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Khalid Derbas

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Founder at Maven Robotics
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Khalid Derbas is the Co-Founder and CFO of Maven Robotics, leveraging his extensive background in private equity from firms like Helios Investment Partners and Standard Chartered. A Stanford MBA graduate, he now combines his expertise in capital with his passion for robotics and AI to address global workforce challenges.

Khalid is deeply family-oriented, having fulfilled a childhood dream by co-founding his current venture with his brother, Hamza. Through his family, he is also connected with philanthropic efforts at Stanfords Hoover Institution, supporting a fellowship in economics in his familys name.

He co-founded Maven Robotics with his brother to make a childhood dream a reality.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Robotics & AI
As Co-Founder of Maven Robotics, he is focused on building general-purpose AI robots to improve global economic productivity and solve workforce challenges.
Private Equity
His career includes senior roles at Helios Investment Partners and Standard Chartered Private Equity, giving him deep expertise in investment and capital allocation.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Founder
Maven Robotics
9-2018 - 12-2020
Vice President
Helios Investment Partners
7-2017 - 8-2017
Summer Associate
Gulf Capital
3-2015 - 8-2016
Associate Director
Standard Chartered Private Equity
9-2013 - 3-2015
Associate
Standard Chartered Private Equity
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Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2007 - 2011
Bachelor’s Degree
American University of Beirut
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