Viaka Newsletter: Connecting our Network in-person!
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Hi everyone! We have a short update this week, just to share more about the first in-person meetups for Viaka Network members that occurred earlier this month.
In Boston, we gathered for a Friday morning coffee hour in Kendall Square to talk AI, medical devices, marketing, company building, and more. ☕️
In NYC, we gathered for a Happy Hour to talk startups, venture, and the MENA ecosystem. 🗽
We’re already planning more in-person gatherings in March. Become a Network member and stay tuned for details and ways to sign up!
Promising Opportunities from Our Partners
New opportunities added in February 2023:
eComz is looking for experts in lead generation & sales expansion into new MENA markets, particularly KSA.
Unshackled Ventures is looking for visionary immigrant founders in the U.S. at the earliest stage of company creation.
No Label Ventures is looking fo immigrant founders in Europe at the earliest stages of startup creation. Have an amazing idea and looking for your first institutional funding? This is the fund for you.
YallaPlay is looking for expert advice on setting up a scalable employee incentive program and exploring the possibility of a rebrand to better address global markets.
NOMU Group is looking for investors to join their Pre-Series A, to build out their products and grow market share and support their vision for a sustainable, equitable, and personalized food system for families and business in MENA and beyond.
Designer-24 is looking for expert advice to help them build a strategy and template to effectively franchise their model in smaller MENA markets.
Click on the button below to see all current opportunities & get involved:
Exciting Announcements From Our Network
Below is a list of updates, wins, and asks emanating from members of the Viaka Network in the “West.”
Web3 Demo Day Four early-stage Web3 founders in the Viaka Network will present on February 23rd. Sign up here!
Lunch and learn with NOMU group! In partnership with TechWadi and ABANA, Viaka has invited NOMU's leadership team to share more about MENA's food supply chain & logistics industry and how they’re revolutionizing it. This is a great opportunity to learn more about one of MENA's most promising startups! Sign up here!
Interested in getting involved with emerging markets further? Seedstars is hiring a part-time sourcing intern for their seed-stage investment vehicle. Check it out here.
If you’re a member of our Network and would like to share your own update next week, email info.viaka@gmail.com or submit an update via this form.
Read of the Week
Viaka has launched a Network Reading List, where Network members are encouraged to submit media suggestions of their own.
Our suggested read this week is this piece from Digital Native highlighting 2023 predictions from founders, investors, and operators!
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That’s it for this week. Thank you!
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