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Hasan Haidar

Hasan Haidar

Founder and Managing Partner of Plus VC (+VC), an early-stage venture capital firm investing in MENA tech startups.

Aug 1, 2026

MahmoudHOST
3:44
That's
3:44
it.
3:45
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.
3:55
But at Pre-Seed Seed, where we sort of invest... all of that isn't really meaningful.
4:00
Even if the company's been around for less than a year, those numbers aren't really indicative of anything.
4:05
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.
4:14
Great, that's a good tick.

37 MINS LATER

MahmoudHOST
41:32
What do you think that would need to happen for us in the Middle East to create really a globally dominant technology company?

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