In this Industry Voices episode, Issa Aghabi, Founding Partner at Access Bridge Ventures, reflects on two decades in MENA venture capital. From stumbling into the industry before it took off to launching a $35M pre-Series A fund, Issa shares lessons on capital discipline, the ...Show more
The Godfather of MENA E-Commerce
In this episode of Founder’s Hustle, we sat down with Ronaldo Mouchawar, co-founder of Souq.com and one of the architects of the Arab internet. From helping build Maktoob, the region’s first Arabic email platform, to scaling Souq into the Middle East’s largest e-commerce marketpl ...Show more
Building the Palestinian Venture Ecosystem
In this Industry Voices episode, Ambar Amleh, Founder & Managing Partner of Ibtikar Fund, takes us inside the Palestinian venture ecosystem and what it truly takes to build startups under extraordinary constraints. From launching two early-stage funds out of Palestine to navigati ...Show more
nsave’s Quest to Build a Fairer Global Financial System
In this Founder’s Hustle episode, Amer Baroudi, co-founder and CEO of nsave, shares how a life shaped by displacement, resilience, and financial exclusion led to one of fintech’s most ambitious missions: building a truly global financial platform for people the system overloo ...Show more
The Evolution of Propeller
In this Industry Voices episode, Hani Azzam, Partner at Propeller, takes us inside the firm’s evolution from a regional B2B SaaS investor to a global early-stage fund backing software infrastructure and AI companies. From the launch of Fund III to identifying MENA founders ready ...Show more