About Tablon

The platform where founders meet investors

Not cold emails. Not pitch decks into the void. An actual meeting — with an investor who has opted in, been verified, and agreed to talk to you.

Our mission

Tablon exists to make the investor–founder meeting more merit-based and less luck-based. The best founders should not miss funding because they lack the right network. The best investors should not miss great deals because they are buried in low-quality inbound.

We do this by curating both sides of the marketplace. Every investor and every founder is reviewed before joining. The result is a smaller, higher-quality network where every meeting is worth having.

How we vet members

Tablon is invite-only in spirit, not in exclusion. We welcome any serious investor or founder — we just verify they are who they say they are.

Where Tablon operates

Tablon is a global network. Our members come from the UK, US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Singapore, and beyond — across 30+ countries.

The network spans pre-seed angels to institutional VCs, with strong coverage across North America, Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East.

Who built this

Farooq C.

CEO & Founder, Tablon

Tablon was founded by Farooq, an entrepreneur who has spent over a decade facilitating investor–founder connections. Starting with in-person investor dinners at venues like The Ritz-Carlton Dubai, he saw firsthand how much the right room changed outcomes — and built Tablon to replicate that at scale.

Before Tablon, Farooq spent years in business analysis and operations at Zamil Industrial and Haier. Tablon has since hosted 30+ investor dinners across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and India, and grown to 2,600+ verified members across 30+ countries.

Farooq C. on LinkedIn