VC React Podcast VC React MENA E65: VC Funding Is Up 74%, Deals Are Up 6%, Magnitt’s 2025 State of VC In MENA
VC React Podcast - MENA:
Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, LPs, & Angel Investors, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, funds, and investment rounds.
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Hosts:
- Ahmad Takatkah, VCpreneur. Sign up to VCpreneur Newsletter on https://www.vcpreneur.com/
- Jamie Lane, FWDstart. Sign up to FWDstart Newsletter on https://archives.fwdstart.me/
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Available on:
- Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@VCReactPodcast
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4O6gOT7eoMxf5M7qy3HVMp
- Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vc-react-podcast/id1764834384
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Guest:
1. Philip Bahoshy, CEO and Founder of MAGNiTT
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipbahoshy/
- Company Website: https://magnitt.com/
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News of the week brought to you by FWDstart.
This Week On The VC React Podcast:
- MENA funding is up 74%, deals are up 6%, and Saudi now makes up almost half of all VC in the region.
- The question is: What metrics actually tell us the truth about the health of the region's market? Is it total funding, deal count, international investor share, or exits and liquidity? or something else?
- We will walk through the MAGNiTT’s annual report on MENA venture activity to try to answer these questions.
- Link to report “FY 2025 State of Venture Capital in MENA”: https://magnitt.com/research/FY-2025-MENA-VC-Report-51018
- Link to FWDstart deepdive on Europe’s unified corporate structure for startups, and if MENA could do the same?: “Where are the calls for a MENA Inc?”: https://www.fwdstart.me/p/where-are-the-calls-for-a-mena-inc
- Link to Sadu Capital's white paper on Structured Liquidity Windows - Periodic Secondaries led and controlled by startups: https://www.sadu.vc/white-paper-structured-liquidity-windows
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