Wamda

Regional

The future of Agritech in Mena

Wamda is hosting an online panel discussion on Wednesday, November 4th at 3:00 PM (GMT+4), ''The future of Agritech in...

Regional

New VC fund to invest $60 million in 120 Mena startups

The former managing partners of 500 Startups Mena (500 Falcons) Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider have launched a new venture capital...

Venture Capital Plus Venture Capital

Regional

Mena startups raised $10.9 million in September

Investment in startups appears to be slowing for the first time this year with just $10.9 million* raised in fresh funding in September....

investments

U.A.E

STEP Match

Step Match is a series of online networking events brought to you by Step, the organizers of Step Conference,...

Jordan

Jordan's ISSF invests in Bedaya Fund

Jordan-based ISSF (Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund) has invested in Abu Dhabi-based Shorooq Partner's Bedaya Fund. The amount of...

Shorooq Partners

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's Dh535 million Ventures Fund will be transferred to ADQ

Source: The National Abu Dhabi's state holding company ADQ is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio) to develop the...

abu dhabi ADIO

Global

NAR technologies acquired by US-based B3Bar Holdings

Beirut-based startup NAR Technologies, a portfolio company of Leap Ventures, has been acquired by US-based B3Bar. Founded by Charlie El...

Leap Ventures NAR technologies Speed accelerator

Regional

Top five investment deals in the second quarter of 2020

The top five disclosed venture capital (VC) deals in the second quarter of 2020 amounted to $244.6 million, largely down to the $150...

VC investment

U.A.E

KBW Ventures invests in TurtleTree Labs seed round

UAE-based KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, has participated in a...

KBW Ventures

U.A.E

ADQ launches Dh1.1 billion fund to invest in Asian startups

Source: The National ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies, launched a Dh1.1 billion ($300 million) venture fund to...

Masdar City abu dhabi

Regional

HOF Capital's take on investment post pandemic

HOF Capital is a global venture capital (VC) firm founded in 2016 by three Egyptian entrepreneurs, Fady Yacoub, Onsi Sawiris and Hisham...

HOF Capital Venture Capital covid-19

U.A.E

Hubpay raises seed investment

UAE-based Hubpay, a digital wallet for remittances has announced its seed round led by US venture capital firm, Signal Peak Ventures,...

Fintech financial inclusion hubpay

Egypt

Fawry’s founder launches fintech fund

Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) company Fawry has played a pivotal role in providing digital payment capabilities to businesses...

Fintech fawry

Saudi Arabia

Wamda invests in Arabic teacher training platform Aanaab

Wamda has invested in Jeddah-based Aanaab, an education technology (edtech) platform that has raised $1.5 million in its seed round. The...

Education EdTech wamda

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)...

Global

VentureSouq exits Frontier Car Group

UAE-based investment platform VentureSouq has sold its stake in German-based Frontier Car Group, an online and offline used-car...

VentureSouq Germany Exit

Regional

Top 5 VC deals in the fourth quarter of 2019

The fourth quarter 2019 top five venture capital (VC) deals that were disclosed amounted to $78.7 million, with UAE-based Trukker...

Saudi Arabia

PIF launches $1 billion fund of funds

Source: Arab News Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched a new investment vehicle aimed at boosting small and...

Public Investment Fund

Egypt

iFix raises investment from A15

Source: Ventureburn Cairo-based on-demand mobile phone repair startup iFix has raised an undisclosed investment from A15,...

investement A15

Saudi Arabia

KBW Ventures invests in US-based pet food startup

KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, son of Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin...

pets

Saudi Arabia

Why every investor should be looking at Saudi Arabia

An exponential entrepreneurial shift is underway in Saudi Arabia, and it is attracting substantial venture capital interest, says Luca...

STV Saudi Arabia Venture Capital

Regional

Wamda X applications to close 20 October

Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting applications for its...

wamda wamda x Wamda Capital

Regional

Wamda X applications deadline extended to Oct 27

Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting applications for its...

Pakistan

Ready for investment in Pakistan

Pakistan’s presence in global news is more commonly associated with tense political conflicts, the threat of nuclear war and...

pakistan entrepreneurship sme

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