Capital Session: FROM LOCAL TRACTION TO GLOBAL SCALE
🚀 FROM LOCAL TRACTION TO GLOBAL SCALE
How Capital, GTM & Market Expansion Come Together
The next The Circle Capital Session will take place on 17 September at 5:00 PM at TheBlock, Dubai.
This session will explore one of the biggest challenges founders face after finding initial traction: how to scale without losing focus, capital or momentum.
We’ll look at how investors think about growth, what makes a company truly ready to scale, how GTM needs to evolve when entering new markets, and what founders often underestimate when expanding internationally.
The session will begin with a keynote by Sudhir Syal, President of Orios Venture Partners, who will share his perspective on scaling companies, capital, GTM and market expansion.
Sudhir will then be joined for a panel discussion by Robert Jones, Former CEO of Coffee Planet, and Hedi Mesme, Co-Founder & CEO of The Circle, bringing together investor and founder perspectives.
The discussion will cover topics including:
• What makes a company ready to scale
• How investors evaluate GTM and growth
• When to enter a new market
• The biggest mistakes founders make when expanding
• How capital and market expansion need to work together
• What founders need to understand before scaling into the UAE and wider Middle East
The session will conclude with an audience Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to ask practical questions directly to the speakers.
This is not a pitch event. It is an open, practical conversation designed to help founders better understand what it really takes to move from local traction to global scale.
A curated event for founders, investors, family offices, VC professionals and ecosystem partners.
📅 17 September| 5:00 PM
📍 TheBlock.| One Central, Dubai
🎙️ Keynote + Panel Discussion + Q&A
A curated event for founders, investors, family offices, VC professionals and ecosystem partners.