Startups in the Middle East are looking attractive enough to turn a few seasoned professionals into venture investors in the region.
For the MIT Arab Startup Competition this year, Hala Fadel and her colleagues received 5,000 entries from eager entrepreneurs in the Middle East. This youthful embrace of entrepreneurship, says Fadel, who spent a dozen years investing in pre-IPO and public equities in Europe, is one reason why she decided last year to quit her job in Paris and co-found a Middle East venture capital firm called Leap Ventures, with offices in Beirut and Dubai.
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