Wamda

MarkaVIP Announces $5 Million in Funding From Lumia Capital and Invus

Amman-based private online sales club MarkaVIP has announced $5 million in investment led by Lumia Capital with participation from...

Saudi Telecom Company Launches $50 Million Fund to Support Tech SMEs

Saudi IT entrenpreneurs now have even more options for support. Saudi Telecom Company (STC) Group recently announced its investment in a...

Moroccan Craigslist Competitor Soukaffaires.ma Announces $500K Investment from Maroc Numeric Fund

Soukaffaires.ma, a Moroccan portal for online classified ads, has announced today that it received 4.2 dirhams (~US $500,000) in investment...

Investors See Turkey as Pilot Market for Western Companies to Enter the Middle East

Without a doubt, there has been a boost in entrepreneurship over the last two years in emerging markets. We’ve witnessed the launch of s...

Egypt 2.0: The Investor Perspective

Spring’s fervent revolution has given way to a dry summer in Egypt. As demonstrators streamed back into Cairo's Tahrir Square recently to p...

Building Optimism in North Africa: Abraaj’s Amundi Acquisition

In North Africa, there’s more reason for optimism among the entrepreneurship community today. Abraaj Capital’s recent acquisition of the Nor...

How To Create a Good Relationship with a VC

Venture capital funding is a relationship, not a transaction, argues Nat Goldhaber Nat Goldhaber is co-founder and managing director of...

The Definitive Guide to MENA Venture Capital

Veeceepreneur: an entrepreneur that is eligible for VC funding Looking for venture capital funding? You may just want to print a copy of...

Regional

StartUp Maroc Championship

StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ...

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Regional

We need to support MENA’s ‘Silicon Wadis’

Mouayed Makhlouf is the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) director of the Middle East and North Africa region. With a staff of...

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Lebanon

Foreign investment elusive for MENA startups, says Lebanese VC

When you talk with Khaled Nasr about venture capital investments and the tech startup scene in both Silicon Valley and the Middle East...

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What advice did you receive at Mix N' Mentor Beirut? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV]

Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut brought together entrepreneurs and mentors from across Lebanon to discuss and workshop the main challenges the...

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Gaza Sky Geeks bootcamp prepares entrepreneurs to pitch to investors [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Last week, MercyCorps Gaza and Oasis500 partnered to organize their first week long bootcamp in Gaza, in collaboration with Gaza ...

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Why startups should look outside of traditional VC funding for investment [Wamda TV]

Young startups shouldn’t get stuck looking for funding only from VC’s. There’s a world of opportunity in less traditional funding sources to...

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What's dangerous about the hype in the Middle East startup ecosystem [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we chatted with Usama Fayyad, E...

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Going Global in an Emerging Market: Tips from Alexander Galitsky of Almaz Capital [Wamda TV]

Alexander Galitsky, managing partner and co-founder of leading Russian venture capital firm Almaz Capital, was one of the key speakers at...

Advice Ecosystem Innovation

A Chat with Dave McClure of 500 Startups and Geeks on a Plane in Amman [Wamda TV]

In the bus on the way back from our first Mix n Mentor event in Amman, we chatted with Dave McClure of Silicon Valley-based accelerator and...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

Amman Meets Silicon Valley's Geeks on a Plane

This Saturday, Nov 10th, Amman Tech Tuesdays is hosting an event at the Zara Expo Auditorium behind the Hyatt Amman...

Investment Mentorship Mix n Mentor

How Turkish Startups Can Expand Into the Arab World [Wamda TV]

Cem Sertoglu of Earlybird Ventures discusses how the MENA and Turkish ecosystems have changed since last year’s Webrazzi Summit. Earlybird V...

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Yamsafer Announces $1m Investment from Sadara Ventures; Interview with Founder Faris Zaher [Wamda TV]

Ramallah-based online travel site Yamsafer made waves in the MENA region yesterday, annoucing a $1 million round of investment from Sadara...

Travel

MENA PEA's Second Venture Capital in the Middle East and North Africa Report

Those looking for a quick overview of the state of the venture capital industry today in the Middle East and North Africa have a new cheat...

Investment

Launching a Communal Incubator in Amman: Gel Together [Wamda TV]

Founder Farah Ghniem and brand strategist Ayah Younis of Gel Together brought a dose of fun to the Amman Tech Tuesday anniversary event ...

Ecosystem Investment Startup Communities

What Investors Look for in a Media Company [Wamda TV]

As we get geared up for CoE E-Commerce, happening on June 3rd in Amman, we're releasing more from the archives of September's CoE Animate 1...

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How Investors Valuate Media Companies [Wamda TV]

As we get geared up for CoE E-Commerce, happening on June 3rd in Amman, we're releasing more from the archives of September's CoE Animate 1...

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