Lebanon Access to funding for Lebanese startups is looking up Obviously a lot more than loose change is going to be availalbe. (Image via Lucy Knight) Things are certainly looking up for the coffer... Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2015 Berytech US Aid Lebanese Central Bank
Regional It’s not a lack of funding, it’s you [Wamda TV] To entrepreneurs, raising a first round of capital is a validation of their startup’s business model. To VCs, it’s a grace... Reine Farhat • 18 February, 2015 mix n mentor dubai Funding BECO Capital
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Maghreb What have 8 of Morocco’s support organizations for tech entrepreneurship achieved? Many startups are now getting support in Morocco either at the seed or growth stage, but support programs and organizations are too few,... Mehdi Reghai • 29 December, 2014 Support OCP Maroc Numeric Fund
Maghreb VC, angels, or pre-sells: What’s the best funding option for Maghrebi startups? [WamdaTV] (Click on cc to view subtitles in English) Aline Mayard • 18 January, 2015 Réseau Entreprendre Yunus Social Business Microsoft Innovation Center
Maghreb Morocco's CMI responds to 5 complaints from entrepreneurs Since we published the testimonial piece of Greendizer co-founder Mohamed Attahri, where he described his less than... Aline Mayard • 17 December, 2014 CMI
Regional After success in Levant Lebanese mobile banking services is ready to scale From left to right: Roy Zakka, and Khalil Daoud, NECB's General Manager Going to the bank every month is a chore many of us prefer... Maya Rahal • 10 December, 2014 ubanquity online banking finance
Regional Former Maktoob exec raises 800K to bring social TV app to MENA The Los Angeles-based, MENA-focused app Vyu has just closed an $825,000 USD round led by Jordan’s Jabbar Internet Group. The company will u... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 October, 2014
Saudi Arabia On the strength of new investment, Saudi emotion sharing app leaves for Silicon Valley The last time I spoke to Mohammed AlKadi, founder of Feelit, a social app for emotion sharing, it was January of this year.... Reine Farhat • 15 October, 2014 feelit investement Saudi Arabia
Regional The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel... Sharene Lee • 29 September, 2014 monetizing Funding
Regional Dubai's listings site Melltoo on the hunt for investors The world of classified ads has moved a long way from one having to trawl through the back sections of local newspapers looking for... Alexander Hawkes • 28 September, 2014 listings meltoo uae
Could this Tunisian connected home device challenge Google's Nest? Tunisian entrepreneurs don’t seem to run short of ambition; Chifco is just more proof (others can be f... Aline Mayard • 16 September, 2014 CONNECTED HOME Chifco connected devices
Egypt Will this be the year of Egypt's $100M deal? Confidence is rising amongst Egypt’s early-stage investors as both venture capitalists and angel investors begin to leverage the... Rachel Williamson • 09 September, 2014 ideavelopers cairo angels Egypt
Starting up, getting acquired, and shutting down: GoNabit co-founder's advice on the entrepreneurial journey In a startup ecosystem as young as the Arab region’s, there are only a few founders that have completed the full entrepreneurship cycle, f... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 September, 2014 livingsocial gonabit
Get in the Ring Competition Get in the Ring is an international investment battle where entrepreneurs face off to secure an investment of up to €1,000,000. The battle ... Wamda • 15 August, 2014 Investment Funding competition
Entrepreneurship isn't free - here's why This article has been cross-posted with Quartz. There is good news and bad news about entrepreneurship. The good news is that there is... Daniel Isenberg • 05 August, 2014 money entrepreneurship Funding
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
Moroccan private fund offers alternative to government funding It is not unusual to hear Moroccan entrepreneurs complain about the lack of funds available for investment in their country, as well as... Aline Mayard • 02 July, 2014 Iwi Venture Capital Angel Investment
Oasis500 launches new fund to kickstart Jordan's creative scene Last week’s gathering of 20 Jordanian artists marks what may be an important first step towards investment funding for the country’s art... Estee Ward • 30 June, 2014 creative arts Jordan
In Tunisia, entrepreneurs are taking control In the absence of local blogs, press coverage, groups or associations of web entrepreneurs, and, until recently, a coworking space, the... Aline Mayard • 14 May, 2014 tunisia
NGO Nahdet El Mahrousa teams up with Barclays Bank Egypt to fight unemployment After three years of political turmoil, the economy of Egypt is suffering from a lack of stability that was translated into a remarkable... Eman Mostafa • 29 April, 2014 competition Egypt
Yamsafer tackles region's payment challenge with cardless bookings Faris Zaher, CEO and co-founder of hotel bookings site Yamsafer, thinks his team may have come up with a solution to the region’s payment r... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 07 April, 2014 yamsafer payment solutions cardless bookings
Oasis500 launches Omraan, a funding competition for startups working to solve urban problems As it intensifies its effort to spread entrepreneurial culture in the region, Jordanian tech-focused incubator Oasis500 launches its first... Maya Rahal • 07 April, 2014 Competitions
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