#53 Gary Sheynkman, Leyden Ventures

Published: March 3, 2022, 6 a.m.

b'Gary Leyden, co-founder and GP of Leyden Ventures an early stage fund operating out of Dubai and have invested in breakout companies like Coinbase, Superhuman, and Instacart long before they occupied the front page of TechCrunch. And importantly, he\\u2019s also the host of [\\U0001f32e\\u2b50 TacoStars](http://tacostars.org/), the largest founder social community in the UAE and is hands-down one of the funniest guys we\\u2019ve brought on to the show \\U0001f60d

In this episode you\\u2019ll learn

- What has Gary so excited about the MENA region\\u2019s ecosystem and what he thinks everyone gets wrong
- Gary\\u2019s views on fundraising in the MENA region and
- The story behind Tacostars, Leyden VC and Gary\\u2019s love for rolling funds, SPVs and plug and play fund admin'