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Lebanon taking major steps forward in digital
In an editorial (in French) in the newspaper L’Orient-Le-Jour, Leap’s Hala Fadel reviews the major advances that Lebanon has achieved in digital, and what remains to do.
Hala Fadel on how to get the pitch right
Leap Ventures’ Hala Fadel on how entrepreneurs can get their pitches right and how she is not hot on e-commerce.
Leap in Forbes Middle East: Doubling down on Entrepreneurs
Hala Fadel and Noor Sweid talk to Forbes Middle East about what it takes to be a VC in the MENA region.
The rise of female entrepreneurs in Lebanon
The Financial Times did a long writeup on female entrepreneurs in Lebanon, showcasing Hala Fadel’s decades of work as well as Hervé Cuviliez’s wife and partner in Diwanee, Delphine Eddé.
Leap in Forbes: Why VCs should invest now
Our own Hala Fadel speaks to Forbes about why Middle Eastern Venture Capitalists are willing to invest now.
Leap’s Lebanon 331 Fund officially unveiled
At ArabNet yesterday we announced officially the launch of our Lebanon Fund. ArabNet 2015 was a highly professional conference with great turnout, and we’re happy to be part of the entrepreneurship movement in the region, and Lebanon specifically.