 Registration & Networking lunch between the U.S. Fund Managers and Saudi investors

12:00 - 16:00 Members of the U.S. delegation will meet in one on one meetings with investment professionals from Dhahran's institutional investors and family offices

17:00- 19:00 U.S. Consulate hosted Reception for the U.S. Fund Managers and the Dhahran Investors

Thursday, December 4

Jeddah Hilton Al Kurnaysh Br Rd, Ash Shati, Jeddah 21362, Saudi Arabia

12:00 - 13:00 Registration & Networking lunch between the U.S. Fund Managers and Saudi investors

13:00 - 17:00 Members of the U.S. delegation will meet in one on one meetings with investment professionals from Khobar's institutional investors and family offices

19:00- 21:00 U.S. Consulate hosted Reception for the U.S. Fund Managers and the Jeddah Investors

Accomodations

TRADE MISSIONS
GP FUNDS
There will be a total of 12-15 US funds. They will be registering over the next few months. Please check back for updates

Braveheart Capital

Real Estate

Braveheart Capital’s mission is to revive distressed and underperforming commercial campuses by reimagining their use, reinventing their operational models, and embedding new ecosystems of productivity and innovation. The firm does not simply lease space—it creates environments where businesses grow, jobs are created, and communities are revitalized.

Guideline.ai

At Guideline, we're defining the future of how the world buys and sells media. We combined the leading media planning and data companies to create the world’s most trusted set of solutions to help shape mission-critical advertising decisions. Though we already provide guidance to the world’s leading brands, agencies, and media owners; we are just getting started.

QHP Capital

Private Equity

Based in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, QHP Capital invests in life sciences and pharma services companies with proven products, services, and enabling technologies, utilizing a strategic platform to source, diligence, and create value. Led by a senior team of investment, healthcare, and research professionals, and coming from the legacy of Quintiles (now IQVIA) and NovaQuest, QHP looks to partner with founders and management teams to create long-term value. QHP Capital is the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity.

Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Venture Capital

Silicon Catalyst Ventures was formed as an extension of Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator + accelerator focused on semiconductor solutions, including Photonics, MEMS, sensors, IP, materials and Life Science. It was formed primarily, but not exclusively, to fund and foster Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies. This close association between the Venture Fund and the Silicon Catalyst incubator affords investors unique access to entrepreneurial teams whose technology and businesses are accelerated and de-risked throughout a rigorous screening process and two year incubation.

BITKRAFT Ventures

Venture Capital

Our perspective on the future of the industries in which we invest - gaming, AI, Web3, and immersive technology - is anchored around a thesis of Synthetic Reality: that the convergence of physical and digital worlds will continuously introduce new human experiences and create unprecedented social and economic opportunities. We currently serve a global portfolio of over 125 forward-thinking startups, each contributing to the construction of the virtual worlds and economies of tomorrow.

RETINA-AI Health, Inc.

Building Artificial Intelligence to Transform Healthcare

Norlantic Capital

Private Equity

Norlantic is a specialized cross-border private equity firm exclusively targeting the U.S. middle market. Norlantic seeks to provide a highly diversified and opportunistic exposure to one of the most dynamic, diversified, and growing private market segments. Our vision is to become the value-add, partner of choice to leading U.S. middle market GPs and the platform of choice for investors seeking a broadly diversified entry point to private equity investment.

True Ventures

Venture Capital

Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology startups. With more than $3.8 billion under management, True provides seed and Series A financing to entrepreneurs in some of today's fastest growing markets. Its more than 40 team members including special advisors, operations professionals, and founders-turned-investors represent one of the largest and most experienced teams dedicated to the early stage ecosystem.

HX Venture Fund

Venture Capital

HX Venture Fund is a venture capital fund of funds that creates a multiplier effect by linking the transformational power of world-class corporations, technology innovation, and high-growth startups with proven venture investment talent, company-building expertise, and capital.

Markin Asset Management

We offer portfolios to institutional and adviser clients seeking a lower risk path to above average long-term returns. Our strategies offer a liquid means of achieving diversified low-beta returns and low exposure to large equity drawdown cycles. They appeal to clients with dual capital preservation and wealth accumulation objectives.

FinStrat Management

FinStrat Management provides accounting, finance, and reporting services for early-stage and other investor-backed companies, HNW individuals, family offices, angel investors, accelerators, studios and VCs.

Event Co-Chairs

Abbas Hashmi

Abbas Hashmi

Principal, Saudi Family Holdings | Program Leader, Global Family Enterprise Program, Columbia Business School | Ex-Goldman Sachs & AIG

Abbas Hashmi is the Principal of Saudi Family Holdings, a Single Family Office based in New York and Riyadh, focused on strategic investments and impactful ventures. He bridges opportunities between U.S.-based private investors and the GCC region, leveraging his deep expertise in capital introductions and strategic growth.

At Columbia Business School, Abbas serves as the Program Leader for the Global Family Enterprise Program, empowering family enterprise leaders with strategic mindsets, skills, and connections to drive sustainable progress. His role involves guiding participants through transformative learning experiences, drawing on his extensive global network and industry insights.

With over two decades of global experience, Abbas specializes in capital formation, investor relations, and family office dynamics. He is a sought-after speaker and moderator at premier events including LEAP, Money 20/20, and Cityscape Global, where he addresses capital raising strategies, financial innovation, and global wealth trends.

Abbas has a distinguished background, having previously worked at Goldman Sachs and AIG, leading strategic initiatives and global business development. He also co-chairs trade missions to the Middle East under the U.S. Department of Commerce, fostering cross-border investments and economic collaborations.

He holds an MBA in International Business and is actively involved in moderating and delivering keynotes on family office dynamics, capital formation, and financial innovation globally.
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Zafer Younis

Zafer Younis

CEO at Silicon Valley Venture & Innovation (SVVI)

Zafer Younis is the Founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Venture & Innovation (SVVI), MENA’s premier VC Fund of Funds and technology investments platform. SVVI generates outstanding returns by investing in the thoughtfully curated Silicon Valley deals and VC funds (Carta, DarkTrace, Illumio, Race Capital, Shield AI, Function Health, BTV, A16Z, and many more).

Prior to founding SVVI, Zafer led Social Capital’s CaaS (Capital as a Service) program, and before that, served as a Partner at 500 Global’s main fund (USA).

Zafer is passionate about good coee, collecting Vinyl (all 8236 records), technology, investments, and building relationships between Silicon Valley and his home region.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Peter Sexton

Peter Sexton

Director, Global Financial Services Team Senior International Trade Specialist U.S. Commercial Service

Brian N. Beams

Brian N. Beams

Deputy Director, Global Financial Services Team U.S. Commercial Service

Carla Menéndez

Carla Menéndez

Deputy Senior Commercial Officer

Kerry LePain

Kerry LePain

Commercial Officer

ANDREW BILLARD

ANDREW BILLARD

COUNSELOR FOR COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS

TESTIMONIAL

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– Maxx Bricklin, Principal, Bold Capital Partners, LP

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