UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT
Companies established as the investment arms of universities are compounding higher education's efforts to create a knowledge-based, diversified economy.
At RVC, we do two parallel activities: one is venture capital and the other is our strategic investment arm. We invest in three different sectors: ICT, life sciences, and renewable energies, so our staff here cannot be experts in everything. Most times we need to involve a third party that is a well-established consultancy firm. The good thing about RVC is we are owned by King Saud University, so we are not a typical venture capital firm. We are here on the campus, so there is an army of experts available to us and we always involve our faculty members and students as consultants. Riyadh Valley Company also has a responsibility to the community. We are very busy running educational workshops, training, and symposiums for faculty members and students. We educate, motivate, and let students know we are here. We want them to understand what we do and to know that we are open to doing VC deals not just internationally but locally as well.
www.thebusinessyear.com/saudi-arabia-2017/university-investment/vox-populi
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