VCpreneur Podcast
By Ahmad Takatkah (VCpreneur)
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VCpreneur Podcast, hosted by Ahmad Takatkah, explores tech startups, venture capital, private-market liquidity, venture secondaries, and the evolution of the VC model. Through founder profiles, investor interviews, and roundtable discussions with founders, VCs, and LPs, the podcast covers startup news, emerging technologies, private markets, and the future of venture capital.
#startups #vc #tech #ai #investments #founders #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #venturedebt #privatecredit #finance #business #ipo #acquisitions #revenuebasedfinancing #fintech #web3
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VC React E68: OpenAI vs Anthropic, Uber's AI Budget, Golden Gate Ventures, Amazon vs Starlink & More
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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VC React E67: Anthropic Risky Model, OpenAI-TBPN, Eclipse Fund, Lunate-Insight, Nubank In ADGM
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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VC React E66: OpenAI's $122B Round, Tabby’s $55M Profit, Anthropic Leak, Yupp, Whoop, & More!
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E65: VC Funding Is Up 74%, Deals Are Up 6%, Magnitt’s 2025 State of VC In MENA
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E64: Open's CX AI Agents, Breez's Voice AI Middleware, & Grove's Vertical AgriTech Bet
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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VC React SV E5: A16Z's $15B Raise, Gemini To Power Siri, Anthropic Health, Bizarre Tech at CES 2026!
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E63: $230M To Seed Islamic Neo Bank, Data Governance, Disease Detection, IoT Transport
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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VC React MENA E62: Noon's $500M Raise & MENA IPO Roadmap, Algeria's Largest Local currency Round!
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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VC React SV E4: Lightspeed's $9B Mega Funds, Circles's Arc L1 Blockchain, & The Consumer AI Pivot.
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E61: Qatar Joins AI Race with Qai, Reno: Renovate Now-Pay Later, COGNNA's Agentic SOC
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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VC React SV E3: Paramount vs. Netflix, Kalshi Doubles Valuation, SpaceX's Secondary Sale at $800B
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E60: The Rise of Secondaries, What Happened to the Dubizzle lPO, and Egyptian Deeptech
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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VC React SV E2: OpenAl's Power Loop with Thrive, America's Chip Gambit, and Apple's Al Reset
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E59: xAI & HUMAIN Deal, Founders Fund Invests In Mnzil, Strataphy & Buildroid DeepTech
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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VC React SV E1: Quantum VCs, Founders Fund Invests In Mnzil, Gemini Dethrones ChatGPT, New AI Device
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E58: MAGNiTT Report-Series A Valuations Peak , Nabta & HealthTech, Ghanem & PropTech
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E57: Jahez + noon against Keeta, Shgardi shuts down, DataCamp acquires UAE’s Optima
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E56: HUMAIN Launches AI-OS! BRKZ $30M Debt Round. Tabby's $4.5B Premium Secondary Sale
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E55: Gitex, Dubizzle’s IPO by Prosus, Investcorp’s $750M Fund w/ China, & Chari’s BaaS
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E54: BECO’s $370M Fund, Aydi’s $7.5M AgriTech, PIF's $55B EA Deal, Fintech Migration!
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E53: Saudi lifts cap on foreign ownership, private stock market, $100M AI fund & more
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E52: Money20/20, Tamara: $1.4B Debt, HALA: $157M Round, Robinhood: Public Startup Fund
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E51: Property Finder's $525M Deal, Noon's IPO Plan, Orbii's $3.6M Seed, New $200M Fund
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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VC React E50 MENA: Qatar Backs Anthropic, Munify's Neobank for Diaspora, Intella's Digital Human
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E49: Local Games Go Global! PropTech Is Heating Up, Arabic First AI HumainChat & Allam
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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VC React MENA E48: Robinhood Comes To MENA & Compete With Local Copies, Bulk Funding In Game Studios
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E47): Series B Gap? No More ARR, Expense Management or Banks! MENA LP Secondaries
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E46): Meta’s $1B Offers, AI In FoodTech, Arabic AI Voice, & Open Banking In UAE
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E45): Anthropic's hypocrisy, xAI In Saudi, Qlub $30M Round, 500 Global $300M Fund
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E44): Arabic AI Stack, Morocco’s SuperApp, Embedded Insurance, Wild AI Acquihires
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E43): MENA's FoodTech & PropTech, A Computer In Your Eyes, & VC's Political Storm!
