Ep 94. MENA VC: Cashed Up but Cautious? | Hasan Haider

About this episode

Hasan Haider discusses the Gulf technology landscape and his investment strategies amidst macroeconomic challenges.

While global headlines fixate on macro volatility and regional tensions, the underlying data tells a completely different story for Gulf technology. In this episode of Majlis & Markets, we sit down with Forbes Top Venture Capitalist Hasan Haider, Founder and Managing Partner at PlusVC, to unpack his contrarian investment thesis. Hasan lays out exactly how the GCC startup ecosystem, spearheaded by an unprecedented liquidity boom in Saudi Arabia, has structurally decoupled from broader regi...

People in this episode

Host: Hassan Jivraj

Guest: Hasan Haider

Topics covered

• venture capital
• GCC startup ecosystem
• investment thesis
• macro volatility
• liquidity boom
• technology

Keywords

• venture capital
• GCC
• Saudi Arabia
• startup ecosystem
• investment thesis
• liquidity boom
• macro volatility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PlusVC, Forbes

Places: Saudi Arabia, Gulf, GCC

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