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Saudi Arabia

STC announces the establishment of its $500M VC fund, STV

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announced today the establishment of STV, a technology venture capital fund of $500 million. STV will have...

STC STV Saudi Arabia

Regional

Alabbar acquires large stake in MEVP

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) announced May 18 that Mohamed Alabbar, acquired a large stake in the company to create one of...

Alabbar emaar properties MEVP

Saudi Arabia

Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion]

“We do not have enough venture capital investors in Saudi”, is a common theme heard from entrepreneurs across the kingdom....

Venture Capital VC Tadawul

Global

Startup Watch: How to save your job from a robot, bringing back the cubicle, and meatless shawarma

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Supercomputers Artificial intelligence

Jordan

Communication key to soothing rocky VC-startup romance

Part of a maturing ecosystem are the growing pains that go along with it. As startups continue to pop up, so do VC funds, but like any...

Funding Investment VC

Regional

Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals...

Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment

Regional

MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to include further investments announced in December 2015] Announcing Wednesday the...

VC Venture Capital MEVP

Maghreb

Morocco’s Eiréné4Impact in the push for social entrepreneurs

Future Moroccan entrepreneurs learning about social entrepreneurship at Impact Camp. (Images via Sara Kaddaoui) This fall, school is back...

impact entrepreneurship Eiréné4Impact morocco

Lebanon

Is Lebanon a startup trap? [Opinion]

The buzz about entrepreneurship and start-ups in Lebanon has never been louder. News of increasingly available venture capital funds, bank...

funding gap seed startups

Egypt

Egypt startups attract wave of foreign VCs

Egyptian entrepreneurs are finally beginning to attract foreign investors, with jobs site Wuzzuf the latest to close a major Series A...

piton capital vostok new ventures instabug

Regional

VC Investment Workshop, Dubai

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), in partnership with Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Center (Dtec), is organizing its VC Investment...

VC Dubai Workshops

Global

The 5 people VCs and entrepreneurs should avoid becoming, at all costs

We’ve listened to mentors and entrepreneurs share the most misguided and cringeworthy personas they’ve faced in the startup world, and how t...

meme VC Venture Capital

Dubai entrepreneurs pick VC brains with these 6 questions

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Thought Leadership

STC announces the establishment of its $500M VC fund, STV

Alabbar acquires large stake in MEVP

Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion]

Startup Watch: How to save your job from a robot, bringing back the cubicle, and meatless shawarma

Communication key to soothing rocky VC-startup romance

Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

MEVP closes second round on fund at $32M

Morocco’s Eiréné4Impact in the push for social entrepreneurs

Is Lebanon a startup trap? [Opinion]

Egypt startups attract wave of foreign VCs

VC Investment Workshop, Dubai

The 5 people VCs and entrepreneurs should avoid becoming, at all costs

Dubai entrepreneurs pick VC brains with these 6 questions

Here's how Mounia Rkha walks the line between the entrepreneurship and VC worlds

Euromed Business Opportunities Roadshow in Lebanon

The future is mobile: here are the 3 things you need to build an app

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