Wamda

Moroccan private fund offers alternative to government funding

It is not unusual to hear Moroccan entrepreneurs complain about the lack of funds available for investment in their country, as well as...

Iwi Venture Capital Angel Investment

Oasis500 launches new fund to kickstart Jordan's creative scene

Last week’s gathering of 20 Jordanian artists marks what may be an important first step towards investment funding for the country’s art...

creative arts Jordan

Jabbar invests in News Group, strengthening regional media-tech ties

Earlier this month, the investment firm Jabbar Internet Group announced a deal with Dubai-based news management company News Group...

news group Investment Media

Presella first to benefit from BDL's circular gets 300k investment

Inaugurating the Circular 331 initiative, passed by Lebanon’s Central Bank last August as an attempt to make it less risky for banks to i...

Central Bank Lebanon Presella Investment

Partnerships, VCs and content: best practices from experts at Mix N’ Mentor Amman

Last week, Wamda organized its 14th Mix N’ Mentor and its fourth in Amman, Jordan. The event was supported by our strategic partners Zain J...

partnerships content Mix n Mentor

Regional

Angel investor Ranwa Halasa calls for bolder investors and savvier entrepreneurs

This article is part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional...

Mistakes Tips Advice

Angel investor Hala Fadel's 3 most common entrepreneurial mistakes

This article is part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional...

hala Fadel Angel Investment Investment

Jordan

MXD raises $1M to launch 3D printing tool for the masses

“This year, 3D printing will be going mainstream in the U.S. and Europe, and we hope to become one of the big fish and set standards in the ...

3d printer 3D Investment

Regional

What your ideal term-sheet should look like

As promised, in this post I will focus on the term-sheet. First let’s get some definitions straight. A term-sheet is the document that n...

seed investment term-sheet Investment

Cairo Ashoka event seeks to empower communication between female social entrepreneurs and media

Women are playing an increasing role in helping to solve the growing social problems in the Arab world due to successive...

Media Investment Social Entrepreneurship

Dealmakers' Weekend: a benchmark for Jordanian entrepreneurship

Dealmaking was the name of the game on Saturday and Sunday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman as an impressive list of investors...

Venture Capital Investment Oasis500

4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round

Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,...

Angel Investment Investment

Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment

Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round...

fundraising Series A Qordoba

Startup news ticker: PricePanda secures 3 million dollars from Tengelmann Group

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

ticker Rocket Internet Investment

U.A.E

Souqalmal.com secures $1.2M from Hummingbird to expand content, mobile site

Souqalmal.com, the Dubai-based financial comparison site led by Ambareen Musa, is set for a quantum leap, after securing $1.2 million...

Souqalmal.com Investment

What it takes to build a billion dollar tech company, and what it means for startups in the Arab world

Yesterday, Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures took an honest look at what it takes to build a billion dollar company in Silicon...

Investment Trends

5 trends driving VC investment in the Arab world [Report]

Venture capital in the Middle East and North Africa is on the rise, according to the latest MENA Private Equity Association report. The...

Venture Capital Investment

MENA PEA Venture Capital in the Middle East and North Africa 2013 [Report]

The MENA Private Equity Association recently released their Third Venture Capital in the Middle East & North Africa Report, 2013 Update...

Venture Capital Report Investment

Global

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to...

Funding Social Networks Marketing

iMENA invests $7 million in Rocket Internet's ‘Easy Taxi’; here's how it plans to compete in Saudi Arabia

Jordan-based regional investment firm iMENA announced today that it has invested $7 million in Rocket Internet's Easy Taxi,...

Scaling Rocket Internet Investment

Startup news ticker: TA Telecom wins Mobile Merit Awards and Google acquires Bump

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

news Facebook Investment

iMENA invests $8m in HelloFood; why it is and isn't like Rocket Internet

iMENA Holdings made headlines yesterday with the news that it invested US $8 million in HelloFood, Rocket’s online food ordering platform ...

Scaling Rocket Internet Investment

Startup news ticker: Google partners with edX; Apple releases iOS 7 Golden Master; Globe Express Services expands in Turkey;

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

news Investment

Startup funding: How to fuel your car [Infographic]

This past week, our Wamda Community member Osama Natto designed and posted his own infographic on his own profile, using the metaphor of a...

Funding Scaling Advice

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