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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
  • E75: The business of building startups from Rocket Internet to Antler with Jonathan Doerr

    E75: The business of building startups from Rocket Internet to Antler with Jonathan Doerr
    May 27 2024
    I sat down with Jonathan Doerr, the Co-founding Partner at Antler MENAP to learn about his experience in building, scaling and exciting companies. Jonathan brings a ton of learning from his time with Rocket Internet, where he was the Co-founder and Managing Director at Jumia Nigeria, Africa’s leading e-commerce site which IPOed on the NYSE in 2019 and the Co-CEO at Daraz, the South Asian e-commerce player which was acquired by Alibaba in 2018. We discuss challenges of building e-commerce companies in emerging markets and the differences between an IPO and an acquisition. Today, Jonathan is leveraging his experience to enable the next generation of founders via Antler where he plays matchmaker and investor to 100s of founders that join Antler’s programs in Dubai, Riyadh and more to come. Support for the show comes from Capital.com, a global investment platform. If you are enjoying this episode, make sure you hit the ’subscribe’ button wherever you are listening to this episode and give us a rating and a review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • E74:From corporate America to corporate lunch. The story of MUNCH:ON

    E74:From corporate America to corporate lunch. The story of MUNCH:ON
    May 12 2024
    Dana Baki is the co-founder and COO at MUNCH:ON, a UAE born startup that was solving the corporate lunch problem. MUNCH:ON which started as LUNCH:ON was utilizing kitchen’s off-peak to deliver affordable meals to corporate executives. The business was experiencing high growth until Covid which posed an existential threat. MUNCH:ON was then born to cater for meals throughout the day. Careem acquired MUNCH:ON in 2022 and Dana took time off to recalibrate and figure out what she wanted to do and landed in the space exploration industry. This is a fantastic conversation about entrepreneurship, work ethic, motherhood and so much more. Support for the show comes from Capital.com, a global investment platform. Visit their website and start investing today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • 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
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