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Life, the Universe, and Fusion42 #010
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
Dtec Corporate Venturing Fireside Chat 13 03 2025.
Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus - Dtec
The event brought together industry leaders to discuss strategies for building innovation and collaboration between huge organizations and startups.
The panel featured esteemed speakers:
• Maaz Zahid Qureshi, Vice President - Digital | CX | AI at ADNOC Distribution
• Jose L Lopez Villen, Director of Innovation & Digital Adjacencies at e& UAE
• Abe Seksek, CEO of Sekuity
• Omar Al Ashi, Founder & CEO of Urent
• Rafi Dikranian, Head of Startup Studio at The Greenhouse by Chalhoub Group
So many valuable insights shared by the fantastic speakers. We love to turn the tables for maximum knowledge sharing and have founders lead the conversation by asking THEIR questions.
Although running slightly late we also brought the DANGER ROOM to life with three great 2 minute, No slides just pitch. We practise because we raise. 👏🏼
🎉 Please allow me to have a Friday brag 🎉
A bit of social proof 🚀
😇 The community saw better growth, let’s hope this continues. The really exciting part was the community HUB we run for DTEC grew by over 30% in a week.
Fusion growth.
Don’t forget to invite your co founder, your founder friends, even your Mum, it’s never too late to exercise that entrepreneurial spirit.
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The GLOBAL SUPER ACCELERATOR is Off to a great Start!
✅ Fusion42 is partnering with industry powerhouses driving global startup growth
Dubai Chamber: 🚀 258,000+ business members for partnership & expansion.
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Expand North Star (GITEX): 🌍 The world’s biggest startup event, with 1,200+ investors & 1,800+ startups.
Stay tuned for more updates—this is where execution meets results.
😈 The Bad (and how we deal with it)
Writing an AI Agent blueprint is like doing open brain surgery on yourself. That’s why I am so excited for next week’s AI for Startups masterclass.
AI For Startups. Intelligent Agents are here
Dr Manish Patel Co founder and CEO of Jiva.ai will be taking us step by step through the why, what and how of getting agents to do your work.
What we'll cover :
➡️ Has ManusAI changed the game?
➡️ Transform ideas into dynamic agent blueprints.
➡️ Build custom agents from the ground up.
➡️ Live demo: Build your agent with Modular components
➡️ Q&A
Looking forward to seeing your there
🤢 The Ugly
This is quite incredible…. since we moved the event calendar from direct invites into your Google cal to the beautiful, easy to use and highly efficient LU.ME our participation rates on calls has dropped…. go figure.
Cheers,
Enjoy and hope to see you soon.
If you have not joined the Fusion42 Community on Telegram —
it is probably time to do so.
For the ❤️ of Startups
Next week we are releasing The Raise Report 6 month SPECIAL
🚀 ≈$185B Across 457 Investment Vehicles
Over the past 6 months, early-stage investors have raised and committed to deploying roughly $185 billion through 457 distinct funds. This capital is predominantly aimed at early-stage ventures—especially in AI/Technology, Fintech, and Life Sciences—reshaping the startup ecosystem and powering innovations from seed breakthroughs to rapid scale-ups.
What’s inside:
Where is the Money Is Going
🌍 Geography at a Glance
🎯 Sector Priorities
🚀 Investment Stages
Government AI Infrastructure Initiatives
Massive Data Centre AI Infrastructure Projects
Additional Insights
What This Means for Founders
Potential Market Shifts to Watch
Full report is for F42+ members, sign up here
📅 Upcoming Online Webinars and Masterclasses
Get the calendar here.
For the ❤️ of startups
✌🏼 & 💙
Derek
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