Thursday Deep Dive - 16-Nov-23

Raiven Capital's $125 million DIFC tech fund

Thursday Deep Dive! (16-Nov-23) recording - Raiven Capital’s new $125m DIFC tech fund!

This is a recorded Middle East AI News LIVE - Thursday Deep Dive podcast, in which I talk to Supreet Manchanda, co-founder of Raiven Capital about its new tech venture capital fund, newly registered in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

Each week, I invite guests to help me break down the latest AI and emerging technology news and trends from across the Middle East and North Africa region. We'll aim to put the biggest news into context, adding opinion and analysis.

This week’s hot topic

• Raiven Capital launched a $125 million venture capital fund in DIFC, aimed at investing in early stage tech startups across the Middle East, North Africa, East Africa and South Asia.

• Toronto and Silicon Valley-based Raiven Capital is a global venture fund manager that concentrates on investments just before scaling begins. Focused on the intersection of AI, 5G and the Internet of Things. Once growth is robust, Raiven exits its portfolio companies to later-stage capital in Silicon Valley and beyond.

This week’s guest

• Supreet Singh Manchanda, founding partner and managing director of Raiven Capital. He has a long technology track record that includes stints at IBM, CA and KPMG, plus investment and venture building firms. Supreet co-founded Raiven Capital in 2018 and he has served on the boards of more than thirty startups and has brought 25 products and services to market across multiple industries globally.