Speaking
Conference keynotes, private briefings, and Tech Tuesday events in Dubai.
Tech Tuesdays Dubai
Dubai's longest-running weekly tech meetup. Every Tuesday evening, a curated room of founders, investors, operators, and builders gathers to hear from people doing real things -- not pitching, not networking, but sharing hard-won lessons from the frontlines of building companies, shipping products, and deploying capital in one of the world's fastest-moving markets.
What started as a small gathering has become the connective tissue of Dubai's tech ecosystem. The format is deliberately intimate: one speaker, deep conversation, honest questions. No slides allowed unless they earn their place. The best sessions are the ones where the speaker says something they haven't said on any podcast or panel.
Forbes Summit Abu Dhabi
Panel on cross-border capital formation and the evolving role of MENA in global venture capital. Discussed how family offices in the Gulf are reshaping LP allocation strategies and why the next generation of GPs will be built from the region, not imported into it.
Panel SpeakerDubai FinTech Summit
Fireside chat on the intersection of AI and financial infrastructure. Explored the thesis that the next wave of fintech won't look like fintech at all -- it will look like AI operating systems that happen to move money.
Fireside ChatSuperReturn MENA
LP-GP dynamics roundtable. How the relationship between limited partners and general partners is being redefined by transparency tools, co-investment demand, and a new generation of allocators who want to be operators, not passengers.
RoundtableExpand North Star
Keynote on building media platforms as capital formation engines. Why the best deal flow in the next decade will come from content-first strategies, not cold outreach -- and how Venture Protocol is testing that thesis in real time.
KeynoteGITEX Global
Panel on the AI adoption gap -- why enterprise AI is stuck at the interface layer and what native AI applications need to look like. Introduced the L1-L3 framework for measuring organizational AI maturity.
Panel SpeakerToken2049 Dubai
Side event host and moderator. Curated a closed-door session on the convergence of crypto infrastructure and traditional capital markets, bringing together institutional allocators and protocol founders for an off-the-record dialogue.
Event HostCross-Border Capital Formation
How capital flows between MENA, Europe, and the Americas. The cultural dynamics of LP relations across markets and what most GPs get wrong about raising from family offices in the Gulf.
AI-Native Interfaces
Why chatbots are the wrong interface for AI adoption. The case for purpose-built AI operating systems and what the L1-L3 framework reveals about where organizations are stuck.
Building from Dubai
Why geography is a product decision. How building at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa creates structural advantages in deal flow, talent, and market perspective.
Content as Capital Formation
How media platforms and podcasts are becoming the new top-of-funnel for venture capital. Building trust at scale through intellectual honesty, not marketing.
LP-GP Dynamics
The evolving relationship between limited and general partners. Co-investment demand, transparency expectations, and why the next generation of LPs will behave like operators.
Conviction-Based Investing
Why consensus returns are mediocre returns. The discipline of holding positions when the crowd disagrees and knowing when conviction becomes stubbornness.
Book Anastasia for your next event.
Available for keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and private roundtables. Topics range from cross-border venture capital to AI-native infrastructure to building from emerging markets.
Typical lead time: 4-6 weeks. Dubai-based, available globally.