VC React Podcast VC React MENA E51: Property Finder's $525M Deal, Noon's IPO Plan, Orbii's $3.6M Seed, New $200M Fund
VC React Podcast:
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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vc-react-podcast
- Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vc-react-podcast/id1764834384
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Guests:
1. Aboudi Al-Qattan, Principal @ Dash Ventures
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aboudi-al-qattan-8658abb3/
- VC Firm Website: https://www.dashventures.com/
2. Tambi Jalouqa, Founder & General Partner @ Maza Ventures
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tambijalouqa/
- VC Firm Website: https://maza.vc/
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News of the week brought to you by FWDstart.
This Week On The VC React Podcast:
- With huge valuations, how do we price AI companies? Is this driven by actual performance, revenues, distribution, compute power — or just pure narrative and access?
- Property Finder hits $2B valuation after 13 years — but why do older startups grow slower, while newer ones scale faster than ever?
- Noon is racing toward a $10B IPO… but still not profitable. Bold move or pressure to exit soon?
- Orbii raised a $3.6M seed round to build the credit rails for SME lending in MENA by providing banks with the new tech they lack — Would this challenge the existing SME lending startups?
- And finally, a fresh $200M growth and pre-IPO fund just launched — but is there really enough growth-stage pipeline in MENA to absorb all this capital?
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