Antler MENAP

The investor backing the MENAP’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness.

Dubai cohort applications opening soon 👉

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

1/ Are you an aspiring #founder in the Middle East?

Are you struggling with
📌 Finding top-percentile cofounder(s)
📌 Validating your idea for scalability and product-market fit
📌 Securing a 1st #investment?

Here's how #AntlerMENAP can help.

A thread 🧵👇

#Menap #KSA #UAE

[Magnus Grimeland @MagnusGrimeland]

The opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa & Pakistan (MENAP) startup ecosystem are huge.🔥

92 founders joined our @AntlerMENAP residency, incl. serial entrepreneurs with exits & technical founders.

Here's what motivated them to build w/us👇
https://t.co/VSYjEyHSuz

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Global CEO and Co-Founder, @MagnusGrimeland, visiting @AntlerMENAP in 🇸🇦

Sharing more about his journey, from launching @ZALORA to founding @AntlerGlobal 🚀

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Partner @jonathan_doerr will be speaking at #Step2024 - stay tuned🚀

[Step @stepconference]

Excited to share our latest lineup of Start track speakers for #Step2024 🌟

@jonathan_doerr of @AntlerMENAP
Ashwin Raguraman of @bharat_fund
Vittal Ramakrishna of @pod_india
@williambaobean of @OrbitStartups

Don't forget to sign up for 2-for-1 tickets 👫 https://t.co/RiPVk6qwPExcited to share our latest lineup of Start track speakers for #Step2024 🌟

@jonathan_doerr of @AntlerMENAP
Ashwin Raguraman of @bharat_fund
Vittal Ramakrishna of @pod_india
@williambaobean of @OrbitStartups

Don't forget to sign up for 2-for-1 tickets 👫 https://t.co/RiPVk6qwPExcited to share our latest lineup of Start track speakers for #Step2024 🌟

@jonathan_doerr of @AntlerMENAP
Ashwin Raguraman of @bharat_fund
Vittal Ramakrishna of @pod_india
@williambaobean of @OrbitStartups

Don't forget to sign up for 2-for-1 tickets 👫 https://t.co/RiPVk6qwPExcited to share our latest lineup of Start track speakers for #Step2024 🌟

@jonathan_doerr of @AntlerMENAP
Ashwin Raguraman of @bharat_fund
Vittal Ramakrishna of @pod_india
@williambaobean of @OrbitStartups

Don't forget to sign up for 2-for-1 tickets 👫 https://t.co/RiPVk6qwPk

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Hearing from Fatmah at @TheGarageKSA: the 150 startups hosted here and the facilities that support our founders💬

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Today kicks off with a masterclass on market validation

💭 How do you intelligbly deduce your TAM, SOM, SAM…💭

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

We kicked off the morning with team presentations from the weekend

⚡️ 24h sprint for a team to come up with the solution to a problem

⚡️Crowd votes for the best idea

⚡️ Next sprint is based on improving another team’s idea

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

The energy is charged @TheGarageKSA ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Speed networking ongoing⚡️

Some things overheard:
📌 $30m Series A round
📌 PropTech idea
📌 Climate solution

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Happy National Day to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Thank you for your hospitality and supporting our mission to innovate cutting edge startups 🙏

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

Antler spotted at @TheGarageKSA opening at

⏰ 2:55
⏰ 3:26

[نايفكو NAIF @naifco]

من مواقف سيارات عمرها 40 سنة إلى أكبر مصنع ومجتمع للشركات الناشئة المحلية والعالمية ..

وش قصة #الكراج؟

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

The official programming of the day has wrapped up but the conversations continue…💬

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

@PalantirTech @tiktok @Uber @Zoom @stripe 7/ Unavoidable

E.g. @coinbase: solves cryptocurrency exchange and wallet services, which have come up as cryptocurrencies gain mainstream acceptance and regulation becomes more prevalent.

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

When do you know something is a good problem to solve?

📌 Painful
📌 Popular
📌 Frequent
📌 Urgent
📌 Growing
📌 Unavoidable

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

@PalantirTech @tiktok @Uber @Zoom 6/ Growing

E.g. @stripe: solves online payment processing for businesses and is critical as e-commerce and online payments grow.

[Antler MENAP @AntlerMENAP]

How do you in-depthly meet 90 potential co-founders in under 5 days?

📌 Founder presentations
📌 1-on-1 networking
📌 Team challenges
📌 Socials (football, dinners, padel etc.)
📌 Breaks and meals

[Magnus Grimeland @MagnusGrimeland]

Very excited that we launched our inaugural program in Riyadh 🇸🇦!🚀

3,000 applications. 90 founders joining. Awesome.

Some stats about the founders:
🎯 67% have startup experience
🌎 34 nationalities

Congrats to @jonathan_doerr & the @AntlerMENAP team. Big moment. 💥