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◇ Case study · Cybersecurity SaaS
CybersecurityCase study · Confidential cybersecurity client

Launched in the UAE with no team on the ground to book meetings.

A Series A cybersecurity company had just launched its SaaS product in the Middle East. It sold to a small group of technology leaders in critical infrastructure, and had no local team to reach them.

Growth Rhino's team contacted the security leads directly first, by email, LinkedIn and phone, then worked up to their leadership teams. Leads from the client's conferences and events went into the same follow-up.

UAE
◇ Snapshot
  1. $1.25mPipeline sourced
  2. 60Meetings booked
The brief
Fill an account executive's calendar with qualified meetings in a market the client had only just entered.
Who they needed to reach
Technology leaders responsible for cybersecurity in oil and gas, manufacturing, energy and transportation.
Market
United Arab Emirates.
Channels
Cold email, cold calling and LinkedIn.
Timeline
Nine months, 2024 to 2025.
Before
  • A product just launched in the Middle East
  • Nobody in the region to open conversations
  • Too few buyers for a high-volume approach
  • Conference and event leads that still needed follow-up
After
  • 25 qualified opportunities for the account executive
  • Direct contact with security leads at the target accounts
  • Relationships with the leadership teams above them
  • Event leads followed up by the same team
◇ What they had

What they needed

The client sells a zero-trust platform for secure remote access to operational technology, replacing VPNs and jump servers. Its buyers are a small group of security leaders, so outreach had to reach named people directly.

◇ Plays · Target Account Pipeline

What we ran

  1. 01

    Security leads first, then their leadership

    Our team started with direct outreach to the security leads at each target account, by email, LinkedIn and phone. After the first months we moved up to their leadership teams, which widened the conversations and covered a large share of the market. In parallel, we followed up the leads from the client's conferences and industry events.

◇ Results

What changed

Over nine months, from 2024 to 2025, our team booked 60 meetings for the client's account executive. Those meetings produced 25 qualified opportunities and $1.25M in sourced pipeline.

The client built its UAE pipeline without hiring a local sales team.

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◇ In their words
"Appreciate all the work you put in. The systems and tactics you introduced were fresh, and they played a big role in helping us deliver results for the client."
Qais Gharaibeh · FounderSpine Technologies
◇ If this is you

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