In this week's episode of the VC React Podcast, Ahmad and I, dig into Omani climate tech company 44.01's $37 million Series A round, tech moonshots, Dopay's mission to bank the unbanked, and the business models behind Arabic digital content providers like Majarra.
And as usual, we were not alone - we had the tremendous pleasure to be joined by:
Issa Aghabi (Founder & Managing Director at Access Bridge Ventures)
Zeina Mandour (Venture Investments Manager at Dar Ventures)
We covered:
📌 Omani climate tech startup 44.01's $37 M Series A
📌 Dopay's $13.5 million Series A extension round, led by Argentem Creek Partners
📌 UAE-based Majarra acquisition of search as service platform Lableb
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