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Conversations with Loulou

By: Loulou Khazen
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  • Loulou Khazen is a founder turned venture capital investor breaking down everything you need to know about startups, investing, tech and innovation in the Middle East. Every two weeks, Loulou carefully curates her guests, asks thought provoking questions, shares practical examples and inspiring stories with the goal to draw attention and facilitate access to her world. To learn more, visit the show's website: www.conversationswithloulou.com and you can follow Loulou on LinkedIn and Instagram @louloukhazen
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Episodes
  • EP73: Why is a Chinese fund scouting for the next unicorn in MENA? Ben Harburg, Managing Partner MSA Capital

    EP73: Why is a Chinese fund scouting for the next unicorn in MENA? Ben Harburg, Managing Partner MSA Capital
    Apr 30 2024
    Ben Harburg is the Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a Chinese VC with $2.5bn of assets under management and MSA Novo, a newly established emerging markets fund with focus on the GCC. Ben brings a decade of expertise investing in Chinese tech companies to the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region and is scouting for the next MENA based unicorns. MSA capital is already an investor in regional success stories like Tabby, Homzmart, Rabbit, Baly and KASO to name a few. A refreshing conversation on Chinese tech and what we can learn from China’s startup ecosystem and why Ben believes that startups in MENA would likely be looking more East than West when it comes to innovation and business models to mimic and perhaps even exit opportunities. Ben is an entrepreneur and the co-owner of Cadiz football club, he shares tips on entrepreneurship and on having the foresight to spot opportunities before they become common knowledge and why he constantly seeks arbitrage opportunities. Support for the show comes from Capital.com, a global investment platform. Visit their webiste to start trading today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • E72: An insider’s guide to private equity in MENA with Huda Al-Lawati

    E72: An insider’s guide to private equity in MENA with Huda Al-Lawati
    Apr 15 2024
    Huda Al-Lawati is a veteran private equity professional across emerging markets having had executive roles at companies like Gateway Partners, Savola and Abraaj. Huda has recently launched Aliph Capital, a private equity fund that focuses on the mid market segment. I sat down with Huda to get an insider’s view on the private equity industry in the MENA region, what are the opportunites, where to fundraise, how to source deals, how to create value to companies they acquire by building the right teams and much more. Also if you’re interested to work in private equity, Huda shares her tips on what she looks for and what it takes to succeed in this competitive industry. If you’re looking to gain an understanding of how the industry works then this is a great place to start! Support for the show comes from Capital.com, a global investment platform. Visit their webiste to start trading today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • E71: AI for everyone, Hassan Sawaf’s journey to a no-code AI

    E71: AI for everyone, Hassan Sawaf’s journey to a no-code AI
    Mar 31 2024
    When Hassan Sawaf started working on machine learning in the 90s in Germany, no one thought advancements in AI would bring us to where we are today. Not even Hassan himself! In fact, people thought the AI field was too 'theoretical'. In this conversation, Hassan talks to us about AI’s evolution and his vision for aiXplain, a company he is building out of California that aims to make AI accessible to builders and innovators and provide them with tools to prototype their ideas with low or no-code. Hassan has been in the driving seat of the AI evolution and has led AI efforts in some of the world’s leading companies; eBay, Amazon AWS and Meta, he is a serial entrepreneur, sits on several boards, has a Ph.D. in machine learning algorithms for speech translation applications and has 60+ patents and publications in the field. Support for the show comes from Capital.com, a global investment platform. Visit their webiste to start trading today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
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