Palestine Peleset Angels launches to back Palestinian Startups A network of Palestinian and diaspora angel investors have come together to launch Peleset Angels, an early-stage angel investment... News • 13 August, 2023 Peleset Angels Angel Investment
Regional Why I launched the 2022 Female Angels Movement It was late 2021, and I had just come off a panel at GITEX where we had discussed, at length, the struggles women face when fundraising.... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2022 Angel Investment 2022 Female Angels
Jordan BeyondCapital’s Angel Network invests in Wafii, Palmear and Bith TV Jordan-based BeyondCapital has invested in three Jordanian startups; Wafii, a loyalty and payments platform where users earn... News • 03 June, 2021 Angel Investment
Saudi Arabia Garage raises $600,000 to fuel expansion Saudi Arabia-based Garage has raised $600,000 (SAR 2.25 million) from a group of local angel investors. This brings the company's... News • 27 April, 2021 Garage app automotive Angel Investment
Jordan Engagesoft raises pre-Seed investment Jordan-based employee engagement and retention SaaS platform Engagesoft, has raised a six-figure pre-Seed round from a group of angel... Dunya Hassanein • 22 February, 2021 Angel Investment Engagesoft
Regional Rise of angels: More money or more inexperienced investors? Angels are coming forth in the Middle East, more ready than ever to start investing in startups. Over the past year, several new angel... Dunya Hassanein • 14 January, 2021 Angel Investment
Saudi Arabia NearPay raises $600,000 pre-seed Saudi Arabia-based financial technology (fintech) startup NearPay, has raised a $600,000 (SAR 2.2 million) pre-seed round, led by Saudi... Dunya Hassanein • 05 January, 2021 NearPay Angel Investment Fintech
U.A.E Sharjah Angel Investors Network launches The Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) has launched the Sharjah Angel Investors Network (SAIN). The announcement... Dunya Hassanein • 29 December, 2020 SRTI Park SAIN Angel Investment
Egypt CliniDo raises seed funding Egyptian healthtech startup CliniDo, has raised a six-figure seed funding round from angel investors. Founded in January 2020 by... Dunya Hassanein • 21 December, 2020 healthtech CliniDo Angel Investment
Pakistan Mena-based angel investors invest in Pakistan's Conatural Source: Profit Magazine Pakistan’s natural and organic skin and hair care brand, Conatural, has raised $825,000 in a Pre-Series A... News • 11 November, 2020 Beauty startups Angel Investment Conatural
Iraq The angel network looking to support Iraq's startup ecosystem Early-stage funding has long remained an issue facing startups in the Middle East. The pandemic has further exacerbated the issue with some... Dunya Hassanein • 29 September, 2020 KAPITA Angel Investment
Egypt Hydro Farms raises fresh funds Source: WAYA With roots in the Egyptian hydroponic farming sector since 2012, Hydro Farms is one of the first to implement... News • 31 August, 2020 Hydro Farming Angel Investment hydroponic planting
Egypt Alex Angels: Egypt's latest angel network Fewer than 6 per cent of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raise investment from angel investors according... Dunya Hassanein • 02 June, 2020 Alex Angels Angel Investment
Regional The angel network looking for halal opportunities Muslims concluded the celebration of Eid Al Fitr this week, marking the end of Ramadan in lockdown. During this time, 64 per cent of UAE... Dunya Hassanein • 27 May, 2020 Islamic economy Angel Investment
Regional World’s first Halal Angels Network aims to tap $5 trillion Source: Trade Arabia The World’s First Halal Angels Network was launched to promote Innovation, entrepreneurship & startups to... News • 04 May, 2020 Angel Investment India GCC
U.A.E Adventure2Venture kickstarts investor-entrepreneur retreats [Know your VC] “I am not very happy about how some investors treat startups and are somehow unfair to entrepreneurs.” This is how Rami AlKarmi... Mai Ali • 02 February, 2017 Angel Investment Adventure2Venture Dubai
Egypt IFC invests in Algebra Ventures, Flat6labs Cairo funds New Egyptian venture fund Algebra Ventures has announced the first closing at $40 million. The fund, first announced in June, plans to... Rachel Williamson • 15 December, 2016 Algebra Ventures Egypt SysDsoft
Saudi Arabia Moving from oil to knowledge: the angel network with a helping hand You’ll have heard about Careem’s acquisition of Enwani, the Saudi home delivery service and how it started. But you... Abdulghani Kataya • 25 October, 2016 Saudi Arabia ksa Sirb
Regional Startup Watch: glass ceilings, Gods and Men, and death to the MVP The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 15 September, 2016 Startup Watch MOBAltyics falafel games
Egypt A list of Egyptian startup investors We have compiled a list of 16 different investors to whom Egyptian entrepreneurs can pitch their product. Since 2015, a number of... Eduard Cousin • 13 September, 2016 Egypt A15 Sawari Ventures
Lebanon Brate raises $400K in seed funding Lebanese startup Brate announced yesterday that it raised $400,000 in seed funding from a New York based angel... Maya Rahal • 12 May, 2016 brate Seed funding investement
Regional Are angel investors born or made? [Opinion] Angel investors are in short supply in MENA. How do we 'grow' more? (Image via LabsofLatvia) There is no longer a question as to whether... Tammer Qaddumi • 21 April, 2016 VentureSouq Opinion Venture Capital
Regional Angel investment vs institutional investment [Wamda TV] During Wamda’s last Mix N’Mentor in Cairo, we met up with Lana Alamat, partner and general counsel at Wamda Capital, for a chat about the i... Maya Rahal • 02 February, 2016 Lana Alamat Institutional Investment insights
Regional MENA's year in investing [Infographic] The money pool for startups in MENA is growing, but slowly. (Image via Near Shore Americas) Funding is the entrepreneur's... Rachel Williamson • 03 January, 2016 VC investment Womena MENA