YC-backed neobank and social banking app Zywa is delivering financial inclusion and empowerment to Gen Z across the MENA Region. Its visionary Co-Founders, Alok Kumar and Nuha Hashem, join us on The Change Officer Podcast to share how and why they started this innovative fintech startup.

Enjoy our Step 2022 series, short conversations with experts, leaders, and visionaries that got together at Step Conference in Dubai to discuss tech & innovation.

In the latest episode of The Change Officer Podcast, we spoke to Suneel Gokhale, one of the founding partners of VentureSouq, a MENA-based investment firm focused on high growth early-stage technology companies. Suneel and Vuk spoke about Suneel's journey into venture capital, focusing on his takeaways and the lessons he has learnt over the last decade of operating in this space. Suneel shared how VentureSouq evaluates founders pitching for investment, the commonalities he sees in companies that don't make it, and the importance of structuring cap tables wisely.

GrubTech co-founder and CEO Mohamed Al Fayed has walked a fascinating journey. In the summer of 2019, his adeptness for recognising patterns led him to start GrubTech, a plug and play end-to-end operating system for restaurants and cloud kitchens. GrubTech is currently in 16 countries and shows no signs of slowing down. Mohamed joins us on The Change Officer Podcast to share his key learnings from his story as a proven intrapreneur and successful entrepreneur.

24-year-old Dukkantek founder Sanad Yaghi is one of the brains behind the UAE's first store management platform that offers an end-to-end technology partner to make the lives of small business owners easier. Sanad stepped up to the mic on The Change Officer Podcast to share what goes into launching a successful social impact startup that actually makes a difference in the local community.

Forward-thinking venture capitalist Kareem Anabtawi of Annex Investments believes the future of the VC space lies in collaboration, conscious, considered alignments between startups and investors, and, above all else, everyone involved doing their homework.

As a Growth investor for Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), Ankit Sarwahi has tons of valuable insights to share about the change Founders go through over the years as their companies grow.

Our guest is managing one of the most successful VCs in the USA - Blake Modersitzki knows how to help early-stage companies reach their full potential.