Open the gates
Here’s the thing - entrepreneurship is the hot topic in the region and thankfully, governments and institutions have caught on. Whereas small business lending was the primary method of involvement from governments in the past, today we are seeing much more in terms of...
How To Evolve Into A Data Driven Culture In 5 Simple Steps
At any startup, no matter what’s the industry, being data driven helps all team members to focus on what really matters. Instead of gut feelings, decisions will be made based on facts, actual data, not guesses. This applies to every single aspect in a startup....
Citizens of Silicon Valley — Evelyn Zoubi
As part of our efforts to connect MENA talents with their peers in Silicon Vally, we’re happy to share our interview with Evelyn Zoubi, founder ofGlanse App. In this interview by Ahmad Takatkah, Evelyn shares her story of starting from Jordan and then moving to...
Citizens of Silicon Valley — Fadi Bishara
After the premier of our first episode of Citizens of Silicon Valley last week where we met with the founder of Glanse App, Evelyn Zoubi, this week we met with Fadi Bishara. As the founder and CEO of Blackbox VC, Bishara moved to Silicon Valley in 1992 where he...
Startup Challenge: What Would You Do If The Partner VC You Wanted Leaves The Firm Right After Closing?
We believe VCs as well as founders need to keep learning from each other. In this category of posts, we create a hypothetical challenge, then ask founders and VCs to share with us what they would do if they’re
Lessons Learned on VC-Founders Communications
We at ArzanVC have been in the game for a while now, eight startups, different countries, hundreds of pitches, meetings and ambitious entrepreneurs. With all of this, we as VC’s have had our ups and downs, our challenges and we’re learning more lessons as we go. These...
How Slack and Asana Made Our Lives Easier As A VC Firm
As a VC firm, we receive many deals every week. They come through different channels, some through LinkedIn and Twitter and some through email (personal and work). We used to ask everyone to send the pitch deck to our work email so we can manage all the pipeline from...
Investing In Series-A @ Arzan VC
Early 2009, when I started to work on my dream to become a VC, I started with seed stage investing. It seemed like a doable move at that time after working on my first startup and winning two startup awards. I remember my first naive attempt in early 2009 to raise a...
Venture Capital Investing in MENA
When you have to explain what you do as a venture capital (VC) firm, it definitely means that you are not in Silicon Valley (US) or for that matter in any of developed economies. Perhaps, because the VC industry has not yet set foot in the Middle East and North Africa...