On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2026. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Adel ↗
In their words
we're fundamentally different in the sense that we don't deal with real-world events. There's no future events, there's no chances, there's no odds. So, we're not a gambling company at all.
since launching about 11 months ago, we've scaled to 450,000 users, processed around $24.9 million in volume across our app.
The main investor that we were able to secure is a big massive one in SF, which specializes in consumer apps. They got a cold message from us on LinkedIn, and initially his response was that they were not interested
Quick answers
What does Adel Rahman do at Vaza?
His LinkedIn profile, read 2026-10-19, lists him as COO and co-founder of Vaza and a former professional footballer. TechTO's description of his October 2026 talk introduces him as a former professional soccer player whose group-chat argument about Messi versus Ronaldo became the company. On stage he said he played on a US university scholarship and then in Europe (0:20).
How does Vaza work, in his words?
On the TechTO stage he described debates across sports, music, movies and pop culture where a user picks a side, votes free or puts up to $100 behind the vote, and when the timer runs out the winning side is paid from the losing side (2:06). He said there are no odds, no future events and no house, so the company does not consider itself gambling, and that it could be classified as a game of skill (2:38 and 9:50). The stage is his account; no regulator's ruling is cited.
How did Vaza grow to 450,000 users?
He said the app launched about 11 months before the talk and had 450,000 users and roughly $24.9 million in volume (4:03), mostly by letting creators and pages that already had audiences host debates in their niche, including a rap bracket with XXL that reached about $100,000 in volume (4:51 and 14:58). Those are his own figures from the stage, not independently verified.