Vodafone Egypt Launches EGP 20m Investment Fund and Incubator

We've received word that Vodafone Egypt is launching an EGP 20 million (US $3.3 million) investment fund that will focus on small, web and...

Nina Curley • 12 June, 2012

Investment

MENA Investor-Backed Job Search Platform Identified Scores $21m in Series B: What's Next?

Job search platform Identified, that aims to become the LinkedIn for the next generation of Facebook-focused entrepreneurs, took a huge...

Nina Curley • 06 June, 2012

Investment Job Recruitment LinkedIn

MBC Ventures Launches, Invests in Falafel Games, Aranim, Supermama

MBC Group announced early this week the launch of a new venture capital arm, MBC Ventures, which will invest in media and entertainment...

Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012

Investment

Striving for Funding: Confessions from Dubai's CareZone

Editor’s note (NC): Sometimes a good idea does not find funding in an appropriate time frame. It could be a failure of execution, o...

Wamda • 21 May, 2012

Investment

Wamda Announces Partnership with Flat6Labs

During Flat6Lab’s Demo Day in Cairo, CEO Ramez Mohammed announced the accelerator’s partnership with fellow entrepreneurship hub Wamda. Wam...

Wamda • 23 May, 2012

Accelerators Investment

New VC Sinbad Ventures to Focus on Early Stage Global Web and Mobile Startups

Ahmad Takatkah, the former Head of Investments for N2V, has announced the launch of new venture capital fund Sinbad Ventures, which will...

Nina Curley • 16 May, 2012

Accelerators Investment

15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo

Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to...

Omar Aysha • 14 May, 2012

Angel Investment Investment Negotiation

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Shows Growth at Second Demo Day

The great and the good of Egypt’s entrepreneurial ecosystem gathered for the showcase of Flat6Labs’ latest clutch of ready-to-grow acc...

Omar Aysha • 03 May, 2012

Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem

From Aleppo to Dubai: Syrian Entrepreneur Salim Akil [Wamda TV]

At the MIT Enterprise Forum Workshop last month, Salim Akil of searchinmena.com discusses the challenges of moving out of Syria due to the...

Nina Curley • 02 May, 2012

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT Investment

Sprowd: Crowdfunding for Startups Around the Globe

The idea is simple: if you have a great idea for a business, why should you wait for a VC to take a leap of faith to invest in you? Why not...

Fernande van Tets • 01 May, 2012

Crowdfunding Investment

MarkaVIP's $10 Million Series B Funding to Boost Logistics

Middle East flash sales sites MarkaVIP is on its way to becoming a true success story with its latest gambit to tackle the hydra that is...

Nina Curley • 26 April, 2012

E-commerce Investment

Shaping the Entrepreneurial Future of Egypt

The 2012 AUC Research Conference, held this past week at the university's New Cairo campus, was an exercise in uniting Egypt's...

Omar Aysha • 23 April, 2012

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

Seed Forum Abu Dhabi

Seed Forum Abu Dhabi‭ is taking place‬ on Wednesday the 25th of April 2012‭ ‬at the Emirates Palace‭ ‬Hotel, sponsored by The Belleau Wood G...

Wamda • 19 April, 2012

Investment

Regional

Valuation methods for SMEs in MENA [Opinion]

Valuation in the Middle East and North Africa for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a mixture of art, science, negotiations,...

Elie Habib • 04 April, 2012

Investment

Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0

“The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg...

Omar Aysha • 05 April, 2012

Angel Investment Innovation Investment

How to Understand a VC Term Sheet

Having trouble understanding the ins and outs of the investment process or curious what terms you can expect to see in a standard term...

Wamda • 03 April, 2012

Investment

Riyada Enterprise Development Acquires 50% Stake In The Entertainer

Riyada Enterprise Development (RED) has announced its intent to acquire a 50% stake in The Entertainer, a consumer services company that...

Nina Curley • 27 March, 2012

Investment

Global

Company Valuation: Is There a Formula?

Today at the 5th Annual MIT Enterprise Forum Entrepreneurship Workshop, Professor Tarek Kattaneh of the Olayan Business School at AUB...

Nina Curley • 18 March, 2012

Investment

KAUST Launches Wa'ed Ideathon, Announces Seed Fund Winners

What's new at The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)? If you're an aspiring entrepreneur, plenty: The univeristy is...

Wamda • 26 March, 2012

Competitions Investment

Negotiate Your Startup’s Success, Part One: Talking to Investors

Last week, a friend of mine was meeting with a potential investor for a new venture he was kicking off. He called me to discuss and seek...

Nadim Haddad • 12 March, 2012

Investment

Kiva, Silatech Join to Boost Loans to Young Arab Entrepreneurs

As The Next Web reported, crowdsourced microfinance platform Kiva has announced a partnership with Silatech, to support entrepreneurs...

Nina Curley • 12 March, 2012

Investment

Wamda Capital Announces Investment in Translation Platform Qordoba

Wamda Capital, the early stage funding arm of Wamda, has announced investment in crowdsourced translation platform Qordoba. Qordoba, which...

Nina Curley • 05 March, 2012

Investment

Advancing Arabic Content for Women: Maroc Numeric Fund Invests $300K in Majalatouki

The Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) announced last week an investment of 2.6 million Moroccan dirhams (around US$ 300K) last week in Majalatouki,...

Maya Rahal • 21 February, 2012

Investment Women

Rumor: Saudi Game Platform Kammelna Acquired by Peak Games for $10 million?

Today we heard a rumor that Saudi multiplayer card gaming platform Kammelna was acquired by Turkish game developer Peak Games. The...

Nina Curley • 13 February, 2012

Gaming Investment