VC React MENA E65: VC Funding Is Up 74%, Deals Are Up 6%, Magnitt’s 2025 State of VC In MENA
VC React Podcast - MENA:
Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, LPs, & Angel Investors, reacting to the latest news on MENA startups, funds, and investment rounds.
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Pathfounders interview: Philip Bahoshy, CEO of Magnitt, on the AI investment boom in MENA
Venture capital in the MENA region is moving decisively toward AI-native platforms, which captured 69% of AI funding. The UAE and Saudi Arabia jointly attracted 87% of all AI capital deployed. Pathfounders caught up with Philip Bahoshy, CEO of Magnitt, a key research house in MENA, to discuss how …
Is MENA VC Entering a Market Reset? | Philip Bahoshy
In this episode, I sit down with Philip Bahoshy, founder & CEO of Magnitt, to break down what’s really happening to venture capital in MENA amid rising geopolitical tensions.We’re recording this at a critical moment, and the big question is:Are we on the verge of losing an entire generation of star…
Is MENA VC Entering a Market Reset? | Philip Bahoshy
In this episode, I sit down with Philip Bahoshy, founder & CEO of Magnitt, to break down what’s really happening to venture capital in MENA amid rising geopolitical tensions.We’re recording this at a critical moment, and the big question is:Are we on the verge of losing an entire generation of star…
9 of 14 MENA Tech IPOs Are Underwater. Now What?
Philip Bahoshy, Founder & CEO of Magnitt, and Ziad Awad, Founder & CEO of Awad Capital, join Loulou for episode 100 of With Loulou.
Recorded during a period of regional uncertainty, this conversation looks at what is really happening across MENA private markets, venture capital, M&A, IPOs, and the…
The MENA Startup Boom Is Hiding an Uncomfortable Truth | The Mal Show (Podcast) With Philip Bahoshy
What does the data really reveal about the MENA startup and venture capital ecosystem?In this episode of The MAL Show, we sit down with Philip Bahoshy, Founder and CEO of MAGNiTT, the leading venture capital data and intelligence platform covering the Middle East, Africa, Pakistan, Turkey, and othe…
Is MENA VC broken? $14.6B in. What came back?
$14.6B of venture capital went into MENA from 2021 to 2025. How much came back to investors? Nobody can say, and that is the real problem.
A founder of a well-established MENA startup told Philip Bahoshy that venture capital in the region is broken, and suggested ripping up the playbook. Philip re…
MENA early-stage deals down 46%. Is the pipeline drying up?
MENA early-stage deals fell 46% to 171 from January to September, the lowest in five years. If the bottom of the funnel shrinks, who becomes the Series A of 2028?
At events across the region, Philip Bahoshy is hearing something new from investors: a slowdown in deal flow. MAGNiTT's data backs it up…
Q3 data: record 51% to MENA mega deals. Healthy or fragile?
MENA startups raised $2.98B in the first nine months of 2026, but a record 51% went to mega deals while deal count fell 33%. Healthy or fragile?
In this episode of The Unphiltered Take, Philip Bahoshy unpacks MAGNiTT's Q3 2026 Update: why concentration at the late stage masks the underlying ecosys…
MENA's two-speed venture market: $2.98B in, deals down 33%
MENA startups raised $2.98 billion in the first nine months of 2026, down 7%. But deal count fell 33% and early-stage deals fell 45%. Is the headline hiding a pipeline problem?In this bonus episode, Philip Bahoshy is joined by Farah El Nahlawi, Research Manager at MAGNiTT, to unpack MAGNiTT's Q3 20…
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