Lucidity Insights wrapped up its debut The Perfect Pitch podcast season in 2024, offering actionable advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. Erika Welch shared her top 5 takeaways from conversations with the Middle East and Africa's most influential investors: not every business is VC-backable, bootstrapping can often be better than fundraising, your founding tea ... Show More
Jun 3
Crypto After FTX & Luna: VC Insights from 300+ Web3 Investments with Vineet Budki Ep19
What has really changed in crypto after the collapse of FTX and Luna—and what hasn’t?In this episode, we speak with Vineet Budki, a seasoned Web3 investor with experience across 300+ blockchain and crypto investments, to unpack the current state of the market and where it is head ... Show More
1h 2m
Apr 8
Why Most Startups Won’t Get Funded in 2026 (And What VCs Actually Want) with Vijay Tirathrai Ep18
In this episode, Vijay Tirathrai, General Partner & Chairman at Silkbridge Ventures, shares expert insights into venture capital, startup investing, and how investors evaluate high-growth startups in today’s competitive landscape.We dive deep into how venture capitalists identify ... Show More
59m 38s
Mar 2026
Top Fundraising Advice from Investors in MENA 2025
Since 2024, The Perfect Pitch has interviewed over a dozen of the most influential venture capital investors backing startups across the Middle East and Africa. In this special compilation episode, we’ve pulled together the most powerful fundraising advice, investor insights, and ... Show More
16m 42s
Jun 2024
VC React Podcast (E1): Tech IPOs in MENA, $8M Seed Startup Round, AI VC Fund, and more.
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Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, VCs, and investment rounds. Stay tuned for: expert analysis, independent opinions, and maybe some heated conversations!
Host: Ahmad Takatkah, ... Show More
44m 45s
Feb 2025
VC React Podcast (E24): Lendo's $690M Facility Led by J.P. Morgan, & qeen.ai’s $10M Seed round
<p>VC React Podcast:</p><p>Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, VCs, and investment rounds. Stay tuned for: expert analysis, independent opinions, and maybe some heated conversations! Hosts:</p><p>Ahmad Takatk ... Show More
44m 37s
Feb 2023
Bonus Episode: Making the Pitch Perfect
Inside Startup Battlefield is back in our feed with episode two. In the second episode of Inside Startup Battlefield, we take a trip to TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 to hear pitches from the top five companies: Aaron Hall from Intropic Materials, Elizabeth Lawler from App Map, Chad Mas ... Show More
31m 31s
Dec 2022
The keys to framing a winning investor pitch
It wasn’t very long ago that venture capital was so free-flowing it seemed as if any entrepreneur with a half-decent idea could raise an initial round of financing. Those halcyon days are clearly now past us, with inflation, rising interest rates, and slowing economic growth (or ... Show More
31m 47s
Jan 2025
VC React Podcast (E23): DeepSeek Moment! New Growth Funds In MENA, New Sector Focus For MENA VCs!
<p>VC React Podcast:</p>
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Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, VCs, and investment rounds. Stay tuned for: expert analysis, independent opinions, and maybe some heated conversations!
Hosts: </p>
<p>Ahmad ... Show More
52m 33s
