VC React MENA E65: VC Funding Is Up 74%, Deals Are Up 6%, Magnitt’s 2025 State of VC In MENA

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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Guests:

1. Philip Bahoshy, CEO and Founder of MAGNiTT
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipbahoshy/‍ ‍
- Company Website: https://magnitt.com/

This Week On The VC React Podcast:

News of the week brought to you by FWDstart:

• MENA funding is up 74%, deals are up 6%, and Saudi now makes up almost half of all VC in the region.

• The question is: What metrics actually tell us the truth about the health of the region's market? Is it total funding, deal count, international investor share, or exits and liquidity? or something else?

• We will walk through the MAGNiTT’s annual report on MENA venture activity to try to answer these questions.

• Link to report “FY 2025 State of Venture Capital in MENA”: https://magnitt.com/research/FY-2025-MENA-VC-Report-51018

• Link to FWDstart deepdive on Europe’s unified corporate structure for startups, and if MENA could do the same?: “Where are the calls for a MENA Inc?”: https://www.fwdstart.me/p/where-are-the-calls-for-a-mena-inc

• Link to Sadu Capital's white paper on Structured Liquidity Windows Periodic Secondaries led and controlled by startups: https://www.sadu.vc/white-paper-structured-liquidity-windows