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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined October 2010
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We are delighted to announce that we have led sustainability-driven clean water technology company @wisewellwater’s $2M pre-seed round! finance.yahoo.com/news/wisew…
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I love our courageous leaders for so many reasons & their love & care for humanity, especially in the Arab World, is one of those qualities that I admire the most cause it breeds a nation out of a family tribe, teaching us our values through their actions @HHShkMohd #daretolead
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Dubai’s BECO Capital closes its second fund with $100 million to invest in early-stage startups of MENA menabytes.com/beco-second-fu…
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Egyptian B2B ecommerce startup MaxAB raises $6.2 million in MENA’s largest seed round menabytes.com/maxab-seed/
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The registration deadline for Misk Growth Accelerator is prolonged! #MENAStartups have time to submit their applications until July 25th and compete for an opportunity to get $100,000 investment + a chance to receive a follow-on of up to $1 million ➡️ seedsta.rs/MiskGrowthAcceler…
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📈 States with the greatest concentration of immigrants create the most jobs and biggest increase in personal income. 📉 Where immigrants are relatively scarce, states generate the fewest jobs and smallest rise in income bloom.bg/2HOD6sx via @bopinion
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Behind every successful entrepreneur is a former failed self.
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We're delighted to be joining @InvestSaudi's Venture initiative: supporting innovators to expand into the Kingdom, elevating competitiveness and improving talent opportunities
Replying to @MISA
More than 20 firms have signed agreements under the VENTURE by #InvestSaudi platform, representing the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Singapore, and other countries. #FSC2019
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My thoughts on the @careem acquisition link.medium.com/Zu7rilxNwV. First & foremost, this company has transformed our region in so many ways not simply through this exit. Thank you @MudassirSheikha @Abdulla_Elyas and Magnus Olsson. This will be written in the history books! #legends
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Live from our "Venture Capital: Fuelling Innovation and the Technological Revolution": @afarha, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of @BECOCapital! #LBSMEC #InvestingInTransformation
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Saudis hand in hand building the global ecosystem #SaudiChinaForum #InvestSaudi #CrownPrinceInChina
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I can't believe this issue is still ongoing. #skypeban
I wrote about the UAE's Poverty Premium - and the Skype Ban's contribution to it. These decisions hit our poorest the hardest. nowmoney.me/2018/08/the-pove… #skypeban #uaetech
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This should be in the Twitter recommended rules of engagement 😜 - "Never wrestle with a pig because if you do you'll both get dirty but the pig will enjoy it" - Charlie Munger
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It’s hard to beat this #10YearChallenge: b-gat.es/2HANTbM
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الإخوة والأخوات .. وجه رئيس الدولة حفظه الله بإعلان العام القادم ٢٠١٩ في دولة الإمارات عاما للتسامح ... بهدف تعزيز الدور العالمي الذي تلعبه الدولة كعاصمة للتعايش والتلاقي الحضاري .. وترسيخ هذه القيمة التي أرادها زايد سمة ملازمة للمجتمع الإماراتي
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"Progress is not achieved by preachers and guardians of morality, but by mad-men, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics" @stephenfry paraphrasing Yevgeny Zamyati
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At the @a16z summit last year, I discussed why "mainstream" financial services are not meeting the needs of tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions more worldwide. a16z.com/2018/01/21/next-3bi…
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The Presidential decree allocating 50% of the seats in the Federal National Council to women is a great leap forwards in cementing the legislative and parliamentary role of women in our nation's development. Women are half of our society: they should be represented as such.
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