Wamda

Egypt

RiseUp acquires MENAbytes

Egypt-based RiseUp, the organiser of the Middle East and North Africa’s (Mena) largest startup and entrepreneurship summit, has...

news Acqusition publication

Egypt

Chefaa closes a six figure seed funding round

Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian e-health startup Chefaa has closed a six-figure US dollar seed funding round from Flat6Labs and 500...

Investment seed Médecine

Egypt

Fawry lists on Egyptian Exchange

Source: MENAbytes Egyptian electronic payments company Fawry, after months of hype, finally went public on The Egyptian...

fawry ipo IPOs

Egypt

Match group acquires Harmonica

Source: MenaBytes Match Group, the online dating giant with a market cap of over $20 billion that owns different dating websites...

Investment acquisition Egypt

Egypt

MoneyFellows raises more than $1 million

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based fintech MoneyFellows has raised over $1 million in a bridge round (Pre-Series A), the startup...

Fintech Investment

Egypt

The reasons behind Egypt's startup boom

Barely a week goes by without a startup in Egypt announcing an investment round. The country has over the past few years ramped up its...

cairo Swvl Egypt Innovate

Egypt

Cryptyd raises pre-Series A funding

Egypt-based mobile games development studio Cryptyd has raised a pre-Series A funding round from The Cairo Angels and Alexandria Angels...

cairo angels Alexandria Angels Gaming

Egypt

COLNN raises $100,000 in seed round

Egypt-based education technology (edtech) startup, COLNN has received $100,000 in seed funding from EdVentures which focuses its...

EdTech seed fund Investment

Egypt

Code Geist Entrepreneurial Hackathon

Code Geist Entrepreneurial Hackathon is one of the first entrepreneurial hackathons in the MENA Tech Ecosystem happening on July 29-31...

Egypt

Fawry to IPO within next few weeks at a valuation up to $330 million

Source: Menabytes Fawry, the leading Egyptian electronic payments company will go public within the next few weeks by listing its shares...

ecommerce MENA exchange

Egypt

Angel Oasis 2019

The Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN) is launching its 2nd edition of their annual conference, Angel Oasis 2019,...

Egypt

In conversation with Amr El Sawy of Buseet

As the Middle East's most populous city with an insufficient public transportation system and rising fares, Cairo leaves millions...

Transport cairo

Egypt

WideBot closes pre-Series A round

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based Arabic chatbot building platform WideBot has raised six-figure (USD) Pre-Series A investment, the startups...

widebot Artificial intelligence chatbot

Egypt

Elmenus secures investment from Foodora’s co-founder

Egypt-based food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus announced that it has secured investment from Julian Dames, co-founder of Foo...

food Discovery menu

Egypt

Swvl raises $42 million to expand to Africa

Source: Bloomberg Swvl, an Egyptian app for booking buses, has raised $42 million as it looks to expand into other parts of...

Booking buses online

Egypt

Cairo-based Eksab raises seed funding

Source: Enterprise Egyptian sports startup Eksab has raised a six-figure seed investment from 500 Startups and plans to use the...

E-sports Investment seed-fund

Egypt

Cairo-based Orcas raises $500,000 Pre-Series A

Source: MenaBytes Orcas, a Cairo-based online marketplace for babysitters and tutors has raised $500,000 in Pre-Series A funding round...

Investment pre-Series A babysitters

Egypt

In conversation with Amir Allam of elmenus

When working as a technology consultant, Amir Allam realised the frustration he had with finding up-to-date restaurant menus and pictures...

ElMenus food tech Egypt

Egypt

Egypt’s Mintrics is raising a $500k funding round earmarked for US expansion

Source: VentureBurn Egyptian social video analytics platform Mintrics is currently busy closing a $500 000 investment fund and...

Vidéo Analytics Expansion

Egypt

Cairo-based Yumamia raises $1.5 million Pre-Series A

Source: MENABytes Cairo-based foodtech startup Yumamia has raised $1.5 million as its Pre-Series A, the startup announced today, saying...

foodtech Expansion Investment

Egypt

In conversation with Ahmed Wadi of MoneyFellows

In a bid to fund his wedding, Ahmed Wadi realised he’d taken out the maximum loan limit from his bank and so he came up with the idea...

Fintech Flat6Labs Cairo MoneyFellows

Egypt

Banking for the unbanked: The growth of fintech in Egypt

In Egypt, cash is king, even when it comes to salaries. Of the 100 million-strong population, the World Bank estimates that just 10-15 per...

Fintech finance fawry

Egypt

Egypt's XPay raises $250,000 in pre-seed

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based fintech startup XPay has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding from two angel investors, the startup...

Fintech cairo

Egypt

Cairo-based ArqamFC gets acquired by UK’s StatsBomb

Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based sports data startup ArqamFC has been acquired by English football analytics company StatsBomb, the...

football Statistics acquisition

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