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Behind Venture Building: Key Elements & Solutions for Entrepreneurs | Gary Sheynkman, Further Ventures

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What are the scalable business models to fuel a startup?

Join us for an insightful podcast featuring Gary Sheynkman, Venture Partner at Further Ventures, as he shares his valuable experience in navigating a startup from the ground up to seizing opportunities and challenges during the companies’ market expansion. 

🔍 Key Topics Covered:

  • VC Builder vs VC Studio: key differences in fundamentals
  • VC studio’s cross-functional approach speeding up startup growth
  • Strategies and solutions for tech entrepreneurs in RegTech

Buckle up to uncover exclusive insights from Gary’s venture building experience, explore value propositions to initiate a startup, and strategic capital investments optimising companies’ revenue in an era disrupted by technology advancements.   

Episode Guest

Gary Sheynkman

Venture Partner at Further Ventures

Gary is a Venture Partner at Further Ventures, MENA largest Venture Studio., where he focuses on launching Fintech and Digital Asset infrastructure businesses. He is a GP at Leyden Ventures and the host of :taco::star: TacoStars, the largest founder social community in the UAE. Gary has previously led the launch and day-to-day management of Techstars Dubai (“TSDXB”) and has sat on the selection committees of 500 Startups (Riyadh), Sber500 (Moscow), WamdaX (Dubai), Techstars Riyadh, and Techstars Abu Dhabi. Prior to VC, Gary was an founder and operator in the video infrastructure industry.

Podcast hosts

Ronit Ghose

Global Head, Future of Finance at Citi

Ronit Ghose is the Global Head, Future of Finance, Citi’s think tank for the future of money and technology. Ronit’s current areas of focus include Digital Assets, the Metaverse, Web3, the applications of AI to Finance and other frontier topics. Previously, Ronit was Global Head of Banks and Fintech Research for Citi.

Ronit is an Advisor to various Governments, Universities, VC investors and tech firms in the UK, UAE and Africa. Prior to joining Citi, he worked at the British Bankers’ Association and was a research assistant in the UK Parliament for a former Prime Minister. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford & a postgraduate diploma from the University of London.

Gaurav Dhar

Group CEO of Marshal Fintech Partners

Gaurav is a seasoned leader in the FinTech industry and currently serves as the Group CEO of Marshal Fintech Partners in Dubai. He is also a board member of Deem Bank, The Mena Fintech Association and TiE Dubai.

With over 19 years of experience at Marshal, he has established himself as a pioneering force in the development of FinTech ecosystems and solutions. 

By devoting his personal time to working with innovators, he has built an extensive network of relationships with VCs, incubators, accelerators, start-ups, and angel syndicates, both locally and globally.

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