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This week on VC React: we unpack BECO’s $370M twin funds, an early-stage Fund IV ($120M) plus a new $250M growth vehicle; dig into Egypt’s aydi and its $7.5M seed for AI agronomy assistant “ORTH”; debate the PIF–Silver Lake $55B take-private of EA (FIFA, The Sims); and track the fintech migration as Revolut’s CEO Nik Stronsky relocates his residency to Dubai.

This week’s guests

  • Atheer AlKhalifa, Opportunity Committee Member @ OQAL Angel Investors

  • Hasan Haider, Founder and Managing Partner @ Plus VC

  • Nada Shaheen, Managing Director @ GB Ventures