The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

clear all ✕

why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
Careem's business dropped 90% during early COVID pandemic
“I think a few months after we closed the deal, COVID happened, and as you expected our business was down 90%.”
Mudassir Sheikha Sep 4, 2023 ▶ 33:06 Mudassir Sheikha: The Meeting that Led to $3.1BN Buyout: The Battle Between Uber and Careem | E1056 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Sheikha: Careem originally launched as a corporate car service
“It was started as a corporate car service before it became a ride-hailing service and before it became a lot more than ride-hailing.”
Mudassir Sheikha Sep 4, 2023 ▶ 4:34 Mudassir Sheikha: The Meeting that Led to $3.1BN Buyout: The Battle Between Uber and Careem | E1056 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Careem established a joint venture with the Dubai government for taxi dispatching
“We have a joint venture with the Dubai government that dispatches taxis.”
Mudassir Sheikha Sep 4, 2023 ▶ 24:27 Mudassir Sheikha: The Meeting that Led to $3.1BN Buyout: The Battle Between Uber and Careem | E1056 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Careem offers over 20 services in Dubai
“And today, if you come to Dubai, we have 20 plus services all the way from ride healing to food delivery, to grocery delivery, to home cleaning, to laundry, to payments.”
Mudassir Sheikha Sep 4, 2023 ▶ 33:42 Mudassir Sheikha: The Meeting that Led to $3.1BN Buyout: The Battle Between Uber and Careem | E1056 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Careem completed a corporate spin-out with regional investors and Uber
“We have done a spin out thanks to their help with some regional investors on board now.”
Mudassir Sheikha Sep 4, 2023 ▶ 36:11 Mudassir Sheikha: The Meeting that Led to $3.1BN Buyout: The Battle Between Uber and Careem | E1056 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Assertion Supported
Sheikha: Elon Musk tweeted Careem's viral Dubai slingshot video
“I think Elon Musk Tweeted that as well.”
Mudassir Sheikha Sep 4, 2023 ▶ 20:35 Mudassir Sheikha: The Meeting that Led to $3.1BN Buyout: The Battle Between Uber and Careem | E1056 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 1,200 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.