Noor Sweid on Venture Capital and Startups Exits in MENA

Episode 22 July 12, 2021 00:38:15
Noor Sweid on Venture Capital and Startups Exits in MENA
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Noor Sweid on Venture Capital and Startups Exits in MENA

Jul 12 2021 | 00:38:15

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Show Notes

We talk to Noor Sweid, the General Partner at Global Ventures about building a top tier Venture Capital firm in the Middle East & North Africa region. We cover her recent startup exits with e-commerce startup Mumzworld that has undergone an M&A transaction and Kitopi, a cloud kitchen startup that has recently raised $415M via Softbank’s Vision Fund. We discuss fund return expectations in MENA and we wrap up by touching on Noor’s own journey as an entrepreneur and investor.

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