Wamda

Global

Traditional family offices emerge as unlikely venture capitalists

By Miles Kruppa Few people would guess that Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team, is an early investor in dozens of...

family offices

Global

Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0

Professor Paul Hopkinson is the head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic lead for Heriot-Watt...

metaverse Web 3.0

Global

The week that shook crypto

Scott Chipolina and Katie Martin In January, Mike Novogratz — hedge fund rock star turned crypto heavy hitter —...

cryptocurrency Bitcoin

Global

How fintech solutions can bridge the trade financing gap

Ankit Goel is the Middle East and North Africa head of MODIFI, a a global fintech company that helps small and medium-sized...

Fintech

Global

SWVL acquires UK's Zeelo for $100 million

Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL, has acquired UK-based B2B smart buses operator startup Zeelo, in a deal valued at $100 million. This...

Swvl

Global

Jack Ma Foundation’s 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes Competition

RiseUP is supporting the Jack Ma Foundation to identify promising and impactful entrepreneurs to participate in the Africa’s Business...

RiseUp Jack Ma Foundation African Business Heroes

Global

Clara secures investment from The LegalTech Fund as it comes out of beta

Clara, the UK-based legaltech startup and Wamda portfolio company has raised investment from US-based The LegalTech Fund, which...

Clara Legaltech

Global

The 10 pitch deck slides you need to wow investors

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15 years of...

pitch deck Advice

Global

Blockchain and financial markets: will computers push out brokers?

By Gary Silverman and Philip Stafford in Boca Raton in Florida Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unlikely figure as he took the stage on the...

Blockchain crypto

Global

The realty of the metaverse

Amash Malik is director of performance marketing at Bayut & dubizzle From the moment Facebook rebranded to Meta, the concept of...

metaverse

Global

SWVL acquires German mobility software startup door2door

Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL, has acquired Berlin-based public mobility solutions provider door2door for an undisclosed...

Swvl

Global

SWVL to invest $15 million to scale its operations in Argentina

Dubai-based mobility startup SWVL announced that it will invest up to $15 million to ramp up its operations in the Argentinian...

Swvl

Global

Retailers seek real-world profits in the metaverse

By Dave Lee and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco The metaverse branch of the fast-fashion chain Forever 21 is an assault on the...

metaverse E-commerce

Global

Wamda portfolio Insider achieves unicorn status after $121 million Series D round

Turkey-founded and Singapore-based marketing platform Insider, has closed a $121 million Series D led by Qatar Investment Authority,...

Insider Unicorn

Global

UAE-based angel investors invest in IMAN's $1 million Seed round

A group of UAE-based angel investors has participated in Uzbek-based fintech startup IMAN's $1 million Seed round. The round...

IMAN

Global

The Power Law — how venture capital ate the stock market

By John Gapper In May 1976, a California securities regulator wrote to the venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins to deliver a warning...

VC FT

Global

Anghami officially lists on US NASDAQ

Music streaming platform Anghami has completed its business combination with Vistas Media Acquisition Company and has listed its shares...

anghami

Global

SWVL raises additonal $21.5 million in PIPE funding

UAE-based mobility solutions provider SWVL has raised an additional $21.5 million in private investment in public equity (PIPE) deal as...

Swvl

Global

How did Cuemath expand to 50 countries?

Stereotypes are often problematic if not outright racist, but there is one India-based startup that is happily embracing the stereotype of...

EdTech

Egypt

SweepSouth fully acquires Filkhedma

South African startup SweepSouth, has acquired 100 per cent of Egypt-based marketplace for home services Filkhedma for an undisclosed...

Felkhedma home services marketplaces

Global

Telfaz11 acquires indie film company Last Scene Films

Saudi entertainment group Telfaz11 has acquired Riyadh-based independent production house Last Scene Films. Founded by Mohammed...

Entertainment tech Telfaz11

Global

Why tech and sustainability in Asian markets are set for investment windfall

Trade and investment between the Middle East and both India and China have been steadily rising over the past few years. This has become...

India china

Global

How is impact measured?

Most organisations around the world want to create “impact”, but what does this impact look like and what is the best way to...

Impact

Global

Tech hegemony: Friend or foe?

Salwa F. Darraj is a senior consultant at Ernst and Young (EY), where she is the Women’s Network Champion. Darraj is a Member of the...

Technology

Thought Leadership

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