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110 Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider launch Plus Venture Capital, a $60 million seed-stage fund for MENA

MENAbytes
Zubair Naeem Paracha @ MENAbytes · 10/12/2020 01:13 EDT

Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider launch Plus Venture Capital, a $60 million seed-stage fund for MENA

Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider, the former managing partners of 500 Startups’ MENA fund (500 Falcons) have announced the launch of their new venture capital firm ‘Plus Venture Capital’ and its debut fund. Plus Venture Capital’s (+VC) debut fund has a target size of $60 million, Sharif and Hasan told MENAbytes. They’ve already secured some ...

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