The Middle East’s venture story has entered a new phase. The old question was whether startups in the region could attract funding at all. That question has been settled. Early stage capital is abundant, deal flow is strong, and founders across MENA have shown they can build companies that win investor backing. The challenge now […]
Category: STARTUPS
Company Spotlight: Alessandro Rosi, KYNOX Holdings
Tell us about KYNOX. KYNOX Holdings is far more than a traditional media company; it is a Systemic Venture Builder engineered from the ground up to automate high-value digital industries. We operate as a centralized technological ecosystem that designs and scales high-margin digital realities using proprietary AI automation and zero-risk economic models. Our blueprint involves […]
The $70 Million Wake-Up Call: Why Domains Are Emerging as a Serious Digital Infrastructure Asset Class
When AI.com reportedly sold for $70 million, the immediate reaction was predictable: disbelief. Seventy million dollars for a domain name? To some, it sounded like excess, a vanity purchase – but that reaction misses the real story. AI.com wasn’t an indulgence. It was a signal. Domains are evolving from niche holdings into mainstream digital infrastructure […]
Company Spotlight: Stuart Collins, Mission Transition
Tell us about yourself and your background My name is Stuart Collins, and I’m the founder of Mission Transition. I served for over 22 years in the British Army, operating in high-pressure environments where leadership, accountability, and decision-making were critical. Like many people leaving service, I experienced first-hand how difficult it can be to translate […]
A Conversation with Mari Moisio
Tell us about yourself and your background My name is Mari Moisio, born and raised in Tampere, Finland, and my path into business, sustainability and leadership has never been a straight but through different routes and experiences. I am a person who believes that a sustainable future is created through actions, cooperation and bold decisions. […]
Founder Spotlight: Antony Bou Sader
Tell us about your venture, SustainPro. SustainPro is an Abu Dhabi based Event Intelligence and ClimateTech company built for events and venues. We deliver visible sustainable infrastructure and activations on the ground, then measure performance using IoT, structured data capture, and real operational evidence. We turn that into live dashboards, sponsor-ready storytelling, and standards-grade reports […]
Education, innovation and SMEs: How talent development fuels startup ecosystems
Innovation is, and has for a long time, been the driver of growth in the UAE and the wider GCC region. By doing things differently, it has allowed the region to become the economic and social force that we see today. And we can see no signs of this successful strategy changing, as the region […]
Building Bridges in Healthcare: The Cross-Border Vision of Dr. Amjad Hammad and Baraka Prosperity Partners
In an era where parts of the healthcare industry are driven by scale and financial engineering, Dr. Amjad M. Hammad, MD, MBA, is building something different. Baraka Prosperity Partners, the physician-led, values-aligned investment firm he founded, is shaping a strategic healthcare corridor linking Jordan, the GCC, and the United States. With a background in retinal […]
Reclaiming Attention: Nicholas Constantine, The Founder Designing the Next Evolution of Trading Systems
What is the core philosophy behind Ultimate Trader OS? The world is overstimulated. Attention has become a scarce commodity, hijacked by systems designed to exploit it. Iʼve watched the same phenomenon dismantle attention in one of the most cognitively demanding professions—day trading. Millions of traders enter markets with ambition and technical skill, yet only 4% […]
The Founder is the Algorithm
Entrepreneurs have always been the original algorithms – constantly absorbing, adapting, and solving in real time. They spot patterns where others see noise, connect dots across lived experience, and build solutions shaped by community, culture, and intuition. As AI becomes more integrated into the entrepreneurial world, the opportunity isn’t to replace this human algorithm, but […]










