Mazen Nadim co-founded Foundation Ventures to address the funding gap for pre-seed to Series A startups in MENA, providing meaningful initial checks of around $300,000 to bridge capital access in emerging markets like Ethiopia. He actively engages in development-focused initiatives such as World Bank-linked MSME programs and emphasizes improving startup reporting standards and data transparency to unlock more funding for African startups.
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Foundation Ventures is a Cairo-based VC fund led by veteran Egyptian investors that positions Egypt's currency devaluation as a structural advantage, using the country as a cost-efficient testbed where startups can access superior tech talent cheaply before scaling regionally and globally. The firm differentiates itself by providing portfolio companies access to Egypt's largest enterprise network for customer acquisition and distribution, while also offering the unusual combination of seed-to-growth capital from one platform.
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