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FWDstart

The FWDstart Podcast is a weekly show at the intersection of venture capital, startups, and strategic industries shaping the MENA region. Each episode features candid conversations with founders, investors, and operators behind the region’s most ambitious companies, from frontier…

Venture CapitalStartup BuildingFintechClimate TechAi MlMena Startups
Format
Interview
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Overview

FWDstart podcast overview

About FWDstart

The FWDstart Podcast is a weekly show at the intersection of venture capital, startups, and strategic industries shaping the MENA region. Each episode features candid conversations with founders, investors, and operators behind the region’s most ambitious companies, from frontier AI and fintech infrastructure to climate tech, construction, energy, and space.

Why Upseed includes it

The podcast focuses on venture capital and startups in the MENA region, featuring conversations with founders and investors.

Who may find it useful

Founders, Investors, Operators may find this series useful. Its recurring topics include Venture Capital, Startup Building, Fintech, Climate Tech, Ai Ml, Mena Startups.

Operational profile

Series profile

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Series type
Episodic
Content type
Audio
Published by
Jamie Lane
Language
English
Geographic focus
Other
Last reviewed
March 12, 2026
Published episodes
12
publisher-supplied series count
Recent episodes linked
12
admitted official episode destinations
Series first published
December 8, 2025
publisher-supplied publication metadata
Latest episode
July 13, 2026
latest official destination found

Publication metadata and latest official episode destinations · Independent Upseed startup-relevance assessment · March 12, 2026

Latest episodes

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Algebra AI’s Anis Harb on Raising $7M, Leaving Deliveroo After a Decade, and Why Managed AI Services Are BoomingJuly 13, 2026 · 36 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Lean Technologies’ Tewfik Cassis on Launching Pay by Bank, Building the AWS for Fintech, and Why Stablecoins Could Transform PaymentsJuly 6, 2026 · 47 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)ClearGrid's Mohammad Al-Khalili on Building AI for a Trillion-Dollar Debt MarketJune 22, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Comfi's Sanjar Samiev and Denis Gavrilin on Raising $65M and Building B2B BNPL for MENA's SMEsJune 15, 2026 · 44 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Rana Abdel Latif & Deepali Nangia (Speedinvest) on Raising from QIA, EIB, and Mubadala, Why Fintechs Are the New Incumbents, and What Catalytic LPs…April 22, 2026 · 50 min · Upseed episode guideMahdi Yahya (Ori / Radiant) on Getting Acquired by Brookfield, Building the Backbone of Sovereign AI, and Why Intelligence Is InfrastructureApril 13, 2026 · 53 min · Upseed episode guideAlex Epure (Qureos) on Raising $5M from Prosus, The Future of Hiring in a Post-AI World, and The Truth About Job DisplacementMarch 16, 2026 · 47 min · Upseed episode guideGlenn Harwood (AlgoDriven) on the Future of SaaS, Exiting for 8 Figures from Dubai, and Expanding to Fourteen Countries On Only $3MMarch 10, 2026 · 42 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Hassan Fayed (Aydi) on Building AI for Every Farmer on Earth and Why Software Has Failed AgricultureFebruary 24, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Fouad Jeryes (Maqsam) on Why MENA's Fragmentation is the Opportunity, Why Arabic AI Benchmarks are BS, & Why Your Competitors are Your Best…February 16, 2026 · 58 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Talal Hasan (44.01) on Turning CO2 Into Rock, The Journey From Omani VC to Earthshot Winner, & Why Transportation is Carbon's Real BottleneckFebruary 3, 2026 · 48 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)Djamel Mohand (Governata) on The Rocket Internet Baptism of Fire, Scaling Foodics to 30K Restaurants & Why Your Data Isn't AI-ReadyJanuary 26, 2026 · 57 min · Official destination (opens in a new tab)

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Last reviewed

March 12, 2026

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