Venture Protocol — research on venture capital, capital formation, and building from the crossroads of East and West
The capital goes to the people who've already been tested. After ten years in the room, the pattern is unmistakable.
Your 3x SPV return might actually be 1.88x after fees. Here's what nobody tells you about layered fee structures.
Unpopular opinion: The best investor relations happen at 2am in a WhatsApp group, not in a quarterly letter.
Read more →How the largest IPO in history exposed where the AI-and-space physical-economy trade actually still sits — and where it's already too late.
Most emerging managers underestimate what it actually costs to run a fund. Here's the math nobody shows you.
The hardest skill isn't building — it's deciding what to do when you no longer have to do anything. That's where family office thinking begins.
Unpopular opinion: The best investor relations happen at 2am in a WhatsApp group, not in a quarterly letter.
View on X →After hosting 86 Tech Tuesday events: the best conversations happen when someone misses their ride home. Build for serendipity.
View on LinkedIn →We keep building chatbots when what people need is a command center. That's the interface problem — and what I'm building with bakeryOS.
View on X →Venture funds raised since 2022, the managers behind them, and the institutions writing the cheques. Every entry carries its source.
86+ weekly sessions bringing founders, investors, and operators together in Dubai. No pitches, just real conversations.
Long-form conversations with dealmakers, founders, and operators building across borders. Available on YouTube and all platforms.
Panels and keynotes on emerging managers, Gulf capital markets, and the future of AI-native operations.
Founding Partner at Ironcore Partners. Building the operating system for venture from Dubai. Previously: 86+ Tech Tuesday events, multiple fund formations, and a belief that the best investor relations happen at 2am in a WhatsApp group.
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