Ashok Raman

Bio

Ashok Raman is a storyteller who uses numbers as his medium. He loves to crunch data, analyze it, and investigate deeper questions until the stories begin to emerge on their own. Ashok comes from a finance and consulting background, having worked in the strategy consulting and private equity fields across the Middle East and Emerging Asia for over 15 years, prior to becoming a business writer. When it comes to tech stories, Ashok has a penchant for startups in the fintech, B2B software-as-a-service, artificial intelligence, and machine learning spaces. He loves writing about venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and the general investor landscape of startup ecosystems. Ashok holds a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as a diploma in finance.

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Business News

Fueling An Ecosystem: Meet 10 Of Egypt's Most Active Venture Capitalists

The most active investors in Egypt, purely based on the number of deals, are primarily local.

Starting a Business

A Catalyst For Startup Growth: Flat6Labs, Egypt's Most Active Tech Investor

As one of the first seed and early-stage venture capital firms in the MENA, Flat6Labs has been instrumental in empowering thousands of entrepreneurs with daring ambitions, fundamentally nurturing the startup culture across the region.

Finance

Egypt's Most Active Investors: Here Are The Global, Regional, And Local Players Fueling the Country's Startup Ecosystem

Egypt's investor landscape has a fair mix of local, regional, and international investors ploughing funds into the ecosystem.

Growth Strategies

How Egypt's MNT-Halan Went From Its Ride-Hailing Roots To Becoming A Payments Super App Unicorn In 2023

MNT-Halan offers loans, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options, e-commerce, and more through its payment-processing software Halan Neuron, as well as its digital cards and wallets.

News and Trends

The Impact Of Egypt's Currency Devaluation On Its Local Startups

Once economic woes coupled with a devalued currency regime environment is present, it has an inevitable knock-on effect on a country's startup ecosystem.

Growth Strategies

10 Graphs You Need To See To Understand Egypt's Startup Ecosystem

These modern-day dynasties are creating solutions that don't just serve Egypt, but reverberate across continents.

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