
Hasan Haidar
Founder and Managing Partner of Plus VC (+VC), an early-stage venture capital firm investing in MENA tech startups.
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Aug 1, 2026
What VCs Actually Look For in the Middle East | Hasan Haider
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3:44MahmoudHOST
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Hasan HaidarGUEST
So the thing is, a lot of people are, when they enter VC, they think they have to act smart and they're like, oh, you know, let's look at all of these things related to due diligence.

Hasan HaidarGUEST
But at Pre-Seed Seed, where we sort of invest... all of that isn't really meaningful.

Hasan HaidarGUEST
Even if the company's been around for less than a year, those numbers aren't really indicative of anything.

Hasan HaidarGUEST
So even the only thing that you're looking at when you're looking at it is that, yeah, actually the founders have been able to build a team, come together as a founding team.
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41:32MahmoudHOST
What do you think that would need to happen for us in the Middle East to create really a globally dominant technology company?