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Investing in a halal way involves more than avoiding companies that sell prohibited products. It requires understanding what you are investing in, how the investment generates returns, which contractual arrangements are involved, and whether the investment meets the Shariah principles you follow. For some investors, that may mean buying shares in screened companies. For others,
How to Invest in a Halal Way: A Step-by-Step Guide Read More »
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
Building Camels, Not Unicorns: HASAN.VC’s 2024-2025 Impact Report Read More »
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
What Is Halal Venture Capital? The Future of Ethical Investing in Muslim Markets Read More »
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
The Islamic Economy in History: What It Can Teach Us About Venture Capital Read More »
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
How Islamic Finance is Shaping the Future of Ethical Investing Read More »
Having capital is only the beginning of angel investing. The harder question is what to do with it. A promising startup can look compelling in a pitch deck and still fail to build a durable business. A strong founder can enter the wrong market. A large market can prove difficult to monetize. A fast-growing company
Five Reasons to Join an Angel Investor Network in 2026 Read More »
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
Should Your Halal Startup’s Branding Be Islamic or Neutral? Read More »
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
Angel Investors vs Venture Capital: A Halal Founder’s Guide Read More »
In 2021, 354 startups reached unicorn status i.e. a $1 billion-plus valuation. By early 2025, only six of them had made it to an IPO. That gap between “billion-dollar valuation” and “actual business that survives” is the entire argument behind the camel startup, the idea HASAN.VC explores within their debut episode of their podcast Camels
Why Camel Startups Outlast Unicorns Read More »
A compelling idea can attract capital. Converting that capital into durable enterprise value is a different task entirely, and this falls on the founder – the entrepreneur who started the startup, and typically also its leader and CEO. Today, there are even one-person startups supported by AI. Whether its one person or a team of
The Founder Matters More Than the Business Idea Read More »
