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Fikr Ventures spent two days in Azerbaijan for Baku ID 2026 at SABAH.city, sitting on the judging panel for the Nexus Awards and meeting the founders behind the work
Ahmad S Abdo and Abdulhameed Al-Habahbeh are in Baku on 17–18 September for the region’s largest startup festival, held this year at SABAH.city as the innovation district opens
Fikr Ventures attended Classera's gala dinner inside the LEAP evenings programme, and met a number of the region's emerging EdTech companies. It was the one place at LEAP where the category convened
LEAP 2026 opened in Riyadh with multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure deals from AMD, AWS and Applied Intuition. The only human-capital number on the day came from a cloud vendor
Four of the Fikr Ventures team are at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh from 31 August to 3 September, meeting EdTech founders building for this region
Fikr Ventures joins a US$3 million Pre-Series A round in Saudi EdTech company AILA, led by Rua Growth Fund, backing an AI-native platform that personalizes learning for every student
Fikr Ventures is participating in Festa '26, SuperCharger Ventures' flagship EdTech showcase running June 29 to July 4, 2026, in Malta
