Wamda

Egypt

Egypt’s Pylon raises $19 million Seed round

Egypt-based infrastructure management platform Pylon, has raised $19 million in a Seed funding round comprising equity and debt, led by...

Pylon YCombinator Khawarizmi Ventures

U.A.E

Nomod raises $3.4 million seed round at $50m valuation to accelerate growth

UAE-based fintech Nomod, has raised a $3.4 million Seed round with participation from Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital Kingsway...

Nomod YCombinator

Egypt

Egypt’s insurtech Amenli raises $2.3 million Seed

Egypt-based insurtech Amenli has raised a $2.3 million Seed round from GFC, P1 Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Anim Fund with Costanoa VC,...

Amenli YCombinator

Egypt

Flextock raises $3.25 million pre-Seed round

Egypt-based e-commerce logistics marketplace Flextock, has raised a $3.25 million pre-Seed funding round from regional investors...

Flextock Logistics ecommerce

Global

VentureSouq invests in Singapore-based Volopay

Source: TechCrunch Volopay, a Singapore-based startup building a “financial control center” for businesses, announced today...

VentureSouq Volopay Volopay

Global

What I know about bootstrapping hardware: Luke Iseman

For years now the Lean methodology has been all the rage: bootstrap, get a viable minimum product, ship it without further ado, see the...

YCombinator Hardware Bootstrapping

Egypt

Instabug and the ecosystem

Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise...

AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners

Egypt

Instabug raises $1.7M from US investors

Instabug's cofounder Omar Gabr (Image via Instabug) Instabug has raised a $1.7 million seed round after completing Y...

Accel Venture Partners seed round instabug

U.A.E

Twofour54 and Ycombinator invest in gaming developer Unnyhog

Four years after investing in social gaming sites Jawaker and Tahadi, and almost two years after investing in Arabic online game...

Unnyhog YCombinator TwoFour54

U.A.E

Sharjah’s Sheraa sets sail

An ecosystem building series, an innovation lab, an idea lab and a growth lab - these are the first four programs coming with the launch of...

Sheraa YCombinator Support

Global

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

crosspost oped data growth

Egypt

RiseUp Summit meets expectations, beats them

A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel...

Oak Investment Partners YCombinator US Aid

Global

Never miss a price drop again, ever

So you bought some hotpants online for $400. Yes, you knew it was a steep price but you also knew that if you bought them your life was...

Lebanese Diaspora YCombinator Paribus

Thought Leadership

All the information you need to navigate Mena's startup ecosystem

Thank you