A working cohort.
Not startup theatre.
Founders work directly on their own company, pressure-testing what matters and leaving with practical outputs for the next serious conversation.
01Diagnose
02Build
03Ready
04Scale
Yalla Startup · Venture StudioUnited Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia
Venture studio + founder cohort
From big ideasto investable.
Build through Yalla Sprint, or bring our strategy and finance team into a specific business challenge. Two clear paths from potential to a business ready for market, capital and scale.
Applications close31 July 2026
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01 Diagnose
02 Build
03 Ready
04 Scale
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United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia.
Founder thinking.
CFO discipline.
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Nabeil Schaik · Fellow Chartered Accountant
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Moosa Raza · Chartered Accountant
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20+ years across Big Four, banking and corporate finance
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United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia · Confidential by default
The critical founder programme
Yalla Sprint.
Diagnose to Scale.
A focused four-week cohort that turns the real business—strategy, numbers, evidence and narrative—into one connected case for growth.
A working cohort.
Yalla Sprint
Strategy Revamp
Business Planning
Valuation
Pitch Narrative
Virtual CFO
Fundraising readiness
The Core Four
Four connected outputs.
One investable business.
Strategy, planning, valuation and narrative are built together so every claim is supported by the commercial and financial logic beneath it.
01
Find your edge
Strategy Revamp
Sharpen the position, priorities and commercial route that will move the business forward.
AED 18,000–35,000
View service02
Build the roadmap
Business Planning
Connect ambition to milestones, resources, economics and a plan the team can actually execute.
AED 15,000–30,000
View service03
Know your value
Valuation
Build an evidence-led view of value, assumptions and scenarios before the negotiation begins.
AED 12,000–25,000
View service04
Own the room
Pitch Narrative
Turn the business logic into a clear investor story that is easy to understand and hard to ignore.
AED 10,000–22,000
View serviceStay in Motion
Support beyond
the core build.
Keep momentum through the raise and bring senior financial discipline into the business as it grows.
Fundraising Support
Preparation, investor process support and decision discipline through the capital journey.
Discuss fundraising supportVirtual CFO
Ongoing cash visibility, reporting, planning and board-ready financial leadership.
AED 8,000–20,000 per monthView Virtual CFOHow we work
Diagnose. Build.
Ready. Scale.
The same discipline runs through the Sprint and every advisory engagement. No generic workshops and no disconnected deliverables.
Diagnose
Pressure-test the business, market, evidence and numbers.
Build
Turn the diagnosis into connected commercial and financial outputs.
Ready
Sharpen the story, evidence and founder delivery for scrutiny.
Scale
Leave with priorities, momentum and a practical next-stage plan.
Proof, without breaking trust
Commercial outcomes.
Names stay confidential.
We work with sensitive strategy, financial information and fundraising materials. These anonymised examples show the kind of change we help create.
Helped a Series A software founder defend a seven-figure valuation during due diligence.
Rebuilt a founder’s commercial story into an investor narrative that aligned strategy, numbers and the raise.
Turned an early-stage concept into a board-ready operating plan with milestones, cash needs and ownership.
Supported a UAE founder with the financial visibility and governance needed for a high-stakes growth decision.
Meet the founders
Operator instinct.
Financial rigour.
Two complementary perspectives and 20+ years across Big Four, banking, corporate finance, strategy, transformation and venture building.
Every founder conversation and engagement is treated as confidential.
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Founder · Venture & strategy
Nabeil Schaik
Fellow Chartered Accountant and entrepreneur with 20+ years across Big Four, investment banking, corporate finance, transformation and startup acceleration.
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Founder · Finance & capital
Moosa Raza
Chartered Accountant with deep regional banking experience spanning treasury risk, capital management, regulatory reporting and governance.
LinkedIn profileFree founder resource
Is the business ready
for its next serious conversation?
Download the Founder Readiness Checklist for a practical review of strategy, numbers, narrative and diligence readiness.
Two paths · One clear next move
Ready to make the business
make sense?
Join Yalla Sprint for a concentrated founder programme, or book a focused advisory conversation around the exact decision in front of you.