Raising capital?
scaling across borders?
Building a team?
The Venture Builder is a structured mentoring program providing promising regional startups with access to the region's most experienced mentors and experts, among them founders and CEOs of Unicorns and serial entrepreneurs who scaled their companies and made them global players. Join our exclusive network and learn from the region’s most experienced tech and business experts. Entrepreneurs who've been through this journey before.
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Join one of our cohorts with fellow founders across the MENAT region. Gain access to workshops, pitch days, and other network events!
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Identifying and assisting the most promising startups in the region, Hafla will be the key to scaling and building the region’s next wave of Unicorn companies.
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Our mentors and experts are from all over the globe, making up one of the most notable professional tech networks in the world - from C class executives to Unicorn founders. Our network boasts experience, know how, creativity and eagerness to see the MENAT blossom as an ecosystem.
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Hafla brings 30+ years of experience in scaling and investing in tech startups, facilitating the flow of capital and expertise, and introducing entrepreneurs to new markets across the region - serving as a gateway to new markets.
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Working closely with regional entrepreneurs while having a network of global investors interested in the region has positioned Hafla as a gateway for entrepreneurs and startups searching for investments outside the region. The MENAT region is expected to have more than 50 start-ups valued at a minimum of $1 billion by 2030. Working closely with the leading entrepreneurs of the region gives Hafla the benefit of being able to identify promising startups at a relatively early stage and introduce them to the investment community outside the region. This positions Hafla as a gateway to the region for investors seeking the right opportunities s well as a gateway to the global community for entrepreneurs seeking finance and partnerships our side the region.
Hafla’s unique Mentorship
After getting to know more about you and your venture via application and interview, you will be matched with a dedicated, experienced mentor, who will provide you with the tools to address the problems you are trying to solve via 6 virtual mentoring sessions. We take extra care to hand pick a mentor and a team of experts depending on your stage of growth and immediate needs. The better we understand the needs of your venture, the more tailor-made match we can organize. This usually takes a minimum of one week upon completion of the mentor-mentee matching survey.
Venture Builder Overview
Supported unicorn founders
Get Access to global investors, regional partners, and our Unicorn club of founders and tech experts Learn from serial entrepreneurs how to overcome the hurdles and scale your business in MENA and globally.
Tailored to your specific needs
It's all about having the right mentor and the expert team. We take the extra mile approach in finding you what would be the best fit for you and your company to the road of success.
Build your global network
Join our annual cohort with fellow founders across the MENAT region. Join our global network of investor entrepreneurs.
Recent Alumni
“We have gained invaluable knowledge and insights from HAFLA mentors in strategy, business model adaptation, go to market and pitch deck storytelling, HAFLA has connected us with some of the largest bio companies in the world and the team has created a very well-rounded program that allows us to take what we need and expand our network with other dedicated entrepreneurs from around the world.”
Ahmad Maharma, Founder SMSM Technologies
Palestine
“It has been a real pleasure and extremely helpful to be part of the Hafla Builder program. The program put me in touch with an experienced tech entrepreneur as my mentor who had deep expertise in the healthtech sector. Together we were able to begin to break down the issues into smaller manageable buckets and then target resources that could help. I found the mentor empathetic, strong and honest which is exactly what I needed. So much so that he will now be sitting on my board.
Shainoor Khoja, Founder & CEO Thriving.ai
UAE
“Through our participation with the Hafla venture builder, we have been fortunate to be connected to a senior advisor from a Fortune 500 company. Our experience has been fantastic as she provided us with invaluable insight into data that high functioning VCs look for during their assessment period. In our opinion, Hafla is one of the most insightful, active, and well-positioned VCs active across the MENAT region.”
Omar Shaikh, Founder & CEO Cocoa Invest
Copenhagen
“The Hafla team was very welcoming and ready to give any advice that can help us in the funds raising process. Furthermore, the experts that were assigned to Fellah Tech were indeed skilled and competent entrepreneurs. They both had deep experience in creating and leading a company, and thus they were full of proficient and practical advice concerning the way we are leading our project. Of the various topics we worked on together, we received help on our business plan, and business model in order to be ready for fundraising. There is no doubt that joining Hafla was a key step for Fellah Tech.”
Amine Réda EL BIKRI Founder and CEO FellahTech
Morocco
Hafla's Venture Builder has helped Edutechs build the structure and foundation that will help us become a successful business. Hafla provided us with resources and Mentors such as Avi, who has deep industry experience. Through his guidance, we were able to understand the MENAT market and the problems our solution can solve in the future within the MENAT region. Additionally, through Hafla's guidance, we shaped our software so that it can help and elevate the education landscape of the MENAT region."
Farhim Zaman, Founder and CTO EDUTECHs
Bangladesh ; USA
Hafla Internships
If you are as passionate as we are about the opportunities in the MENAT ecosystem and want to spend some time as an intern or associate with us let’s chat! We love giving ambitious students a glimpse at what we do! Apply and let’s chat
