Lebanon Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding Shhhhhhhhhh. It seems that the determination of youth in the Lebanese city of Tripoli is steadfast in the face of political and security... Lynn C • 03 September, 2014 Tripoli books Youth
Atheer Labs closes new round thanks to Lebanese diaspora connection It’s already been seven months since we announced the launch of Atheer Labs crowdfunding campaign. Back then, the Mountain V... Aline Mayard • 31 July, 2014 lebanon Diaspora
Pakistan Turning Quran memorization into a social experience Following a two-hour Skype call, it seemed clear to me that entrepreneurship runs in the blood of Bilal Memon, a young Pakistani who was... Reine Farhat • 23 July, 2014 muslim quran QURAN ACADEMY
Zain to match funds with creative Jordanian projects on Zoomaal Last week, Zain Jordan signed an agreement with Zoomaal, the region’s largest crowdfunding platform, as part o... Maya Rahal • 08 July, 2014 Hivos Zain Jordan partnerships
Qleek, the wooden hardware that reconciles vinyl and digital music, launches IndieGogo campaign As I write this, I’m listening to a playlist on Spotify, sitting across from my empty bookshelf, its sparse shelves occupied by a few CDs I... Aline Mayard • 26 May, 2014 digital content algeria Music
Halal P2P lending site Liwwa partners with e-commerce site Feesheh Liwwa, the halal crowdinvestment site launched last November in Jordan, is adding a new facet to its business model: a partnership with... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 April, 2014 halal arts crowdinvestment
Fresh off Kickstarter glory, Integreight gears up for 1Sheeld due date $85,210 USD. That’s how much funding the Egypt-based startup Integreight attracted for its award-winning product 1Sheeld during its 30-day ... Hayden Pirkle • 10 April, 2014 1sheeld arduino Hardware
U.A.E Cary! off to a rollicking start on Eureeca; signals an increasingly complex UAE used car market UPDATE: As of April 17, 2014, Cary! has met its Eureeca goal, having raised $103,400 on the crowdinvestment platform. Eureeca investors... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 March, 2014 eureeca crowdinvestment crowdinvesting
How to successfully crowdfund your next game Cross-posted from Cloud Games on February 10, 2014. Continuing its streak as the most successful crowdfunding campaign to date, upcoming... Glen Dalakian II • 20 February, 2014 zoomaal kickstarter indiegogo
Abjjad exceeded its goal on Eureeca by 30%; what's next for the Arabic reading social network? A few days ago, Abjjad became the first Arab cultural website to exceed its crowdinvestment target amount on Eureeca, the first ... Eman Mostafa • 26 February, 2014 Jordan books reading
The secret sauce for running a successful crowd investment campaign Will 2014 be the year of crowd investment? Yes, if startups like SearchinMENA have anything to say about it. The B2B marketplace, founded... Nina Curley • 16 January, 2014 crowdinvestment How-Tos
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... Wamda • 07 January, 2014 Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship
By women, for women: How two sisters are bootstrapping an online marketplace in Dubai When we last chatted with the Kanaan sisters, the founders of Ananasa.com, they were struggling with a classic problem that many... Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2013 Women E-commerce Handicrafts
7 things that entrepreneurs need to succeed, from the World Entrepreneurship Forum Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME At the World Entrepreneurship Forum last week in Dubai, leading figures came together to discuss... Nina Curley • 18 December, 2013 world entrepreneurship forum wef uae
Can SearchinMENA.com raise the funds it needs to build an Alibaba for the Middle East? [Update: Eureeca has extended SearchinMENA.com's campaign.] After three years of building SearchinMENA.com, Syrian entrepreneur Salim... Nina Curley • 28 November, 2013 SearchinMENA crowdinvestment
Egyptian fashion e-commerce startup looks to Eureeca for funding For the first time, Dubai-based equity crowdinvestment platform Eureeca is hosting a campaign launched by an... Eman Mostafa • 04 December, 2013
The Middle East gets its first peer-to-peer lending site, with Sharia compliance Looking back at the year, 2013 has clearly been the year of crowdfunding– especially in emerging markets and the Middle East. This y... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 27 November, 2013 crowdinvestment liwwa Jordan
Egyptian startup Integreight looks to crowdfund its award-winning Arduino shield In today’s unstable economic and political climate, in which Egyptian entrepreneurs struggle to achieve success, the founders of the ... Eman Mostafa • 21 November, 2013 disrupt techcrunch Integreight
4 reasons why game developers should consider crowdfunding Update: The campaign mentioned at the end of the piece is updated to show a more realistic representation of an unknown developer raising... Glen Dalakian II • 29 October, 2013 Developers Crowdfunding Mobile Gaming
Is building hardware in China the secret to crowdfunding a huge seed round? Devices are having a moment, and so is HAXLR8R. The hardware-focused startup accelerator, based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 23 October, 2013 accelerator haxlr8r china
Visualizing Palestine unites activism and entrepreneurship In 2009, Ramzi Jaber quit his job as a civil engineer in Jerusalem to organize TEDxRamallah. Upon moving to Ramallah to begin work on the... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 09 October, 2013 indiegogo palestine Crowdfunding
6 tips for successfully crowdfunding your creative project Got an idea so crazy it just might work? You’re in luck: Zoomaal, the Arab world’s only crowdfunding site, is launching its Cre... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 30 September, 2013
Shekra and Injaz Al-Arab partner to support crowdfunding with mentorship Fundraising is crucial for startups, but entrepreneurs also need knowledge and experience to realize success. That's why Shekra,... Ahmed Gabr • 06 October, 2013
Hivos Creativity Competition on Zoomaal New crowdfunding platform Zoomaal, in partnership with Hivos, has set up ‘The Hivos Creativity Competition’ to encourage Arab creativity an... Wamda • 27 September, 2013 Crowdfunding Competitions