Lebanon Lebanese automotive marketplace receives $1.8M seed fund Lebanese automotive marketplace Seez have received $1.8 million in seed funding from B&Y, Phoenician Funds, and Wamda Capital. Seez... Rana Freifer • 01 June, 2017 Seez seed fund B&Y
U.A.E Compareit4me.com raises $3.5M Comparison site Compareit4me.com announced today securing $3.5 million from existing investors including Wamda Capital, STC Ventures, Dubai... Staff writer • 24 May, 2017 Compareit4me.com Investment Wamda Capital
U.A.E When governments embrace entrepreneurship [Podcast] From South Korea to Finland, to the UK, to Chile, governments are engaging with startups. In Finland, the government gives loans to... Lucy Knight • 04 July, 2017 Government Sheraa 1776
U.A.E Opportunities behind challenges of fintech in the Middle East [Podcast] Fintech is hot. Globally, investments in fintech have been rising since 2012, and while they might drop slightly in 2017, according to CB... Lucy Knight • 07 June, 2017 Fintech podcast Wamda Capital
Turkey Modest fashion site Modanisa closes new round Modanisa, the Turkey-based modest fashion site, has closed a fourth round of funding. Led by Dubai-based VC Wamda Capital for an... Lucy Knight • 06 March, 2017 modanisa Wamda Capital modest fashion
United States MENA startup culture shows signs of early Silicon Valley The MENA region is a beacon of largely unchartered technological territory with its potential often stunted by lagging institutional... Raghda Zein • 30 January, 2017 techwadi Techwadi Annual Forum Wamda Capital
U.A.E STEP gets $2M Series A, plans a digital media empire STEP Group has closed a Series A funding round with a $2 million investment from regional investors, including Wamda Capital,... Maya Rahal • 23 January, 2017 Step Conference Step music Wamda Capital
Turkey A look at Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem [Podcast] This podcast has been crossposted from Wamda Capital. The Turkish ecosystem has come a long way over the past three to four years. The... Maya Rahal • 13 January, 2017 podcast Wamda Capital ecosystem growth
Saudi Arabia Careem now a unicorn, raising $350M Careem has become the Middle East’s second ‘unicorn’, after investment from Japan's ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc and... Rachel Williamson • 19 December, 2016 careem STC Venture Capital
U.A.E Dubai food tech startup Lunch:on raises $500K seed Lunch:on today announced the closing of a seed round of $500,000 led by Wamda Capital, with participation from Arzan VC, Dubai Angel... Natasha D'Souza • 03 November, 2016 Lunch:On Wamda Capital arzan
U.A.E Compareit4me closes $2.4M funding round The financial comparison site Compareit4me.com has closed a funding round of $2.4 million. According to a statement released by the... Lucy Knight • 26 September, 2016 Investment Compareit4me.com Wamda Capital
U.A.E Dubai-based The Luxury Closet closes Series B round of $7.8M The Luxury Closet has closed a Series B round of $7.8 million. Led by Wamda Capital, the investment is one of the highest in MENA this... Dana Ballout • 26 September, 2016 The Luxury Closet Wamda Capital Kunal Kapoor
Turkey Wamda Capital invests $2.2M in Insider Wamda Capital announced today a $2.2 million Series A investment in Insider, a smart digital platform for marketers to personalize,... Dana Ballout • 21 September, 2016 Insider turkey Wamda Capital
Saudi Arabia Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: challenges and opportunities [Podcast] This podcast was previously published by Wamda Capital. After the launch of their podcasts in English, featuring talks with... Abdulghani Kataya • 06 September, 2016 Wamda Capital Fadi Ghandour ksa
Regional Making media pay: unlocking the potential in MENA digital [Opinion] Arab youth is a demographic to be respected and reckoned with, as they represent one of the world’s fastest growing segments and are... Walid Faza - Rayan Dawud • 08 September, 2016 Kharabeesh Opinion tamatem
U.A.E Wamda Capital leads a $5M investment round in Kharabeesh Wamda Capital announced leading a $5 million investment round in Kharabeesh, alongside Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Dash... Maya Rahal • 11 August, 2016 Kharabeesh Wamda Capital Investment
Regional What's holding MENA's digital media market back? [Podcast] This podcast has been crossposted from Wamda Capital. Digital media is a growing market, but the amount of education still required for... Rachel Williamson • 08 August, 2016 Wamda Capital digital content Kharabeesh
Turkey Turkish logistics startup raises $1M Kapgel, a Turkish on-demand logistics platform, has announced it's closed a $1 million round from Wamda Capital, Addventure,... Maya Rahal • 20 July, 2016 KapGel Wamda Capital turkey
Regional Oasis500's FinTech Workshop Oasis500 is hosting a Business and Entrepreneurship workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs with ideas in Financial Technology from August... Wamda • 07 July, 2016 fin-tech Oasis500 Technology
U.A.E IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business... Maya Rahal • 01 June, 2016 Geeks investments Wamda Capital
Kuwait Kuwait’s Boxit gets seed funding, looks to tackle UAE and KSA This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The core team. From left to right: Lijo Antony, head of product development,... Reine Farhat • 25 May, 2016 Boxit Wamda Capital Arzan VC
U.A.E Bitoasis secures seed funding led by Wamda Capital Fintech startup Bitoasis has announced its first round of funding, an undisclosed sum led by Wamda Capital. The round included Barry... Maya Rahal • 24 May, 2016 Coindesk Wamda Capital Bitcoin
Regional Wamda Capital launches podcast series Investment firm Wamda Capital published yesterday its first podcast episode on Soundcloud. In this episode, Fares Ghandour... Maya Rahal • 11 April, 2016 announcement Wamda Capital podcast
U.A.E Term sheets at dawn, Step Conference 2016 Joy Ajlouny and fellow startup cofounders Loulou Khazen Baz and Mudassir Sheikha get stuck into the debate. (Image via... Lucy Knight • 06 April, 2016 AnchorFree Frontier Partners Eventbox