Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع

🏆 🔝1️⃣st Global AI &Tech Leader◾️Founder/CEO @HKB Tech®◾️🥇2024 Global AI Leadership Award◾️ TEDx Speaker◾️🇺🇳UN Ambassador◾️Senator @G20-WBAF◾️Country Chair @G100-WEF◾️In Strategic Partnership @Google @NVIDIA @Amazon

📍 Saudi Arabia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
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Board Member of Global Women Tech Leaders
Oct 2023
Global Women TechLeaders (GWTL) is a non-profit organization, founded in 2017 under OUG Nr. 26⁄2000. We are Leaders in Tech that promote continuous learning and growth though knowledge sharing at global level, through partnerships, programs, events and networking. Our mission is to discover and learn from other Tech Leaders and to support women in tech with their growth journey.
Founding Member and Investor in Forward Angel Investment
2021
Forward Angel Investors are value-add investors who manage active co-investment funds to help fund and scale early-stage businesses by partnering with experienced syndicates of angel investors. In addition to having participated in multiple funds over the years, the firm works in partnership with experienced, hands-on investors who have knowledge and experience of high-potential sectors. In addition, helping with partnerships, and customer acquisitions, indirectly opening doors within the GCC market. Having a long-term perspective means Forward Angel is committed to patient capital, making deliberate long-term investments to help companies achieve their full potential.
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2025
Global Partner
Jun 2025
The Digital Growth Collective is an ecosystem of business, technology, and investment leaders. By leveraging expertise, capital, and networks, we prioritize corporate value growth—enabling partners to capitalize on tomorrow’s business opportunities today. Operating across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the ecosystem spans five industries: information technology, healthcare, financial services, energy, and manufacturing.
2023
Board Member of Global Women Tech Leaders
Oct 2023
Global Women TechLeaders (GWTL) is a non-profit organization, founded in 2017 under OUG Nr. 26⁄2000. We are Leaders in Tech that promote continuous learning and growth though knowledge sharing at global level, through partnerships, programs, events and networking. Our mission is to discover and learn from other Tech Leaders and to support women in tech with their growth journey.
Senator and Board Member of the WBAF Global Science, Technology and Innovation Committee
Jul 2023
Senator of the G20 - World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), representing Saudi Arabia
Jun 2023
An affiliated partner of the G20 - Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) chaired by Her Majesties Queean Maxima of the Netherlands, The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) is an international organisation aiming to ease access to finance for businesses from start up to scale up to exit, with the ultimate goal of generating more jobs and more social justice worldwide. It is committed to collaborating globally to empower world economic development by creating innovative financial instruments for innovators, startups, and SMEs. The Forum interacts with leaders in all areas of society, first and foremost in business and political spheres, to help assess needs and establish goals, bearing in mind that the public interest is of paramount importance. We engage a wide range of institutions, both public and private, local and international, commercial and academic to help shape the global agenda. We hold that, with the participation of individuals and institutions from multiple sectors and from all parts of society, real progress can be achieved. www.wbaforum.org
2021
Founder and CEO
Nov 2021
As a Tributary of the legacy leading (Bin Dayel Group), established in 1963, which spans multiple sectors including real estate, manufacturing, contracting, investment, and agriculture, HKB Tech has been established as the new technology enabled wing, aligning to Vision 2030. HKB company specializes in delivering cutting-edge projects in multiple industries spanning multiple sectors including: - AI & Machine Learning - Smart Cities - Internet of Things (IoT) - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) - Conversational AI/ DeepTech - Blockchain development & integration - Metaverse, AR/VR - Cloud Computing - Predictive Analytics - Computer Vision & Image Recognition - Big Data analytics & visualization - Digital Banking / FinTech - BioTech / HealthTech - Sustainability / Net Zero - CleanTech / ClimateTech / GreenTech - Renewables / Wearables - Assurance/Cybersecurity - EdTech - Fit Tech HKB Tech is aimed to expand significantly beyond, and contribute to the diversification of the economy helping create a new ecosystem heavily enabled by technology and knowledge in Saudi Arabia.
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