Founders and startups · Corporate matters · 21 minutes A UAE Holding Company for a Canadian Startup in 2026: ADGM SPV or DIFC Prescribed Company In short. A Canadian founder can now form a holding company in either of the...
Author: Khaled El Fauri
Founders and startups · Corporate matters · 12 minutes In short. Three holding-company forms are compared by founders building a company with a foot in the Gulf: an ADGM special purpose vehicle, a DIFC Prescribed Company...
Canada–UAE corridor · Corporate matters · 17 minutes Setting Up in the UAE from Canada: Free Zone, Mainland, Branch or Subsidiary In short. A Canadian company setting up in the UAE makes two decisions that usually arrive...
How venture deals actually work across the lifecycle‚ and why structure, not narrative, decides outcomes. Venture capital is often explained as a function of vision, growth, and execution. In practice, outcomes are shaped...
A practical framework for the corporate-legal infrastructure that every well-run Canadian startup should have built‚ quietly‚ within its first six months. Founders ask a version of the same question often enough that...
A term sheet that looks good on paper—high valuation, clean economics, reasonable board—can still be a trap. The decision to accept or walk away is rarely about whether a sheet is objectively attractive. It is about...
Valuation is the first number founders see, the easiest to compare, and the least predictive of eventual outcomes. A high headline valuation paired with aggressive economic or control terms can leave founders with less money...