Ali Samir Oosman

Venture strategy, capital and partnerships at Disrupt.com | 6,000+ founders engaged across MENAP | Founding MD, Endeavor Pakistan | ex-Microsoft for Startups

📍 United Arab Emirates🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2026
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Board Member
May 2026
Ridge is capital markets infrastructure for natural assets. We convert high-value real assets — forestry, agriculture, regenerative land — into regulated, ISIN-listed securities that institutional investors can allocate to through existing custody and settlement infrastructure. The worlds largest asset class is locked out of capital markets. Not because it lacks value, but because it lacks structure. Ridge provides that structure: a platform where asset owners upload financials and impact data, progress through a standardised structuring process, and access institutional capital — while investors onboard, conduct due diligence, and invest in compliant instruments that meet fiduciary and regulatory standards.
Board Observer
Jun 2025
From the love of gym and community, SQUATWOLF was established in Dubai, UAE, in 2016, with a vision to elevate the human experience, lifting the weight of modern life by creating components that help people become stronger. SQUATWOLF grew exponentially over the following few years, initially in the Middle East, but very quickly on a global scale serving customers and athletes in 120+ countries. With great power comes great responsibility, and SQUATWOLF is now a brand with an evolving mission. Insight, innovation, purpose. Everything for a reason, every aspect considered - whether related to athletes, to colleagues or to products and experiences.
Angel Investor
Jan 2024
Nexa’s AI agents unify data from all your Sales and Marketing tools and automatically generate insights that help your company boost sales performance and optimize marketing spend.
Angel Investor / Advisor
Nov 2022
Sono is the modern training platform for high growth startups. We give lean People and L&D teams the perfect blend of automation and user-friendly design to ensure employee success at every crucial turn — from onboarding to offboarding and everything in between.
Board Member
Apr 2019
Rider is a fast-growing, market-leading e-commerce logistics startup in Pakistan. We help online businesses deliver their products to their end-customers. From humble beginnings in 2019, we now work with over 450 shippers (including some of the top online sellers in Pakistan) across 60 locations nationwide…and growing! Unlike many market players, we have built strong technology meets ground operations solutions, giving us one of the fastest delivery times and highest delivery success rates in Pakistan. Our mission is simple - to make shipping as easy as possible for our merchants, and to empower end-customers who demand increasing control over their delivery experience. We offer a range of merchant services, from same-day and next-day delivery options to nationwide warehouse movement and fulfillment, working closely with our merchants to develop new and innovative services that meet their changing needs. Our plug-and-play shipping portal connects easily with any online store, giving our merchants frictionless and quick pick-up options, with full flexibility and visibility on the movement of their products. Through our customer app, we provide live tracking with end-to-end visibility and flexibility to change delivery locations, dates and times. Finally, our live reconciliation allows us to deliver shippers’ payments within 24 hours, solving a major market pain point for e-commerce. Visit withrider.com/merchant-signup/ to sign up in seconds and start shipping in a day!
Board Member
Jan 2019
TelloTalk is Pakistan’s own robust and feature-rich communications platform created for scalable Peer-to-Peer and Business-to-Customers interactions. TelloTalk empowers businesses to compliment or transcend above their traditional SMS-based engagements with customers with fully customizable, teleco-independent multimedia messages with comprehensive delivery and receipt reports.
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2026
Board Member
May 2026
Ridge is capital markets infrastructure for natural assets. We convert high-value real assets — forestry, agriculture, regenerative land — into regulated, ISIN-listed securities that institutional investors can allocate to through existing custody and settlement infrastructure. The worlds largest asset class is locked out of capital markets. Not because it lacks value, but because it lacks structure. Ridge provides that structure: a platform where asset owners upload financials and impact data, progress through a standardised structuring process, and access institutional capital — while investors onboard, conduct due diligence, and invest in compliant instruments that meet fiduciary and regulatory standards.
2025
Board Observer
Jun 2025
From the love of gym and community, SQUATWOLF was established in Dubai, UAE, in 2016, with a vision to elevate the human experience, lifting the weight of modern life by creating components that help people become stronger. SQUATWOLF grew exponentially over the following few years, initially in the Middle East, but very quickly on a global scale serving customers and athletes in 120+ countries. With great power comes great responsibility, and SQUATWOLF is now a brand with an evolving mission. Insight, innovation, purpose. Everything for a reason, every aspect considered - whether related to athletes, to colleagues or to products and experiences.
2024
Managing Director - Venture Building and Investments
Jun 2024
Disrupt.com is a venture builder that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to ignite growth and innovation in their businesses. With a focus on transformative technologies and innovative business models, Disrupt.com provides more than just financial backing. The Group typically partners with founders at a very early stage, helping them achieve product-market fit and power through the first point of the scale. Disrupt.com brings in capital and counsel, but more importantly, the Group brings its conviction. Our unique approach includes strategic guidance, operational expertise, and a network of industry experts, providing startups and businesses with the resources necessary to achieve success.
Head - Venture Capital
Jun 2024
We defy the odds by fueling bold ideas with capital, technology, and expertise—turning uncertainty into opportunity. Disrupt.com builds, backs, and invests in the next generation of AI-driven ventures, powered by exceptional founders and our venture foundry. We enable breakthrough innovations that solve scalable problems, shape industries, and improve lives. Our portfolio reflects the strength of our approach—partnering with ambitious, high-potential companies to drive significant growth across select industries. If you want to be part of a team where innovation thrives, growth knows no limits, and your talent shapes the future, explore opportunities at https://disrupt.com/careers. Learn more at www.disrupt.com.
Angel Investor
Jan 2024
Nexa’s AI agents unify data from all your Sales and Marketing tools and automatically generate insights that help your company boost sales performance and optimize marketing spend.
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