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Life, the Universe, and Fusion42 #013
Hello Hello,
I hope you all had a fantastic week and are making great moves. It was an up and down week here at Fusion-42. Here’s the 😇 Good, 😈 Bad and the 🤢 Ugly so we can all learn together.
😇 The Good
We’ve been victims of our own enthusiasm this week — so much so that I’m only just getting around to writing this!
Here’s what’s brewing behind the scenes:
We’ve partnered with a university in Dubai to run a student founder cohort.
We’ve launched an F42 Hub in Egypt, headed by a local micro VC.
And we’re welcoming a new cohort of founders from Palestine.
There’s more, but I’ll hold back the full details until the official announcements next week.
Now for what’s been keeping us up at night... pulling the Global Super Accelerator (GSA) together has been a mix of 😇 Good, 😈 Bad, and 🤢 Ugly — on an hourly basis — but we’re finally here, and we’re ready to go.
Monday’s kickoff is going to be 🔥. We’re starting strong with a 30-minute welcoming and onboarding session, giving you the deets of what lies ahead.
Then we have Three great investors joining us for our panel discussion “What Investors Really Look For”
Peter on Linkedin
Anvita on Linkedin
Dan on Linkedin
Plus they will also join us for ⚡️ FUSED ⚡️ where we have 5 great founders pitching.
Balentic
💼 Private Markets SaaS | Orca Platform | Revenue | 🇩🇰 DK Based | Raising A-Round H2 2025
Digitising the €11T private markets space with verified data and AI-powered workflows for GPs and LPs.
Ree Fashion
♻️ FashionTech | Preloved & Off-Price | 🇵🇱 CEE Focus | Raising €1.1M Bridge Round
Poland’s first C2C + B2C fashion resale marketplace, powering brand-integrated circular commerce across the CEE.
Urent
🚗 Mobility Marketplace | Multi-Category P2P | 🇦🇪 UAE Based | Raising 5M AED (Pre-Series A)
Airbnb for mobility—rent anything on wheels (cars, yachts, bikes, jets) via a peer-to-peer platform and digital fleet tools.
Crush Capital (Going Public)
🎬 Interactive Finance Media | Click-to-Invest® Streaming | 🇺🇸 US Based | Raising $5M Priced Round
Reality TV meets investing—streamed exclusively on X, letting viewers invest in featured startups while they watch.
estaie
🏨💻 Hospitality Tech | AI-Native | 170+ Hotels, 20K Rooms | 🇦🇪 UAE | $1M SAFE 35% committed (Pre-Seed)
AI-native platform for long stays with dynamic pricing and a global booking API.
Plus we have many other great things in store for the weeks ahead. Don’t forget to subscribe for the full calendar here to see what’s going on.
Let’s introduce you to Rym Bachouche, who will be running a 1 hour MasterClass – Strategy Fundamentals: Delve into core market entry strategies to master your positioning and confidently navigate competitive landscapes.
Rym not only is a GTM expert, but has deep deep knowledge in startup world.
And if you haven’t joined the 200+ founders already registered, there’s still time. You can learn more and sign up at the link below.
😈 The Bad (and how we deal with it)
There literally hasn’t been time for “bad.”
If I had to pick something — it’s the lack of community support in inviting other founders to GSA. But hey, maybe I just expect too much 🤷🏼♂️
🤢 The Ugly
B2C and B2G conversion cycles are so F-in long and painful.
Honestly, it just reinforces how badly we need AI to take over half these tasks — because it literally couldn’t be worse than what I’ve dealt with lately.
Well that’s it from me, I am so excited and pumped for what’s to come over the next days, weeks, months. Thanks to all for being part of this journey.
For the ❤️ of startups
Cheers,
Enjoy and hope to see you soon.
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Derek
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