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E42): Saudi’s New Unicorn, Startups Turn Corporations, Global Games, AI Talent War
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E41): Amazon Buys Into ValU, Careem Exits Pakistan, & OpenAI Takes On Microsoft.
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E40): Exclusive: Stryde Acquires Qora71, AI-Native Sales, Labubu, Arabs at Cannes.
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E39): Valu IPO Twist, Fixing SME Cashflow, Boring Startups, A Nation of AI Coders!
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E38): Serial Founders, Quantitative VCs, AI Use Cases, Profitable Impact Tech.
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E37): Stargate, Builder AI's Collapse, Iraq's Startups, Diaspora Founders & More!
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E36): Egypt Funding Surge, Nawy, Thndr, Sylndr, MoneyFellows, Tarjama, & SARsatX
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May 22, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E35): Saudi's Humain AI, Nvidia AI Chips, Two New AI Funds, & The New VC Model!
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May 15, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E34): State-Owned or Built vs VC-Backed Tech? Is Saudi A New Global IPO Market?
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May 11, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E33): Holding Model vs Typical VC! SME Finance Boom, Secondaries Infra, and More!
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May 04, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E32): Why EdTech Acquisitions! Crypto Crashes, & Copy Cats In Emerging Markets
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E31): Consolidation, Investing In Hardware, Traitorous Eight-MENA Version & More!
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E30): Build quietly? Credit Score or AI, FinTech In Africa, Freaky AI Dubbing!
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E29): QED's Investment In NymCard, Impact46's 10x IPO Exit, & Yango's CVC Fund!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E28): Stock Market Reactions, Quick Commerce, BNPL vs. Credit Cards, FashionTech!
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E27): Good vs. Great, EdTech Wave In MENA, Revenue Based Financing, Cars, & Cake!
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E26): Five Acquisitions, Startups Investing In Startups, Qatar and Global VCs!
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E25): Six new funds! The Rise of ConstructTech, Startups Too Large For Acquisition
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E24): Lendo's $690M Facility Led by J.P. Morgan, & qeen.ai’s $10M Seed round
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E23): DeepSeek Moment! New Growth Funds In MENA, New Sector Focus For MENA VCs!
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E22): New Funding Tends for 2025 In MENA's PropTech, FinTech, AgriTech & AI AdTech
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E21): 2 Tech IPOs, 3 Big Rounds, 9 New VC Funds, 2024 VC Activity Report, & More!
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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VC React Podcast (E20): 2025 Predictions, Small Acquisitions, VC Transparency, $81.5m Gaming Fund
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E19): More Global VCs In MENA, Talabat IPO, The AI Startup That Got Away, & More
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E18): DeepTech and TelecomTech News, Revenue Based Fund, More Global VCs in MENA
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E17): PIF vs NDF, What's an AI Startup, The AI Future, NICE Non-Dilutive Capital
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E16): Dual Funds, Pioneer VCs, Financing Revolution! Global VCs Are In, New IPOs!
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E15): Managing a Large Seed Fund, FoFs in MENA, Global vs. Local Startups & VCs
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E14): Podcasts, Climate Tech, Carbon Credits, AdTech, Data Privacy In MENA & More
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E13): Growth Funds, Debt Funds, Mobility, EdTech, and Good News From Palestine!
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E12): Global Fintechs In MENA, Round Extension, Secondaries, Selling Foundr Shares
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E11): Fintech Consolidations, Open Banking, Payments Solutions, Wealth Managers
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E10): Family Office VCs, VC Competition, eCommerce Mergers, Co-CEOs, Crowdfunding
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E9): Web3 Summer In MENA! Dirham StableCoin, Global Outlook, Alternative Financing
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E8): VC Surge In July, Founders’ Harassment, Connected Founders, & Sunken Cost
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E7): NVIDIA Acquisitions, Technical VCs, BNPL Model, Accelerator Startup Reviews
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E6): Big Series A Rounds, Enterprise AI for Decision Making, EdTech and AI Trends
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E5): Saudi's AI Investments, Egypt's Mega Round In FinTech, Jordan's Accelerators
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E4): Banking The Unbanked, Tech Moonshots, Climate Tech, & MENA AI Consolidations
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E3): On Gov VC Mandates, India & MENA, Venture Debt, Market Stats in H1-2024
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E2): On Acquiring Silicon Valley Startups, Global VCs In MENA, eSports.
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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VC React Podcast (E1): Tech IPOs in MENA, $8M Seed Startup Round, AI VC Fund, and more.
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Jun 27, 2024 |