Saoud Khalifah, Building with Obsession, Challenging Comfort Zones and Needed Cultural Shifts in the Arab World – Ep.13, Season 2
Saoud was born in Kuwait during the Gulf War and left to the US at the age of 18. Saoud launched Fakespot.com in 2016, a platform that detects fake reviews using AI, after being scammed by a supplemen...
27 Jan 20251h 51min
Leena Khalil, Building a Community-Centric Platform, Managing Complex Supply Chains, and Navigating Exit Opportunities – Ep.12, Season 2
Leena Khalil is currently a Partner at Key Capital and was the co-founder of Mumzworld. In 2011, she co-founded Mumzworld.com, a leading platform dedicated to making parenting easier across the region...
5 Jan 20251h 15min
Mohammad AlRazaz, Building a Remote Logistics Powerhouse and Global Ambitions for Regional Startups – Ep.11, Season 2
Mohammad AlRazaz is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-founder & CEO of OTO, MENA’s largest shipping integrator and aggregator platform, powering online businesses and omni-channel brands. At just 22, M...
22 Des 20242h 8min
Amal Dokhan, Championing Innovation, Inspiring Women Leaders, and the Transforming Saudi Venture Landscape – Ep.10, Season 2
Amal Dokhan is an entrepreneurship advocate, a venture capitalist and an ecosystem builder operating for more than a decade in the MENA region. Amal is the managing partner at 500 Global managing the ...
1 Des 20241h 40min
Mohammed Alzubi, Treasuring Entrepreneurial Scars and Bringing Back Silicon Valley Insights to the MENA region - Ep.9, Season 2
Mohammed is the Managing Partner at Nama Ventures, a pre-seed / seed stage fund fueling techinnovation in the MENA region, especially in Saudi. Previously, he was the managing director ofTharwa Capita...
17 Nov 20241h 19min
Ameer Sherif, From Bootstrapping During Turmoil to Building a Regional Employment Powerhouse - Ep.8, Season 2
Ameer Sherif is the founder and chairman of Basharsoft, the company behind Wuzzuf and Forasna, Egypt's leading online employment platforms for both white collar and blue collar workers, respectively. ...
3 Nov 20241h 41min
Hasan Haider, Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis - Ep.7, Season 2
Hasan Haider has over 13 years of experience investing in MENA startups. Hasan is the Founder and Managing Partner of +VC, one of the most active early stage venture capital firms focused on the MENA ...
20 Okt 20241h 17min
Ahmad Takatkah, Leveraging Data Science in Venture Capital, Experiencing Silicon Valley Hypergrowth and Processing Failure in Startups - Ep.6, Season 2
VCpreneur, at The Intersection Of VC & DataAhmad Takatkah is a technical founder turned VC, with a background in computer engineering, data science (AI and ML), and product management. Over the past 1...
22 Sep 20241h 47min
