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Core
Dubai Real Estate Professionals
Brokers, agency principals, developers, asset managers based in the UAE.
Block by Block
The #1 proptech podcast in the UAE. Block by Block brings you on-the-record conversations with the founders, VCs, and regulators reshaping how property is owned and traded: fractional ownership, tokenisation, VARA-regulated RWA, and where the Dubai market is heading next.
48 min
Ep 8
Democratising Dubai
Rakesh Mavath, Co-Founder of Takeem, joins Alastair Sherriffs to unpack why 75% of Dubai residents own no property, how tokenisation reframes the affordability problem, and what the current rental default cycle says about where the market goes next.
1 hr 11 min
Ep 7
The Future of Startup Fundraising
Marco Banfi, Co-Founder of CapQuest, joins Denis Darko to unpack how founders can raise capital without losing their equity, from when to use SAFEs versus price rounds, to why manual cap tables become a kill switch as you scale.
1 hr 3 min
Ep 6
Dubai Property: The Token Revolution
Joseph El Am, GM of Prypco, on why tokenisation is the next chapter of Dubai real estate, why true on-title-deed ownership beats the legacy SPV model, and why a crowded PropTech market validates the thesis instead of threatening it.
45 min
Ep 5
Why You Can’t Ignore Your Numbers
Vlad Sharuda, Co-Founder of Skrooge.ai, on the often-ignored backbone of every successful startup, and why financial discipline is the competitive advantage most founders only learn the hard way.
1 hr 13 min
Ep 4
Dubai Property: Panic or Profit
Ranime El Skaff, CEO and Co-Founder of Prop-AI, cuts through the noise on Dubai's property market — what the data says, where the risk actually sits, and whether this cycle ends in a correction or a consolidation.
50 min
Ep 3
Why Most Tokenisation Projects Fail
Robert Farquhar, CEO MENA at Ctrl Alt, breaks down why tokenisation is not a magic wand for bad assets, and what it actually takes to build a viable model in Dubai's RWA market.
1 hr
Ep 2
Building a Business That Lasts in a Regulated Industry
Sebastian Agren, Co-Founder of Tribe, speaks candidly about why skipping the hard steps always catches up with you, and why trust is your most valuable product.
1 hr 10 min
Ep 1
What Do VCs Really Look For in Founders?
Elliott Denham, Head of Programs at Oraseya Capital, shares what VCs actually look for in early-stage founders, and why the quiet work matters more than the pitch.
Dubai real estate is overwritten.
Underexplained.
The headlines get louder. The data gets noisier. And the people actually building the market rarely get to talk at length. Block by Block is the long-form space for those conversations. No pitch. No hype. No urgency. Just the builders, explaining how the blocks actually stack.
“The best conversations are the ones where both sides leave with something useful.”
The long-form podcast on the people building Dubai’s real estate.
Block by Block is not built for mass reach. Its audience is concentrated in the category it covers:
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High-intent
Regional & International Investors
High-intent buyers evaluating Dubai exposure, including GCC-based family capital.
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Adjacent
PropTech & Capital Allocators
Founders, operators, and institutional voices building across tokenisation and real estate.
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Owned
The Tribe Community
Investors onboarded to the Tribe platform and partner networks distributing to their own audiences.
Want to be on Block by Block?
If you’re building in Dubai real estate, proptech, or capital markets, and you’ve got something worth saying at length, we’d like to hear from you.