Mayank Singhal Head of Venture Capital and Technology, ADQ (DisruptAD) At the age of 24, Singhal started his VC career with TPG Growth in India, quickly rising through the ranks to even advise veteran businessman Ratan Tata on technologies and companies to invest Tata’s VC funds. That experience has held him in good stead as he now heads up venture capital at Abu Dhabi’s sovereign fund ADQ. Through Disrupt AD, ADQ’s VC investment platform, Singhal oversees the Dhs1.1bn Alpha Wave Incubation fund that focuses on Southeast Asian startups as well as the Dhs535m Ventures Fund, part of the Ghadan 21 programme. ADQ, which has over $110bn in assets under management through its platform, aims to support 1,000 startups by 2025. You might also like Fahad Al Gergawi Mahmoud Adi and Shane Shin Mohamad Sabouneh Raja Al Mazrouei Abdullah Mutawi Salem Bou Aoun Hanan Harhara Al Yafei Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki Kamal Hassan and Yousif Al Mutawa Ramesh Jagannathan Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi Noor Sweid Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi Abdul Baset AI Janahi Shaker Zainal Sami Al Qamzi Najla Al Midfa William Chappell Esam Mahmoud Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO, and Dr Noah Raford, chief of Global Affairs Sheikh Dr Rashid bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi Hamad Buamim Vic Barreto Philip Bahoshy Dr Khalid Al Midfa Ammar Al Malik Ronaldo Mouchawar Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qasimi Amir Milad Jad Antoun and Khalid Ashmawy Ritesh Tilani and Alper Celen Dany Farha Walid Hanna Mohamed Alabbar Saygin Yalcin Gaurav Biswas Marwan Hachem Samih Toukan Fadi Ghandour Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed John Tsioris Magnus Olsson and Mudassir Sheikha Michael Lahyani Rashid Al Ghurair Eddie Maroun and Elie Habib Ambareen Musa Kunal Kapoor Sky Kurtz Jon Richards Mona Ataya Bader Ataya, Mohamad Ballout, Andres Arenas and Saman Darkan Jad Sayegh, Nadine Mezher and Mark Chahwan Michael Truschler Fodhil Benturquia Hosam Arab Vilhelm Hedberg Craig Moore Donna Benton Huda Kattan Mohamed Khaled Talal Bayaa, Brian Habib and Tarek Bayaa Maaz Sheikh