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How we build?

Pods: focused theses that compound
Pods are our strategic focus areas.

Each pod is a small universe—one thesis, many ventures—where wins reinforce each other. Instead of scattering bets, we concentrate in places where insider pain is clear and modern AI lets us do what wasn't possible five years ago

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2.2.2026

Beyond Capital - How the Qatar-based investment platform is rethinking venture building

2.2.2026

Alina Truhina on Why Copy-Pasting Western VC Fails, The Myth of 2/20 Fees in EVMs, and Qatar

2.2.2026

The quest for the overlooked founder class

2.2.2026

What makes us different

2.2.2026

'The Studio’ Announced at MWC Doha - Qatar’s First AI-Focused Venture Studio for Emerging Markets

2.2.2026

QIA,QDB-Backed Utopia Capital Management Launches A-typical Ventures; to Open Venture Studio

2.2.2026

Why the AI revolution depends on reinventing energy infrastructure

1.10.2024

Is entrepreneurship the missing piece in the puzzle of emerging markets?

2.9.2024

Founders Factory Africa rebrands to 54 Collective, a sector-agnostic VC firm

5.8.2024

2023 Market Insights: Learnings from Radical

8.3.2024

CNN: What makes African startups different

12.3.2024

Africa’s female founders are crushing it. So why aren’t they getting funded?

12.3.2024

Towards Green Growth: Climate Venture Capitalism in Southeast Asia

3.9.2023

The Radical Fund: the Climate Investment Strategy.

3.9.2023

How African Tech Startups Can Secure Venture Capital Investment (+ Case Studies).

3.9.2023

The Factory Founder Podcast Ep12: Driving Inclusion Through Smart Addressing With Timbo Drayson.

31.1.2024

Not So Secret Sauce S2 Ep5: Navigating Technical Debt in Early-stage Startups - Speed Vs. Quality.

14.9.2023

Build to Thrive: the Alina Truhina Story on Apple Podcasts.

5.2.2024

Podcast: Alina Truhina, the Radical Fund.

3.9.2023

Peter Mabeo and the Pursuit of “difficulty” in Reality.

5.2.2024

The Factory Founder Podcast Ep1: Impact Through E-commerce for African Artisans With Ella Peinovich.