Wamda

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Eat raises $2M

Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 12 to include a comment from Reserve Out. In what they are labelling...

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Iran

Iran startup Snapp raises $22M Series A

Iranian ride sharing startup Snapp has secured a 20 million euro (US$22 million) Series A investment. The deal, reported in Tech...

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Egypt

'VC association wanted, please call Egypt for more details' [Opinion]

There is no doubt the Egyptian startup ecosystem is young. If the startups are young, the investors are as well. As investors, we need...

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Lebanon

What I know about assessing startups for potential investment: Fadi Bizri

It can be difficult to find the right investor for what you know is a solid idea. But if the meetings with an investor drag on, you may...

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Egypt

A list of Egyptian startup investors

We have compiled a list of 16 different investors to whom Egyptian entrepreneurs can pitch their product. Since 2015, a number of...

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Turkey

Wamda Capital invests $2.2M in Insider

Wamda Capital announced today a $2.2 million Series A investment in Insider, a smart digital platform for marketers to personalize,...

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Morocco

Afrimarket raises $11M for regional expansion

Moroccan entrepreneur Rania Belkahia has raised 10 million euros (US$11 million) for ecommerce platform Afrimarket, which targets the...

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Egypt

Egypt payments startup Paymob signs deal with A15

Egypt payments startup Paymob has signed an undisclosed deal with local financier A15. The companies did not say how much the deal...

A15 Paymob Investment

Egypt

Egypt ride hailing startup Ousta lands $1.25M bridge investment

Egyptian ride hailing startup Ousta has raised a $1.25 million investment, five months after its launch. The bridge round was funded by...

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Egypt

What I know about Egypt's sluggish investment: Wael Amin

It might be normal for a country of more than 90 million to have a ton of entrepreneurs planning events around promoting even more ideas,...

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U.A.E

Wamda Capital leads a $5M investment round in Kharabeesh

Wamda Capital announced leading a $5 million investment round in Kharabeesh, alongside Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Dash...

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Kuwait

Kuwait's ecosystem - from an investor’s point of view

This is an edited crosspost with two Nuwait articles. You can see the original versions here and here. Mussaad Al-Razouki is one busy...

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Regional

Blueprint of a VC fund

This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Newly formed VC firms are startups that are vying for...

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Regional

MENA cashes in: new report shows VC money is rising

This is an edited crosspost from Medium. I’ve always admired the consistency and nuggets of wisdom that US founders and VCs are...

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Turkey

Turkish logistics startup raises $1M

Kapgel, a Turkish on-demand logistics platform, has announced it's closed a $1 million round from Wamda Capital, Addventure,...

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Maghreb

New $51M World Bank fund to target Morocco

Morocco has been missing a strong investment fund dedicated to startups, but this will change in autumn when the World Bank launches a...

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Regional

Startups and VCs: it doesn't have to be complicated

The relationship between an investor and an investee is sometimes delicate. One is fronting up with cash and faith that it’ll go...

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Europe

Aramex leads $8.5M Series B in UK address startup

Aramex has led a $8.5 million Series B funding round in British startup What 3 Words, a company that is creating a universal postal code...

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Regional

When MENA investors don’t bank on women

For years, Lebanese entrepreneur Rayan Zahab would get called in for job interviews, only to hear hiring managers say the same thing: they...

Golden Seeds Snapay Women Investing in Women Digital

Egypt

Egypt's Smart Care secures $1.2M from major foreign donor

A major foreign donor has invested $1.2 million in Smart Care Medical Services, a digital healthcare management startup. The deal,...

Regional

MENAT accelerators invest $3.5M, lag global averages

Accelerators have become a “rite of passage” for entrepreneurs around the world, and a report on the state of global programs...

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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...

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Regional

Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion]

My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the...

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U.A.E

Family offices a new addition to investment landscape

Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has...

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