Senior Investment Leader

Babar
Khan, PhD

Investment leader with scientific depth and sovereign-capital experience across deep tech, biotech, and applied AI

I have led transactions across origination, diligence, execution, and portfolio management. I currently serve as Head, Life Science Investments at NEOM Investment Fund and Co-Founder of AI Astrolabe.

$0M+Transactions Led
0+Years Across Science & Investing
0Board / Governance Roles
0US Patents

MIT Innovators Under 35 (2019)

Babar Khan
Trilingual 35+ Countries Explored US Citizen Saudi Premium Residency UAE Golden Residency 12+ Years in the Middle East Trilingual 35+ Countries Explored US Citizen Saudi Premium Residency UAE Golden Residency 12+ Years in the Middle East

Current Roles

Operating across institutional investing and frontier AI

Current Role

Head, Life Science Investments

NEOM Investment Fund · Riyadh

Lead and manage investments across life sciences and related technology platforms, with experience spanning origination, diligence, execution, and portfolio management.

Current Role

Co-Founder

AI Astrolabe · USA

Building a company focused on high-quality multimodal data and low-resource language infrastructure for frontier AI systems and agents.

Focus Areas

01

Deep Tech

Technologies with hard technical barriers, strategic relevance, and durable long-term value creation potential.

02

Biotech & Healthcare

Platforms that improve human health, expand biological capability, or strengthen resilient production systems.

03

Applied AI

AI infrastructure, data, tooling, and applied systems that enable deployment beyond narrow English-first use cases.

Differentiated profile at the intersection of capital and technology

Scientific depth

I am comfortable evaluating technically complex businesses and engaging beyond surface-level narrative.

Investment execution

I have led transactions through origination, diligence, execution, and portfolio management.

Cross-border context

My experience across the US and GCC informs how I think about capital, strategic fit, market entry, and long-term institutional value creation.

Investment Leadership

I've led across the entire investment process, from opportunity to outcome

My role has not been limited to sector coverage or investment themes. I have led transactions through the full investment cycle and remained involved through portfolio development after closing.

1
Origination
Opportunity Development
2
Diligence
Technical and Financial Assessment
3
Execution
Structuring and Closing
4
Portfolio Management
Active Value Creation

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