Tamer Azer is a partner at Shorooq Partners, a prominent VC firm in MENA. Timestamps: (1:12) Finding your true investor self (4:30) Building reputation in a new geography (6:21) Is Egypt gonna recover, startup-wise? (9:31) Breaking down fintech models via P&L items (10:50) Why infra/API plays are tough to build in the region? (13:27) The 'western vs. local' VC disagreement around lending (16:56) The void venture debt funds aren't filling (18:29) Climatetech: too early for the region? (20:02) Alternative path to liquidity: owning the local mid-cap market? References: Shorooq Partners - https://www.wamda.com/2022/03/shorooq... Pemo - https://www.wamda.com/2022/05/pemo-ra... Nymcard - https://www.wamda.com/2022/06/uae-fin... Lean Technologies - https://www.wamda.com/2022/01/lean-ra.... Listen on all platforms: Youtube - ⁠   / @therallycappodcast   Spotify - ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3vUDH5y... Apple Podcasts - ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Where to find Tamer: LinkedIn:   / tamerazer   Where to find Kyane: Linkedin:   / kyanekassiri   Twitter:   / kyanekassiri   Learn more about Rally Cap: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/ral... Check out our Climate Newsletter:   / rallycapclimate