Wamda

Regional

Starting a venture with an exit in mind

Hassan Jaffar and Marwan Chaar are the co-founders of Carzaty, which was acquired in 2022 by Mexico’s Kavak, a used car platform last...

Carzaty Kavak Exit

U.A.E

NymCard acquires Spotii

UAE-based fintech NymCard has acquired Spotii, a buy now pay later startup that was initially acquired by Australia's...

Spotii NymCard Exit

Regional

What awaits startup exits in Mena?

Looking back, the year 2021 was hard to emulate. After the pandemic-induced funding boom seen in 2021 and the first few months of 2022,...

M&A exits Exit

Regional

Behind the scenes of the POSRocket acquisition

In January 2022, Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup Foodics announced it had acquired Jordan-based point of sale provider...

acquisition Exit posrocket

U.A.E

US' REEF acquires UAE cloud kitchen operator iKcon

North America’s largest cloud kitchen operator REEF Technology, has fully acquired UAE-based cloud kitchens platform iKcon, in...

cloud kitchen iKcon Reef technology

U.A.E

InstaShop’s acquisition and the growing significance of e-grocery

There is always a sense of pride, excitement and relief when a startup in the Middle East exits for a high valuation; pride for the...

instashop Delivery Hero Exit

Global

VentureSouq exits Frontier Car Group

UAE-based investment platform VentureSouq has sold its stake in German-based Frontier Car Group, an online and offline used-car...

VentureSouq Germany Exit

Regional

The anatomy of an exit in the Middle East

Khaled Talhouni is the managing partner at Wamda Capital Anyone active in the startup scene today seems to be pre-occupied with when and...

Venture Capital Exit strategies exiting

Jordan

Amman based Oasis500 announces partial exit from Little Thinking Minds

Source: Menabytes Amman-based accelerator and seed investor Oasis500 has announced partial exit from Jordanian edtech startup Little...

EdTech Jordan Exit

Bahrain

Bahrain first Business Angels company announces its partial exit from EatApp

Source: Startup MGZN Tenmou, Bahrain’s first ‘Business Angels company’ recently announced its partial exit from...

Bahrain news Investment

Regional

A15 sells stake in Tpay Mobile

The region’s first “dragon exit” was completed today by A15, which sold its 76 per cent stake in UAE-based Tpay Mobile. A...

mobile finance Exit

Regional

How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion]

Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than...

talabat strategic acquirer Exit

Regional

Samih Toukan talks new Grabbd app and Jabbar’s direction in 2016

Jabbar Internet Group's CEO Samih Toukan. (Image via Wamda) Mobile apps focused on food and drinks seem to be popping up faster than...

Grabbd Jabbar Internet Group Maktoob

U.A.E

twofour54 exits four years investment in SAE Institute to CedarBridge

Snapshot duing one of the 3D animation courses offered by SAE (image is from the SAE platform) twofour54 announced today its exit from...

SAE Institute Exit TwoFour54

Regional

MENA online market to soon create billion dollar companies

The iMENA Group has published, in partnership with Kauffman Fellows Press, a report outlining how the MENA region’s online sector will r...

Khaldoun Tabaza growth iMENA

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's twofour54 and Ericsson launch new partnership

twofour54, the commercial arm of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority, has partnered with Swedish multinational telecommunications pr...

Ericsson tech hub Issa Aghabi

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