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VC React MENA E49: Local Games Go Global! PropTech Is Heating Up, Arabic First AI HumainChat & Allam
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 8/28/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 8/28/25

VC React MENA E49: Local Games Go Global! PropTech Is Heating Up, Arabic First AI HumainChat & Allam

With Ahmed AlThukair and Samer Shaaban.

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VC React MENA E48: Robinhood Comes To MENA & Compete With Local Copies, Bulk Funding In Game Studios
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 8/21/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 8/21/25

VC React MENA E48: Robinhood Comes To MENA & Compete With Local Copies, Bulk Funding In Game Studios

With Fahad Alfaez, and Hussein Attar.

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VC React Podcast (E47): Series B Gap? No More ARR, Expense Management or Banks! MENA LP Secondaries
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 8/7/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 8/7/25

VC React Podcast (E47): Series B Gap? No More ARR, Expense Management or Banks! MENA LP Secondaries

With Ali Almajthoob, and Aly El Shalakany.

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VC React Podcast (E46): Meta’s $1B Offers, AI In FoodTech, Arabic AI Voice, & Open Banking In UAE
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/31/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/31/25

VC React Podcast (E46): Meta’s $1B Offers, AI In FoodTech, Arabic AI Voice, & Open Banking In UAE

With Mian Manoff, Philipe Moura, & Santiago Rojas.

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VC React Podcast (E45): Anthropic's hypocrisy, xAI In Saudi, Qlub $30M Round, 500 Global $300M Fund
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/24/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/24/25

VC React Podcast (E45): Anthropic's hypocrisy, xAI In Saudi, Qlub $30M Round, 500 Global $300M Fund

With Abe Seksek, Amer Nasereddin, & Chada El Islam Benmahcene.

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VC React Podcast (E44): Arabic AI Stack, Morocco’s SuperApp, Embedded Insurance, Wild AI Acquihires
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/17/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/17/25

VC React Podcast (E44): Arabic AI Stack, Morocco’s SuperApp, Embedded Insurance, Wild AI Acquihires

With Arjun Chopra, Asia Kabel, Firas Atwa, & Mohamad Khawaja.

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VC React Podcast (E43): MENA's FoodTech & PropTech, A Computer In Your Eyes, & VC's Social Storm!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/10/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/10/25

VC React Podcast (E43): MENA's FoodTech & PropTech, A Computer In Your Eyes, & VC's Social Storm!

With Chada El Islam Benmahcene, and Rummana Dada.

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VC React Podcast (E42): Saudi’s New Unicorn, Startups Turn Corporations, Global Games, AI Talent War
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/3/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 7/3/25

VC React Podcast (E42): Saudi’s New Unicorn, Startups Turn Corporations, Global Games, AI Talent War

With Abe Seksek, and Atheer AlKhalifa.

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VC React Podcast (E41): Amazon Buys Into ValU, Careem Exits Pakistan, & OpenAI Takes On Microsoft.
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/26/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/26/25

VC React Podcast (E41): Amazon Buys Into ValU, Careem Exits Pakistan, & OpenAI Takes On Microsoft.

With Ivo Detelinov, Basem Abu Dagga, and Salem Washeely.

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VC React Podcast (E40): Exclusive: Stryde Acquires Qora71, AI-Native Sales, Labubu, Arabs at Cannes.
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/22/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/22/25

VC React Podcast (E40): Exclusive: Stryde Acquires Qora71, AI-Native Sales, Labubu, Arabs at Cannes.

With Ally Salama, Hadi Halabi, and Youssef Salem.

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VC React Podcast (E39): Valu IPO Twist, Fixing SME Cashflow, Boring Startups, A Nation of AI Coders!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/19/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/19/25

VC React Podcast (E39): Valu IPO Twist, Fixing SME Cashflow, Boring Startups, A Nation of AI Coders!

With Karima El Hakim, Mo Salah, & Waleed Al Ballaa.

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VC React Podcast (E38): Serial Founders, Quantitative VCs, AI Use Cases, Profitable Impact Tech.
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/12/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 6/12/25

VC React Podcast (E38): Serial Founders, Quantitative VCs, AI Use Cases, Profitable Impact Tech.

With Brant Meyer and Elliott Denham.

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VC React Podcast (E37): Stargate, Builder AI's Collapse, Iraq's Startups, Diaspora Founders & More!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/29/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/29/25

VC React Podcast (E37): Stargate, Builder AI's Collapse, Iraq's Startups, Diaspora Founders & More!

With Hasan Haider, Laith Kassis, and Romain Assunção.

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VC React Podcast (E36): Egypt Funding Surge, Nawy, Thndr, Sylndr, MoneyFellows, Tarjama, & SARsatX
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/22/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/22/25

VC React Podcast (E36): Egypt Funding Surge, Nawy, Thndr, Sylndr, MoneyFellows, Tarjama, & SARsatX

With Ali AlMajthoob and Issa Aghabi.

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VC React Podcast (E35): Saudi's Humain AI, Nvidia AI Chips, Two New AI Funds, & The New VC Model!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/15/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/15/25

VC React Podcast (E35): Saudi's Humain AI, Nvidia AI Chips, Two New AI Funds, & The New VC Model!

With Eyad Albayouk and Hassan Ikram.

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VC React Podcast (E34): State-Owned or Built vs VC-Backed Tech? Is Saudi A New Global IPO Market?
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/6/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/6/25

VC React Podcast (E34): State-Owned or Built vs VC-Backed Tech? Is Saudi A New Global IPO Market?

With Arnav Danthi, Amira Swilam, & Mo Salah.

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VC React Podcast (E33): Holding Model vs Typical VC! SME Finance Boom, Secondaries Infra, and More!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/1/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 5/1/25

VC React Podcast (E33): Holding Model vs Typical VC! SME Finance Boom, Secondaries Infra, and More!

With Abdulrahman AlJiffry, Abe Seksek, & Dima Shahin.

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VC React Podcast (E32): Why EdTech Acquisitions! Crypto Crashes, & Copy Cats In Emerging Markets
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 4/24/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 4/24/25

VC React Podcast (E32): Why EdTech Acquisitions! Crypto Crashes, & Copy Cats In Emerging Markets

with Fares Ghandour, Saad Hasan, & Tambi Jalouqa.

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VC React Podcast (E31): Consolidation, Investing In Hardware, Traitorous Eight-MENA Version & More!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 4/10/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 4/10/25

VC React Podcast (E31): Consolidation, Investing In Hardware, Traitorous Eight-MENA Version & More!

With Ambar Amleh, Arnav Danthi, and Fahed Qteishat.

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VC React Podcast (E30): Build quietly? Credit Score or AI, FinTech In Africa, Freaky AI Dubbing!
VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 3/27/25 VC React Podcast Ahmad Takatkah 3/27/25

VC React Podcast (E30): Build quietly? Credit Score or AI, FinTech In Africa, Freaky AI Dubbing!

With Cristina Bullon, Philipe Moura, and Sara Asad.

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