Earlier this month we organized a soirée in Riyadh for our Saudi investors, founders and several key local stakeholders... And we didn’t discuss tech for about 20 minutes thanks to Ali Husain of Husaak Adventures.    If you weren’t at Cairo’s Startups Without...

Our 2022 Wrapped is certainly more insightful and fun than Spotify & Anghami combined 😛 I guess what we treasure most about 2022 is that it was kind enough to let us attend physical events and gatherings🙏 Let’s unwrap?    2022 Wrapped This is how...

This period before we say our Goodbyes to the old year is always a rollercoaster, but this year it’s all another level because every day we have a chance to sit down for a bit (a long bit) and feel *united* with the whole world. No matter who’s playing, there’s always...

Do you still believe that offline commerce and e-commerce are 2 different worlds? (Not accepting No as an answer.) Today I’ll talk about modernizing retail and I'll be zooming on a regional Shopify in the making... guess who.    Becoming a regional...

My team – namely Asia and Noha – did a mighty job reviewing public multiples (EV-to-Revenue) and their recent journeys across different sectors. In the next step, they compared these public multiples to multiples of their private counterparts in the region. The...

Hoarding money for worse times? Not trending with everyone. Some startups are burning more cash than ever. VCs keep spending, too. a16z wrote its largest individual check ever ($350M) to a pre-launched residential real estate startup Flow, which was founded by Adam...