Feb 26, 2018 | B2B, Customer Service, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Exits, Investing, MENA, Technology, UAE, Venture Capital
By Amir Farha … Potential investors in our funds always ask this question. They struggle to see the light that we all believe in and know is coming at the end of a very long and dark tunnel. It’s one of the hardest things to answer, since it’s a numbers game,...
Jan 23, 2018 | Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Insights, Investing, MENA, Press Release, Technology, UAE, Venture Capital
Wahed: The Robo-Advisor for Shariah-compliant Investing Wahed is the world’s first automated investment service designed for Shariah-compliant, ethical investing. The Wahed approach to ethical investing in the digital age utilizes a human review panel to screen...
Jan 4, 2017 | Ecosystem, Investing, Venture Capital
By Dany Farha … Earlier this month, I travelled for the TiEcon 2016 global conference in New Delhi and was surprised to see Travis Kalanick, Founder & CEO of Uber as the keynote, given that India’s home grown champ is Ola Cabs and is fighting a fierce...
Jan 2, 2017 | Insights, Venture Capital
By Dany Farha … There are over 5,000 VC’s in the US and the top quartile firms consistently produce impressive results ranging from ca. 20-40% IRRs from most vintages. The top 1%ile firms consistently produce even more staggering returns ranging from 50%...
Dec 6, 2016 | Insights, Investing, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
In his closing remarks at BOOSTMENA, BECO CEO, Dany Farha, shared his takeaways from the day, and his bold and optimistic predictions for 2017 and beyond: Takeaways 50 million digital consumers is the tipping point to build billion dollar companies in an economic...
Oct 17, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Investing, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
By Dany Farha … Quite often, when meeting with prospective investors and industry stakeholders for the first time, BECO is compared to Rocket Internet (the German internet holding group) given our holding company (holdco) structure. The main reason here is that...
