VC React MENA E62: Noon's $500M Raise & MENA IPO Roadmap, Algeria's Largest Local currency Round!

VC React Podcast - MENA:

Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, LPs, and Angel Investors, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, funds, and investment rounds.

Hosts:

• Ahmad Takatkah, VCpreneur.
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• Jamie Lane, FWDstart.
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Available on:

• Youtube: VC React Podcast

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• Apple: VC React Podcast

Guests:

1. Louiza Chitour, Co-Founder @ 10FT Ventures
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venturestudioventurecapitalwellnesslongevityhealthtechgccmena/
- Company Website: https://10ft.ventures/

2. Tala Al Jabri, Founder & Managing Partner @ Wyld VC
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talaa/
- Company Website: https://www.wyldvc.com/

This Week On The VC React Podcast:

News of the week brought to you by FWDstart:

• We unpack noon’s $500M raise as it eyes an IPO. With a total of 3.2B dollars in funding, is this even a startup anymore, or a sovereign-backed platform built at scale from day one?

• Then, we zoom into Algeria, where VOLZ just closed a record local-currency Series A, at which a Gov fund exits. We ask if this is too early of an exit for a gov fund, and ask about what that really says about startup readiness across Africa versus the GCC.

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