Looking for Funding? Here's How to Get an Investor's Attention

If you’re a business owner, founder or CEO, at some point in time, you need money, be it seed capital, growth capital or expansion c...

Jose Martin • 13 February, 2013

Advice Investment

World Bank to Support Lebanese Startups with $30 Million Loan

Entrepreneurs in Lebanon now have a new reason to seek local support. Last week, the World Bank signed on a US $30 million loan to...

Maya Rahal • 17 February, 2013

Innovation Investment

A Look at Egyptian Accelerator Tahrir2's Lean Investment Model

Testing and iterating might be a good model for the leadership in Egypt lately, not just its entrepreneurs. As Egyptian protestors continue...

Nina Curley • 10 February, 2013

Accelerators Investment

Oasis500 Launches New Investment Track for Growing Companies

Oasis500, the region’s biggest startup accelerator, is now targeting growth stage companies with a new investment vehicle. Oasis500 is k...

Nina Curley • 04 February, 2013

Accelerators Investment

3 Opportunities the West Misses in the Middle East

This piece was originally published on Fortune on January 28, 2013. Those who believe linear careers are linearly predictable might think...

Christopher Schroeder • 12 February, 2013

Investment

Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Middle East’s Newest Crowdfunding Platform: Zoomaal

For entrepreneurs in the Middle East seeking investment, a new platform is launching in February to offer crowdfunding for creative...

Nina Curley • 31 January, 2013

Crowdfunding Investment

A Look at Investment and Workforce Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa [Case Study]

This is the eighth and last installment of a series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. This case study as...

Wamda • 30 January, 2013

Aureos Aureos Case Studies Financial management

7 Tips from Silicon Valley for Writing Your Demo Day Pitch

Kyle Wild, the founder of analytics company Keen IO, originally visited Jordan with the Geeks on a Place contingent that attended Wamda's...

Wamda • 27 January, 2013

Advice Investment Pitching

N2VLabs Bootcamp Demo Day

N2VLabs will be hosting a Demo Day for their Bootcamp teams (winners of the KAUST New Venture seed program round) on January 31, 2013 to...

Wamda • 23 January, 2013

Investment Pitching

Finding the Right Growth Partner: Analistas de Recursos Globales in Mexico [Case Study]

This is the seventh installment of a series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Founded in Mexico in 2001 by ...

Wamda • 16 January, 2013

Aureos Aureos Case Studies Investment

212 Capital Partners Invests in Turkish Supply Chain Design Company Solvoyo

212 Capital Partners, one of Turkey’s leading early stage venture capital funds, has announced its first investment of the year in Solvoyo, ...

Nina Curley • 10 January, 2013

Investment

Namshi Receives Investment from Summit Partners

On the heels of its $20 million investment round from J.P. Morgan and Blakeney Management this past September, Dubai-based fashion...

Nina Curley • 10 January, 2013

Rocket Internet Investment Namshi

Tips from Fadi Ghandour on Bootstrapping: MixnMentor Dubai Panel Part 8 [Wamda TV]

In the final segment of Wamda's MixnMentor Dubai event, a member of the crowd asks the panel, which includes angel investor and Aramex CEO...

Wamda • 03 January, 2013

Advice Fadi Ghandour Investment

Wellnesia to Indulge Dubai with New Spa and Beauty Hub

In the Arab world, the web has been buzzing lately with sites offering flash sales, low prices and online booking, often for restaurants,...

Maya Rahal • 09 January, 2013

Digital Marketing Ecosystem Health & Beauty

Palestinian SMS Platform Souktel Raises $1 Million from Sadara Ventures

Souktel, one of the fastest growing startups in Palestine today, is set to enter a new era with a round of $1 million in investment from...

Nina Curley • 19 December, 2012

Investment Mobile Mobile Apps

PPR Invests $13 Million in Rocket Internet to Support Namshi, Fashion Sites

Luxury group PPR has invested € 10 million (US $13 million) in Bigfoot I, the Rocket Internet holding company that controls Dubai-based r...

Nina Curley • 12 December, 2012

Rocket Internet Investment Namshi

Regional

Fadi Ghandour Announces Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Movement

In a speech today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, Fadi Ghandour, CEO of Aramex and Chairman of the Board at Wamda,...

Nina Curley • 12 December, 2012

Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour Innovation

Dubai Entrepreneurs Debate Startup Challenges at Shelter's New Entrepreneurs Roundtable

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Dubai two weeks ago, Shelter invited up-and-coming entrepreneurs to share their...

Mary Ames • 02 December, 2012

Advice Ecosystem Coworking Spaces

10 Sentences You Should NOT Include in Your Pitch to Investors in the Middle East

Every investor has seen a pitch that has made them wince. When pitching, it pays to plan to think big and plan to scale, but also to have a...

Nina Curley • 04 December, 2012

Advice Investment Pitching

Developing the Investment Industry in the Arab World: Guest Post from Middle East Venture Partners

This guest post is co-authored by Walid Hanna and Walid Mansour of Middle East Venture Partners, a Beirut-based Venture Capital...

Walid Mansour • 29 November, 2012

Ecosystem Investment

Tenmou Gathers and Trains Arab and European Angel Investors in Bahrain

Tenmou, Bahrain's first business angels company, is quickly establishing itself as a leading player in Bahrain's entrepreneurship scene, as...

Leena AlOlaimy • 25 November, 2012

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

Nabbesh Wins du's The Entrepreneur, Looks to Expand Regionally

After two months of tense competition, we now know who took home the 1 million AED cash prize after winning reality TV competition...

Nina Curley • 22 November, 2012

Competitions du Investment

Pivoting to Solar Energy: India's Hind High Vacuum Company [Case Study]

This is the fourth installment of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Launched in 1965, the ...

Wamda • 21 November, 2012

Aureos Aureos Case Studies Business Development

Can Startappz Disrupt the Mobile Space in the Arab World?

The idea of being more committed to learning than to a given product seems appropriate for the wave of young entrepreneurs entering the...

Nina Curley • 19 November, 2012

Arabic Content Investment Mobile