The central issue with Unity's new Runtime Fee isn't just messaging or financial impact; it's about trust. Developers question whether Unity will make further unilateral changes to their agreements, creating uncertainty and instability in their partnerships.

Clara, a legal operating system, digitizes and automates legal expertise, making it accessible and manageable for founders facing complex legal challenges. With features like a natural language chatbot for legal inquiries, automated contract creation, and visualization tools for cap tables, Clara has been instrumental in simplifying the legal complexities that entrepreneurs often encounter. But Clara doesn’t stop there.

What unites us is the fulfillment of spending our days empowered and surrounded by our portfolio companies. As venture capitalists, our job is to support companies that offer what we, as customers, need and want. Join me as I navigate a day in Riyadh, filled with moments of growth, collaboration, and curiosity.

Last month, Shorooq Partners was reported as the most active investor in the MEAPT (Middle East, Africa, Pakistan and Turkey) region by deployed capital and among the top by number of deals. But our investment activities do not stop inland – we recently invested in Dtonic, a Korean DeepTech company that specializes in data infrastructure software solutions for efficient spatio-temporal big data processing.

As the Kingdom’s first-ever company to obtain the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)’s license to operate as a Shari’ah-compliant debt crowdfunding company, Lendo has earned and demonstrated investors’ trust in its financing solutions as a preferred option for small businesses seeking quick access to capital.

The great news is that local companies in Saudi Arabia have a high chance of successfully expanding into other countries in the Middle East and beyond because they are starting at the largest economy in the region amidst an unprecedented journey and support driven by the government’s Vision 2030.

Decentralized finance using cryptocurrencies and NFTs is still an extremely nascent infrastructure - so nascent that the existing regulatory and legal environment does not accommodate digital assets.

The vitality lies in two core business needs – projection and prediction. Company A is better able to predict its future stream of cash flow and use these projections to utilize their cash cycle to save, invest and ultimately grow.

Lately, we have been seeing large interest in the market toward venture debt. As the first and only VC from MENA with an active venture debt fund, we are incredibly excited to see this asset class making its mark in our beloved region. But what has led to this sudden appearance?

PostEx, our Pakistani fintech and logistics startup, announced on Monday that it has raised an additional $7.1 million.