Regional The one mistake that costs Mena startups funding and 10 ways to fix it Olena Petrosyuk and Igor Shaversky are co-founders of Waveup, an advisory firm for startups The second quarter of 2023 was probably the... Thought Leadership • 21 August, 2023 pitch deck
Regional How will the failure of SVB impact Mena's startup ecosystem? The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the world's biggest startup lenders has been nothing short of a disaster for the... Dunya Hassanein • 16 March, 2023 SVB
Global An essential guide to SAFEs A critical part of any startup’s journey is fundraising. This can be particularly challenging in the very early days of building your... Thought Leadership • 08 December, 2022 Clara
Saudi Arabia erad raises $2.4 million pre-Seed round Saudi Arabia-based fintech erad, has raised a $2.4 million pre-Seed funding round, backed by UAE-based Nuwa Capital and VentureSouq, as... News • 19 September, 2022 erad Nuwa capital VentureSouq
U.A.E Verity: Driving financial access for the region's children It was during one of his evening jogs that Kamal Al-Samarrai wondered why he found himself in a position of financial difficulty. At the... Triska Hamid • 19 September, 2022 Verity app financial literacy Open banking
Global Traditional family offices emerge as unlikely venture capitalists By Miles Kruppa Few people would guess that Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers football team, is an early investor in dozens of... Financial Times • 22 May, 2022 family offices
Saudi Arabia Saudi discount platform Remmsh raises funding from Nama Ventures Saudi Arabia-based discount code platform Remmsh, has raised pre-Seed funding from Nama Ventures. The amount raised was not... News • 29 April, 2022 Nama Ventures
U.A.E Lune Technologies receives $68,000 investment from Sandooq Al Watan UAE-based financial analysis app Lune, has raised a $68,000 investment from Sandooq Al Watan to accelerate its growth. Founded in 2020... News • 14 April, 2022 Lune Technologies Sandooq Al Watan Financial Analysis
Global Advice for startups: Key accounting KPIs to monitor Rayhan Aleem is the founder and managing partner at Alpha Pro Partners Running a small business means juggling many different things on... Thought Leadership • 27 April, 2021 accounting
Regional Why we need to consider the financial inclusion of children The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines financial literacy or financial capability as a combination of... Dina Alnabulsi • 04 March, 2021 financial inclusion
Saudi Arabia VoM secures $670,000 pre-Seed round Saudi Arabia-based cloud accounting and e-invoicing platform VoM has closed a pre-Seed investment round of SAR2.5 million ($670,000). The... News • 18 February, 2021 Investment VoM Financial management
Regional Clara launches Mena Series A Term Sheet to streamline funding rounds Clara, the legaltech startup founded in the UAE and part of Wamda’s portfolio of partner companies has launched the Mena Series A... News • 08 December, 2020 Clara term sheet term sheets
Regional The rise of contactless payments In a part of the world more comfortable with cash on delivery (COD) rather than online or even card payments, the notion of contactless... Wamda • 04 May, 2020 MasterCard contactless
Regional yallacompare secures $4.25 million funding yallacompare, the UAE-based insurance aggregator, has secured new funding of $4.25 million from Gulf Insurance Group (GIG). The investment... News • 03 May, 2020 Insurance Investment yallacompare
Regional Take employee wellbeing seriously or watch your business suffer Michael Trüschler is the co-founder and chief executive officer at FlexxPay a UAE-based financial technology company providing... Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2020 Fintech
U.A.E Venture creation, the new VC Investment across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is becoming more sophisticated. The growth in the number of venture capital (VC)... Triska Hamid • 30 January, 2020
Iraq Iraq Finance Expo: The future of financial technologies in Iraq Officially cohosted with Central Bank of Iraq, the 3rd Annual Iraq Finance Expo (IFEX) is dedicated to unlocking the latest... Wamda • 20 October, 2019
Egypt Banking for the unbanked: The growth of fintech in Egypt In Egypt, cash is king, even when it comes to salaries. Of the 100 million-strong population, the World Bank estimates that just 10-15 per... Yasmeen Nabil • 19 May, 2019 Fintech finance fawry
Regional Checking in on impact investment in Mena The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is home to increasingly developed entrepreneurship ecosystems, a growing number of venture... Jamil Wyne • 29 November, 2018 Impact impact entrepreneurship
Global 5 things you should know to be blockchain-ready Blockchain is an invaluable tool that will be a growth and productivity driver for governments and industries in the MENA region. The... Rana Freifer • 09 November, 2017 Blockchain Bitcoin Grant Niven
Global What you should know about the Liquidation Preference This article is a crosspost from SME Law. The Liquidation Preference term is frequently used in fundraising rounds. It is a major... Samy Elsheikh • 07 November, 2017 SME Law Legal preferred shares
Global Genesis of a cryptoeconomy [Opinion] This article does not cover any of the technical aspects of the blockchain or cryptocurrencies. The objective of this introductory article... Fares Ghandour • 25 September, 2017 Bitcoin Blockchain cryptocurrency
Kuwait How do you price your product This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The price of a product can either make it popular or undesired. When pricing, there are a... Reine Farhat • 14 August, 2017 Pricing kuwait Product valuation
Tunisia What I know about building a solid team: Khaled Helioui Khaled Helioui left his job as CEO of the German video game company Bigpoint last May. He had joined the company at the age of 29 years... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2017 management profitability growth