This is a straightforward question that does not have a straightforward answer. Let’s analyze this issue from two different played out roles — the one of an investor, and the one of an investee. The investee (the target company) needs money to grow, mature and deliver value to its shareholders…

The terms — loan, credit, interest… The basic approach to these concepts in Judaism and Islam is similar. The difference is mostly in the number and type of persons in respect of which the relevant restrictions apply. The impossibility of lending with an interest among the Jews themselves led to…

The last few “COVID-era” years were great for the venture capital (VC) industry — the targets were aplenty; the money kept coming from all places — from hedge funds to pension funds. …

Pitching your startup to venture capital (VC) investors can be a challenging endeavor. Pitching your Islamic startup can be even more arduous. As a Shariah compliant tech entrepreneur, one is competing with many conventional peers. It is a well-accepted fact that most tech businesses are Shariah compliant by nature —…

Some alphabetic characters are apparently immoral The are now 5,532 sanctions implemented against Russia. None are effective, but some are rather funny and amusing. Part 1 of the most weird sanction against Russia can be found here — https://malenko.medium.com/the-top-10-most-weird-and-unusual-sanctions-against-russia-part-1-3fc5ef0735b2 In short, there are: Closure of McDonalds restaurants to protect Russian’s…

Russia-Ukraine military conflict: the losers and the winner in Venture Capital industry I was going to write my scheduled article about the potential effect of investment funds in Abu Dhabi on Islamic technology companies. But I could not — because of weeks-long military conflict in Ukraine — I may not…

Here is a spoiler — even the Russian cats are under sanctions BCC states that “sanctions are penalties imposed by one country on another, to stop it acting aggressively or breaking international law”. There are plenty of types of international conduct that should be punished. …

Awaiting the breakthrough 2021 was anything but typical year for venture capital and private equity. While the conventional funds were setting new fundraising records, the world of Islamic equity finance was just beginning to show the signs of life. Nowadays the industry is oscillating between two diametrical and conflicting investment…

In this short piece I wanted to see if that the Soviet-style Prohibition and the corresponding lack of alcohol had sown the seeds of destruction that actually pulled all of the Soviet republics from Moscow’s control. Below I analyse different consequences of enforced sobriety onto different republics of the USSR. …