<p><br></p><p>VC React Podcast - MENA:</p><p>Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, LPs, &amp; Angel Investors, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, funds, and investment rounds. </p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Hosts: </p><ul><li>Ahmad Takatkah, VCpreneur. Sign up to VCpreneur Newsletter on <a href="https://www.vcpreneur.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.vcpreneur.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>Jamie Lane, FWDstart. Sign up to FWDstart Newsletter on <a href="https://www.fwdstart.me/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://archives.fwdstart.me/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Available on:</p><ul><li>Youtube:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@VCReactPodcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VCReactPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>Spotify:<a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vc-react-podcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4O6gOT7eoMxf5M7qy3HVMp">⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4O6gOT7eoMxf5M7qy3HVMp⁠</a></li><li>Apple:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vc-react-podcast/id1764834384">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vc-react-podcast/id1764834384⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><br></p><p>1. Basil Moftah, Managing Partner @ Key Capital</p><p>- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basilmoftah/ </p><p>- Company Website: https://www.key.capital/ </p><p><br></p><p>2. Nada Shaheen, Managing Director @ GB Ventures </p><p>- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadashahen/ </p><p>- Company Website: https://gb-corporation.com/</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>#siliconvalley # mena #startups #vc #lp #tech #investments #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #venturedebt #privateequity #finance #business #ipo #acquisitions #limitedpartners #accelerator #saas #data #software #deeptech #ai #fintech #edtech #cvc #web3 #crypto #blockchain #defi #impact #sanfrancisco #sanjose #boston #seattle #austin #nyc #riyadh #dubai #amman #cairo #qatar </p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Sponsors: </p><p>💸This week’s episode is brought to you by:</p><p><br></p><p>- OCTA – the AI-powered accounts receivable platform trusted by hundreds of companies like Careem, Lean Technologies, and ZenHR to automate collections, resolve disputes, and unlock financing with zero hassle. </p><p>Visit: <a href="www.weareocta.com/fwdstart ">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.weareocta.com/fwdstart ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>to get your first 6 months free.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>News of the week brought to you by FWDstart.</p><p><br></p><p>This Week On The VC React Podcast:</p><p><br></p><p>- First up: Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab, and Morgan Stanley are on a private-markets shopping spree, buying Industry Ventures, Forge Global, and EquityZen to own the pipes for late-stage venture and secondaries. Are we watching the true mainstreaming of secondaries and pre-IPO access?</p><p><br></p><p>- Next, Dubizzle has pulled its planned IPO in the UAE, adding to a growing list of Gulf tech listings that never happened, or traded badly once they did. Is this just a timing blip, or a clear signal that we’re not ready for Tech IPOs yet? Should founders and investors look more seriously at secondaries and private liquidity instead of IPOs now?</p><p><br></p><p>- Then we’ve got an Egypt-to-global deeptech story: GlobalFoundries snapping up Cairo-based InfiniLink just months after its $10 million seed round. </p><p><br></p><p>---(أحمد طقاطقه)---</p><p><br></p>