About us

Education is the most powerful lever for change.

The ReimaginED Collective is a thesis-driven, founder-focused venture studio dedicated to building and scaling EdTech ventures that solve real-world challenges — creating global impact, starting with the MENA region.

Our mission

Reduce the burden, build the ventures.

We aim to reduce the burden on the economy by creating exciting, innovative ventures — making a dent in youth unemployment, skill gaps, and access to quality education across MENA.

Through a rare mix of hands-on engagement and holistic advisory — ideating, building, and scaling extraordinary EdTech ventures — we contribute to lasting, transformative impact across the region and the learners it serves.

How we work

Local knowledge. Global scale. Real capital.

Empower

Founders get the regional education depth and on-the-ground context generic accelerators can't offer.

Amplify

Hands-on support across product, GTM, fundraising, leadership and AI — plus access to investors ready to write checks.

Integrate

A standing bridge to partners, mentors and markets from New York to Dubai to Istanbul — so ventures scale worldwide.

Meet the studio

The people behind the collective.

Aman Merchant
Founder & General Partner
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Basem Abu Dagga
Co-Founder
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Hasan Makansi
Co-Founder
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Our commitment

Building toward the Global Goals.

As impact catalysts, we align our work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — accelerating progress on five in particular across the region and beyond.