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Building Camels, Not Unicorns: HASAN.VC's 2024-2025 Impact Report

Building Camels, Not Unicorns: HASAN.VC’s 2024-2025 Impact Report

What if the future of venture capital isn’t about burning through millions to chase billion-dollar valuations, but about building resilient, values-driven companies that can survive and thrive in any market condition? HASAN.VC’s first-ever Impact Report reveals a radically different approach to early-stage investing, one that’s producing remarkable results across Southeast Asia and beyond.  As the

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What Is Halal Venture Capital? The Future of Ethical Investing in Muslim Markets

What Is Halal Venture Capital? The Future of Ethical Investing in Muslim Markets

When you read about venture capital, you often hear of fast growth, big risks, and the pursuit of outsized returns. But what if you could combine those ambitions with values rooted in justice, ethics, and faith? That’s where Halal Venture Capital comes in. In this article, we dive intoHalal VC, an emerging area in Islamic

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How Much Should a Startup Actually Spend on Branding

How Much Should a Startup Actually Spend on Branding?

A lot of founders in recent times show up to their first branding conversation with an AI-generated logo and nothing else. Brand strategist Mohammed Hassan’s answer isn’t “spend more.” It’s “spend the right amount for where you actually are.” Do early-stage startups actually need to invest in branding? Yes, but “invest” doesn’t mean “spend big.”

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The Islamic Economy in History_ What It Can Teach Us About Venture Capital

The Islamic Economy in History: What It Can Teach Us About Venture Capital

Every generation invents new ways to move capital. The caravan merchant needed financing for a journey across the desert. A merchant in a marketplace needed working capital to purchase goods. An industrialist needed capital to build a factory. Today, an entrepreneur may need millions of dollars to develop software, build a biotechnology platform, or scale

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How Islamic Finance is Shaping the Future of Ethical Investing

How Islamic Finance is Shaping the Future of Ethical Investing

Islamic ethical investing combines the core rules of Islamic finance (no interest, or riba; no excessive uncertainty, or gharar; and no money in prohibited industries) with the values-based screening used in sustainable and responsible investing. In practice, that means halal, asset-backed structures such as Sukuk and profit-and-loss sharing, used in technology, agriculture, real estate, transportation

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Should Your Halal Startup's Branding Be Islamic or Neutral

Should Your Halal Startup’s Branding Be Islamic or Neutral?

Unity Grammar is an Islamic school in Australia. It has no Arabic in its name, no Islamic calligraphy, nothing that signals its identity at first glance. That’s not an oversight, it’s a deliberate branding decision, and according to brand strategist Mohammed Hassan, it’s often the right one. Should a halal startup use an explicitly Islamic

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Venture Capital vs Angel Investing - How to choose the right investment?

Angel Investors vs Venture Capital: A Halal Founder’s Guide

Angel investors and venture capital both exchange startup equity for funding, but they differ sharply in size, stage, and control: angel investors put in 10K–1M of personal money at the earliest stages with light involvement, while venture capital firms invest 1M–20M+ of institutional money once a startup has traction, in exchange for board seats and

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