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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

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

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

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

In Singapore’s high-stakes financial landscape, Muslim investors have often felt caught in a Values vs. Growth paradox. They often need to choose between values or growth.  In 2026, this has been effectively dismantled. Shariah-compliant investing is no longer a niche, restrictive discipline; it has evolved into a sophisticated, multi-asset class strategy that provides options for

The default model for many startups is the Unicorn where Startups are glorified for rapid growth and sky-high valuations, but beneath the hype there is a harsh reality. Unicorns often come with monolithic structures, rigid fixed costs and are highly dependent on external capital to continue. When there are market shocks or investment dries up,

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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