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DealMakers' Weekend

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Kuwaiti startup Fishfishme secures $200K from angel investors to expand globally

Fishfishme, the online platform to book fishing charter boats, has announced a seed funding round of US $200,000 from several angel...

FishFishMe

Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30

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

Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship

Rocket Internet and MTN to boost digital startups in the Middle East with 300 million euro fund

While the past two years have seen e-commerce companies in the Middle East secure the majority of funding invested in startups, primarily...

Rocket Internet

Jordanian custom photo album service eyes Gulf Facebook users, B2B expansion

There’s got to be a story behind a company by the name of Cheezu. “I was watching a Japanese movie,” says Tala Haddadin, Cheezu’s Jordani...

cheezu b2c b2b

UrbanBuz announces Series A round of investment for its customized loyalty program

Most of the time, when customers become loyal to a business, it’s not because they’ve been offered benefits via a loyalty card or shown up...

Series A Loyalty Programs

Global

littleBits, led by a Lebanese founder, releases Synth Kit, secures $11.1M investment

Lebanese entrepreneur and maker Ayah Bdeir’s startup littleBits, which has been hailed as the LEGO of electronics, has just released its n...

Electronics Hardware littlebits

Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia?

Update 01/03/2014: This article has been edited to take into account new informations. Startup investment in Tunisia is often...

tunisia VC Incubator

Europe's Web Summit 2013: Impressions from North African startups

When I received a press invitation to one of Europe’s hottest tech conferences, Web Summit, I jumped at the opportunity to check it o...

Conferences

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

“We’re effectively ‘stealing’ from the Brooks Brothers and Jos. A. Banks of the world,” says Tarig El Sheikh, cofounder of bespoke online s...

Retail Online retail E-commerce

Wamda’s new Pitch N’ Mentor heads to Cairo

Alongside the Rise Up Egypt event coming to Cairo on November 24th, Wamda's Pitch N' Mentor will take place as the region's first of its k...

Pitching

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

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

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DealMakers' Weekend

Kuwaiti startup Fishfishme secures $200K from angel investors to expand globally

Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30

Rocket Internet and MTN to boost digital startups in the Middle East with 300 million euro fund

Jordanian custom photo album service eyes Gulf Facebook users, B2B expansion

UrbanBuz announces Series A round of investment for its customized loyalty program

littleBits, led by a Lebanese founder, releases Synth Kit, secures $11.1M investment

Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia?

Europe's Web Summit 2013: Impressions from North African startups

Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai

Wamda’s new Pitch N’ Mentor heads to Cairo

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

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

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

Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

How a startup goes from idea to IPO [Infographic]

How to Attract Venture Capital Interest seminar in Dubai

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

10 of Reid Hoffman's most valuable tips from LinkedIn's Series B pitch deck

Guy Kawasaki’s top 11 mistakes made by entrepreneurs [Video]

Egyptian event platform Eventtus goes premium after investment from Vodafone, Cairo Angels

Healthcare portal WebTeb closes Series B round from Siraj Palestine Fund

Borrowing $1 billion a day? A look at debt in Saudi Arabia

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

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