Tax & compliance
Navigating the UAE Corporate Tax landscape
Practical walkthroughs of the new corporate tax framework — who pays, what gets taxed, and the deadlines that matter for founders.
Founder finance
Runway, burn, and the metrics investors actually ask about
How to model your cash position the way a Series A board reviews it — not the way most accounting software prints it.
Operations
Building a finance function that scales with you
When to outsource, when to hire in-house, and the order in which the workload typically shifts as a startup grows.
VAT
The misclassifications that cost UAE founders the most
A short list of the recurring VAT errors we see on first engagements — and the FTA penalties they quietly accumulate.
Fundraising
Anatomy of a Series A-ready financial model
What investors flip to first, the assumptions they stress-test, and the structural choices that separate a credible model from a deck attachment.
Studio notes
How we work, and why we kept the team small
A look behind the scenes at MAVA — our partner-led delivery model, the tools we use, and the engagements we say no to.
