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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.
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Liquidity, Leadership and the New VC Reality
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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Why LEAP is a force-multiplier for your portfolio (and your investor career)
Find out why four days at LEAP can redefine your deal flow and your investor brand.
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Why leaders should show up curious (to enable security and speed)
Find out why leading with curiosity enables tech leaders to strengthen cybersecurity culture and build resilient teams.
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How do you design for resilience in the era of machine decision-making?
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
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Cybersecurity as a (helpful) creative constraint
Research shows moderate constraints boost creativity. See how cybersecurity can act as a design partner for tech innovation, offering the ideal conditions for growth.
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The invisible cost of insecure innovation
Breaches cost millions and destroy trust. Learn why building security into innovation from day one saves money, culture, and growth.
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Why culture, care and communication are critical for the future of tech
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.
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Blending blockchain tech and freestyle football
Sean Garnier (Founder of Urbanball) started his professional football career at Auxerre, in France. An injury forced early retirement – but “I was fortunate to have a talent for freestyling,” Garnier told us, “so I chose to forge my own path in this sport.” Freestyle football is a sport of tricks:
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Meet Mohammed Alzubi and his BFF:ChatGPT
Over the last few months we’ve been busy interviewing some of our #LEAP23 speakers – to bring a bit of their magic exclusively to the LEAP blog. One of those interviewees, Mohammed Alzubi (Founder and Managing Partner at Nama Ventures), suggested he use the AI language model ChatGPT to answer
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No experts, but huge opportunity
Immersive technology design is having a moment: as the metaverse reveals more of its future potential, the demand for XR designers will continue to grow. So we were excited to chat with #LEAP23 speaker Ioana Matei (Head of Emerging/Immersive Technologies – Metaverse/Web3) about what she’s up to right
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What is ‘investment readiness’?
“On an individual level, innovative entrepreneurship has the potential to educate and inspire people to improve their lives and communities.” #LEAP23 speaker Ana Barjasic (Founder and CEO at Connectology) is a Board Member on the European Innovation Council, and an international expert on entrepreneurship. With a focus on early-stage investment
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Interview: Electrified air travel by 2028
Did you know that in the not-too-distant future you could be flying to work in electric aircraft, or heading to a vertiport (instead of a train station or an airport) to catch a domestic flight? If you didn’t know this, you’re not alone. But as we’ve talked
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The top tech growth areas for 2023
One of the investors who levelled up our knowledge at #LEAP23 was Alvaro Abella (Managing Director at Gulf Capital). With more than 20 years of experience in tech investments across Europe, the Americas and the MENA region, Abella has led investments into companies including Careem, SellAnyCar, and Vezeeta. With the
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From agile research to effective health tech
Just before she arrived in Riyadh for #LEAP23, we caught up with Reena Sooch (Head of Digital and Connected Health at Ipsos) to get a quick preview of the wisdom she’d share on the keynote stage. Sooch leads Ipsos in developing capabilities in evolving digital techniques, and has a