Wamda

Global

Saudi Arabia and South Korea launch $160 million startup fund

South Korea and Saudi Arabia have announced the creation of a joint fund worth $160 million to invest in both South Korean and Saudi...

Saudi-South Korean startup fund

Global

Acasia Ventures launches office in Lagos

Egypt’s Acasia Ventures, formerly Cairo Angels, has opened an office in Lagos, Nigera, in an effort to expand the firm’s...

Acasia Ventures

Global

Nama Ventures invests in Nigerian startups, Messenger and Termii

Saudi Arabia-based Nama Ventures led a pre-Seed round for Nigeria’s logistics startup, Messenger, and participated in a $3.6 million...

Nama Ventures

Global

Running in parallel, the Russian startup ecosystem in Dubai

Four years ago, several Russian diplomats landed in Dubai to open the Russian Centre of Digital Innovation and ICT, a space intended to...

Russia Dubai

Global

Insider raises $105 million investment led by QIA

Wamda portfolio company Insider, has raised an investment of up to $105 million from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Esas Private...

Insider Wamda Capital QIA

Egypt

Nigeria-based Autochek acquires majority stake in Egypt’s Autotager

Nigeria-based car financing platform Autocheck, has acquired a majority stake in Egypt's used cars marketplace, AutoTager, which was...

AutoCheck AutoTager

Global

An essential guide to cap tables

Wamda and Clara have teamed up to bring you, startup founders, this essential guide to capitalisation (cap) tables. If you are...

cap tables

Global

How Muzz lost a battle but won market share

In the quest to innovate, disrupt and offer something new, startups can often agitate and annoy incumbent players. For Muslim-focused...

Muzz

Egypt

Tactful AI: Tracing the pivots before the exit

In 2016, Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Elmasry moved to the UK, in hopes of building a local tech product with global know-how and impact....

deeptech Tactful AI

Global

KBW Ventures invests in Rebellyous Food’s $9.5 million round

UAE-based KBW Ventures, founded by HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, has invested in a $9.5 million equity round for...

KBW Ventures

Global

Finalrentals raises fresh funding

Finalrentals, an online car rental company based out of Dubai with headquarters in Cardiff, has raised an undisclosed six-figure round...

Finalrentals

Global

Wa’ed invests in PASQAL’s $108 million Series B

Wa’ed Ventures, the Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Centre (Wa'ed), has invested in a $108 million Series B for French...

Wa'ed Vnetures

Global

UAE’s Hotdesk acquires Spain-based YADO

Hotdesk, a UAE-based workspace booking app, has acquired Spanish counterpart YADO for an unknown sum. Founded in 2019 by Mohamed...

hotdesk

Global

NB Ventures invests in $1.2 million Seed round for India’s career-tech Suraasa

UAE-based NB Ventures has invested in India-based career-tech Suraasa's $1.2 million Seed round, led by Inflection Point...

Suraasa NB Ventures

Global

How influence is increasingly breeding entrepreneurship

Baha Hamadi,is a board member of the Public Relations & Communications Association You may have noticed a new breed of...

influpreneur

Global

One Moto raises $150 million to scale its last-mile delivery operations in the UK

UAE-based electric mobility startup and last-mile delivery services provider One Moto, has raised $150 million from an undisclosed...

One Moto

Global

How can investors use data science?

Dmitry Kaminskiy is the general partner at Deep Knowledge Group, a UK-based consortium of commercial and non-profit organisations active in...

big data AI

Global

KBW Ventures co-leads $12.3 million Series A round in US-based Black Sheep Foods

UAE-based KBW Ventures, founded by HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, has co-led a $12.3 million Series A round for...

KBW Ventures

Global

An essential guide to SAFEs

A critical part of any startup’s journey is fundraising. This can be particularly challenging in the very early days of building your...

Clara

Egypt

500 Global opens an office in Egypt, partners with ITIDA to launch support programmes for local startups

US-based venture capital firm 500 Global is set to open an office in Egypt and has recently partnered with Information Technology...

500 Global

Global

SWVL slashes over 50 per cent of its workforce, shuts operations in Pakistan

UAE-based mass mobility services provider, SWVL, has laid off over 50 per cent of its staff, in a recent round of layoffs conducted by...

Swvl

Global

Social impact: The neglected child of crypto

Following the collapse of US-based crypto exchange platform FTX, the future and stability of crypto has come into question once again....

Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin Sustainability

Global

Modus Capital acquires Agile Ventures

US-based Modus Capital has acquired Saudi Arabia-based startup venture builder Agile Ventures. The value of the transaction remains...

Modus Capital

Global

Startup advice: Creating a brand identity that resonates

Lucy Bradley is the founder of Plug Communications There are so many aspects to consider when you are building a business; not...

Branding

Thought Leadership

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