Ashok Raman

Ashok Raman is a storyteller who uses numbers as his medium. He loves to crunch data, analyze it, and investigate deeper questions until the stories begin to emerge on their own. Ashok comes from a finance and consulting background, having worked in the strategy consulting and private equity fields across the Middle East and Emerging Asia for over 15 years, prior to becoming a business writer. When it comes to tech stories, Ashok has a penchant for startups in the fintech, B2B software-as-a-service, artificial intelligence, and machine learning spaces. He loves writing about venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and the general investor landscape of startup ecosystems. Ashok holds a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as a diploma in finance.

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Growth Strategies

Infographic: Analyzing Dubai's Attractiveness For Startup Growth

Dubai's allure as a startup hub is prominent in the country, since the top 10 disclosed funding rounds of all time are all from startups headquartered in the Emirate.

Finance

Infographic: The Surge Of Mega-Round Investments In The MENA

The growth of funding in the MENA region has exceeded US$4 billion in both 2021 and 2022, and the number of mega-rounds of $300 million or more has seen an increasing trend with three seen in 2021, and six in 2022, including two scaleups listing on stock exchanges.

Entrepreneurs

Infographic: The Top 10 MENA Countries For Tech Startups In 2023

The UAE led the MENA region, with it being home to 339 scaleups, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia follow with 140 and 132 scaleups, respectively.

Finance

Building Resilience: Consolidation And The Future Of The MENA Startup Ecosystem

The next decade looks very exciting for stakeholders who are already in this region- as well as those who are expected to make a move.

Growth Strategies

Exciting Prospects Ahead: Here's What Dubai's Investors Believe Are The Tech Sectors Set To Shine In 2023

The next five years will see more interest in startups operating in industries that localize systems of production and consumption in order to make them more efficient, resilient, and secure.

Finance

On The Right Track: BECO Capital Managing Partner Dany Farha On The Evolution Of The Startup Ecosystem In Dubai (And The MENA Region)

"Dubai needs diversity in the companies on our exchange, world-class governance to instill confidence in the platform for foreign investment, and foreign investor-friendly regulation to incentivize them to bring their dollars here."

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