Jordan

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding

The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic...

Lucy Knight • 19 August, 2015

EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle

Jordan

Oasis500 tech and hardware business workshop

Accelerator Oasis500, one of the largest in the MENA region, is holding its first Tech and Hardware business workshop on 16-19 August...

Wamda • 06 August, 2015

Oasis500 Investment Hardware

Regional

6 steps to valuing a tech startup [Opinion]

This is an edited crosspost with BOOSTMENA. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of posts on the subject of valuation, specifically...

Amir Farha • 03 June, 2015

irr tech startup Valuation

Global

Littlebits makes big in $44.2M funding round

Littlebits, the open source hardware startup from Lebanese founder Ayah Bdeir, has raised over $44 million in what they say is one of the...

Lucy Knight • 29 June, 2015

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U.A.E

$11M Series A round from the US for Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr

Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr has successfully closed a Series A funding round worth $11 million. The not-insignificant sum was...

Lucy Knight • 12 June, 2015

Mena360 Dhabi Holdings New Enterprise Associates

Jordan

Achievement unlocked: Tamatem announces new games, new investment and 10 million downloads

Screenshot of Tamatem's Share'h El Mawt game. (Images via Tamatem) We’ve had many discussions on Wamda on what makes a...

Reine Farhat • 02 June, 2015

Arzan VC tamatem games games

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...

Raed Khalil • 13 April, 2015

Khaldoun Tabaza growth iMENA

Lebanon

Leap Ventures' new $71M fund is 'ready for business’

Henri Asseilly at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Lucy Knight) As we previously reported, the focus of the ‘sponsored a...

Lucy Knight • 24 March, 2015

ArabNet Beirut Venture Capital Investment

Regional

Why do funded entrepreneurs fail to raise money again (and again)?

This is the third of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

Maya Rahal • 18 January, 2015

investors Expert Advice Advice

Regional

When looking for investment, you need the law on your side

At the dawn of a new year, and potentially a new era of investment in the Middle East, startups and entrepreneurs would do well to take...

Lucy Knight • 15 January, 2015

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Saudi Arabia

HolidayME announce $4 million Series A round after launching last month

HolidayME, a Dubai-based online customized travel startup launched just last month, has announced a $4 million Series A round from Al...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 22 January, 2015

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Saudi Arabia

Sawerly announces $200,000 round from QB Co

This piece has been adapted piece from Firnas.  Sawerly, the online marketplace that connects photographers and clients, have...

Ryan Adil • 20 January, 2015

Photography Sawerly Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Bahrain's answer to OpenTable announces $300,000 second investment round

Bahrain’s newest table reservation application, eatapp.co, has just announced a second funding round, totaling $300,000. The r...

Lucy Knight • 21 January, 2015

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Regional

7 notable investments and acquisitions of 2014

There’s nothing quite like a satisfying investment or acquisition to get the entrepreneurial juices flowing. Throughout 2014, Wamda r...

Lucy Knight • 22 December, 2014

Roundup Acquisitions Investment

Regional

4 big MENA VC funds announced in 2014

2014 was a very good year when it came to new funds entering the tech scene in the Arab region. Rather than just seed and early stage, we...

Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2014

Wamda Fund Badia Impact fund capital

U.A.E

Beam Wallet gets its first investment from Majid al Futtaim

In one of its first investments in the regional tech industry, Majid Al Futtaim Ventures announced an investment in mobile commerce...

Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2014

Beam Money Beam Wallet Majid Al Futtaim

Jordan

After recent award, Altibbi announces funding round

The Arabic medical portal Altibbi has closed a round of funding that is set to further shape the online medical information...

Wamda • 04 December, 2014

Health Investment Medical

Saudi Arabia

Careem raises $10M led by Saudi Al Tayyar Group

Careem, the Dubai-based ride sharing service a la Uber, announced yesterday that it has raised $10 million investment in a round, led...

Maya Rahal • 04 December, 2014

Al Tayyar Group careem Car Service

Egypt

YouTube, the ultimate tool for Arab startups?

Despite being around for more than a decade now, the video sharing network YouTube seems to have become a popular model for startups...

Eman Mostafa • 19 November, 2014

tarayah Partners YouTube

Regional

6 regional VCs agree: To support the ecosystem, focus on making it profitable

This is the second of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

Maya Rahal • 06 November, 2014

Q&A WRL Wamda Research Lab

Egypt

Flat6Labs to launch an investment fund for startups

Three years is probably enough for an accelerator to get to know the ins and the outs of a regional ecosystem, and conclude which services...

Eman Mostafa • 30 October, 2014

cairo Investment

Lebanon

twofour54 invests in Arabic online game developer Falafel Games

Falafel Games, the designer and producer of Arabic Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), just received...

Maya Rahal • 18 August, 2014

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Get in the Ring Competition

Get in the Ring is an international investment battle where entrepreneurs face off to secure an investment of up to €1,000,000. The battle ...

Wamda • 15 August, 2014

Investment Funding competition

Regional investment future looks bright despite political distress

The 8th edition of the ‘MENA Private Equity & Venture Capital’ Annual Report shows that investments in the region are holding strong de...

Wamda • 22 July, 2014

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