Investing in understanding: Why cultural capital matters in tech
Learn why tech investors who build depth, context, and empathy are the ones shaping markets that endure.
Learn why tech investors who build depth, context, and empathy are the ones shaping markets that endure.
2025’s VC landscape demands sharper targeting, smarter liquidity, and stronger leadership. Discover how investors are adapting – and why LEAP 2026 is where the next moves will be made.
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Find out why leading with curiosity enables tech leaders to strengthen cybersecurity culture and build resilient teams.
Critical industries are supported by an invisible architecture – energy, finance, and logistics now depend on AI systems that make decisions faster than humans can react. And building resilience into that architecture is becoming one of the tech industry’s most urgent challenges. The team over at Black Hat MEA recently
Research shows moderate constraints boost creativity. See how cybersecurity can act as a design partner for tech innovation, offering the ideal conditions for growth.
Breaches cost millions and destroy trust. Learn why building security into innovation from day one saves money, culture, and growth.
People are everything in tech and security. Culture and communication are essential for developing tech that has a positive impact, and for building cybersecurity resilience.
LEAP loves startups. In fact, we’re going to spend a bit of time on the blog talking about the startups that won our Rocket Fuel Competition in 2022 and 2023 – so you can find out where they are now. But before we do that, we thought we’d look
The technology industry isn’t known for creating space for women to thrive. But in the third quarter of 2021, Saudi Arabia was ahead of the curve: the participation of women in the tech sector was 28%, more than 10% above the European average (17.5%). As KSA industries work
When we interviewed Edosa Odaro (Chief Data Analytics Officer at Tawuniya), he defined two key types of assets: 1. Exclusive assets. These gain their value through scarcity, and by being hoarded and traded in exclusive markets – like fine art and luxury watches. 2. Network assets. These gain their value by
Joseph Bradley (CEO at Tonomus) came to LEAP 2023 to talk about the metaverse. Working deeply in this emerging sector, Bradley knows that the metaverse has become a bit of a mythical beast; so much so that many people have dismissed it as hype (like in this Bloomberg newsletter, and
We caught up with Kris Libunao (Executive Director and Chief Sustainability Officer at SmartCT) to find out how she started out in tech – and why sustainability practitioners are so important for developing smart cities. Libunao is working to improve the way smart cities and digital transformations happen in the Philippines
Telecoms is an industry that edges forwards – building better, faster connectivity one step at time. But according to Pekka Lundmark (President and CEO at Nokia), connectivity in 2023 is all about blank canvases. And one of those canvases is the Moon. NASA runs a program called Tipping Point, which drives
“Our whole capsule is flooded with light as the forward hatch opens and reveals Earth. And for me, capturing this moment of awe and wonder and beauty that we felt in that moment…and when I think about my time in space…it’s the moment of Earth light. Feeling
“There are lots of problems out there. But if you’re trying to solve the problem creatively, then that’s exciting. To me, this is the most exciting time — the best time — to be creative.” Creativity is no longer the exclusive domain of people who’ve spent painstaking years training