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Welcoming Saafir Rabb to Our Transform VC Community: A Closer Look at His Background
We are thrilled to announce that Saafir Rabb has joined our Transform VC community. With his impressive background and expertise, he will further enhance our advisory community. Here are a few highlights from Saafir’s career and the reasons why we are excited to have...
The Emergence of Quantum Computing: a New Era of Problem Solving on the Horizon
Since the beginning of time, humankind’s most defining evolutionary trait is the brain, allowing us to build tools that assist us in all domains of life. One era-defining tool was the computer, a brain machine that relies on a network of transistors that act as...
Where Silicon Valley West failed, Chicago’s Silicon Valley MidWest will succeed
Reposted from rama.chakaki.com Doing business while doing good never felt so plausible as it did in my recent trip to Chicago. Through our at Transform VC partner Walter Hughes, I met the West Loop community of black and brown founders, venture...
Not all investors are created equal and impact investors are different
Reposted from rama.chakaki.com After two days, seven meetings and eleven conversation streams, I remembered the importance of focusing on our mission, values and seeking to understand our investors well before inviting them to invest; here’s why: Impact vs....
Takeaways from the Launch Angel Summit & All-In podcast live taping
This past week, I attended an incredible event; The Launch Angel Summit in Napa led by Jason Calacanis (aka JCal) Angel Summit attendees consisted of angel investors, venture capitalists (e.g. Mar Hershenson, Christine Tsai and Bill Gurly , and capital allocators...
Tech entrepreneur Rama Chakaki discusses opportunities, challenges for AI in Mideast in Al-Monitor PRO webinar
Entrepreneur, influencer, and Transform Partner Rama Chakaki participated in a live webinar with Al-Monitor PRO Thursday to discuss innovation, artificial intelligence and social impact in the Middle East. Chakaki is COO of aiXplain inc, a partner at...
Forbes: How Muna AbuSulayman Became A Top Global Influence
Transform Partner Muna AbuSulayman featured on Forbes where she talked about female leadership and her journey as a serial entrepreneur, investor, partner, founder, and philanthropist. Read full article here: Insight To Success: From Fashion...
Investing in women founders, Bloomberg interview with Rama Chakaki
Investing in women founders, Bloomberg interview with Transform VC General Partner Rama Chakaki. Watch the full video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk_Tw9eP3yo
Ryan Breslow x Raed Masri, Fireside chat
At the Founder's Village event, Raed A. Masri and Ryan Breslow had a fireside chat on the lessons learned in becoming a successful founder. Ryan Breslow is the founder & chairman of Bolt as well as Transform VC's equity partner. Watch the full video...