a 4:45AM idea (my latest personal exit)

a 4:45AM idea (my latest personal exit)

I’m not sure how many of you know the story of Pentugram, the startup I had co-founded along with Miled Elias. Pentugram got acquired by KSA’s RasMal and we announced the transaction last week at LEAP.   Here’s the story of my latest personal exit.    ...

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save this term sheet for later

save this term sheet for later

If January was a trial month, would you cancel your annual subscription?   Back to reality. Those of you who didn’t intercept Clara releasing their updated Term Sheet for Series A investments – I got you covered.   Their Term Sheet provides a balanced and...

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our 2023 Wrapped

our 2023 Wrapped

HAPPY NEW YEAR. (It's only the second week of Jan, so it’s still ok to say it.)   We don’t like to release our Wrapped before the year ends because who knows what the last few days may bring…? And it turns out that the end of our December was just that busy –...

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how do we communicate in times like these?

how do we communicate in times like these?

The tone of our issue #70 is different from the previous sixty-nine.   I’m sharing some thoughts on how we should communicate in these times and how each of us can ensure that the concept of free speech in the workplace survives the ongoing war on...

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messy cap tables

messy cap tables

How are you coping?   In a parallel world, I’d like to take a more holistic look at cap tables – their shape and health, because some cap tables out there could benefit from some tidying up     Fixing (un)investable cap tables   Your cap table (CT)...

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M&A winter?

M&A winter?

We’re physically heading into winter (at last!), the VC world has been in a funding winter for some time now and instead of the predicted M&A wave one could assume it’s an M&A winter. Except that… in MENA, it's more like autumn.    Signs of life in MENA's...

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