Egypt Fawry to IPO within next few weeks at a valuation up to $330 million Source: Menabytes Fawry, the leading Egyptian electronic payments company will go public within the next few weeks by listing its shares... News • 10 July, 2019 ecommerce MENA exchange
Egypt Angel Oasis 2019 The Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN) is launching its 2nd edition of their annual conference, Angel Oasis 2019,... Wamda • 04 July, 2019
Egypt In conversation with Amr El Sawy of Buseet As the Middle East's most populous city with an insufficient public transportation system and rising fares, Cairo leaves millions... Yasmeen Nabil • 02 July, 2019 Transport cairo
Egypt WideBot closes pre-Series A round Source: Menabytes Cairo-based Arabic chatbot building platform WideBot has raised six-figure (USD) Pre-Series A investment, the startups... News • 30 June, 2019 widebot Artificial intelligence chatbot
Egypt Elmenus secures investment from Foodora’s co-founder Egypt-based food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus announced that it has secured investment from Julian Dames, co-founder of Foo... Yasmeen Nabil • 26 June, 2019 food Discovery menu
Egypt Swvl raises $42 million to expand to Africa Source: Bloomberg Swvl, an Egyptian app for booking buses, has raised $42 million as it looks to expand into other parts of... News • 20 June, 2019 Booking buses online
Egypt Cairo-based Eksab raises seed funding Source: Enterprise Egyptian sports startup Eksab has raised a six-figure seed investment from 500 Startups and plans to use the... News • 17 June, 2019 E-sports Investment seed-fund
Egypt Cairo-based Orcas raises $500,000 Pre-Series A Source: MenaBytes Orcas, a Cairo-based online marketplace for babysitters and tutors has raised $500,000 in Pre-Series A funding round... News • 12 June, 2019 Investment pre-Series A babysitters
Egypt In conversation with Amir Allam of elmenus When working as a technology consultant, Amir Allam realised the frustration he had with finding up-to-date restaurant menus and pictures... Yasmeen Nabil • 11 June, 2019 ElMenus food tech Egypt
Egypt Egypt’s Mintrics is raising a $500k funding round earmarked for US expansion Source: VentureBurn Egyptian social video analytics platform Mintrics is currently busy closing a $500 000 investment fund and... News • 30 May, 2019 Vidéo Analytics Expansion
Egypt Cairo-based Yumamia raises $1.5 million Pre-Series A Source: MENABytes Cairo-based foodtech startup Yumamia has raised $1.5 million as its Pre-Series A, the startup announced today, saying... News • 22 May, 2019 foodtech Expansion Investment
Egypt In conversation with Ahmed Wadi of MoneyFellows In a bid to fund his wedding, Ahmed Wadi realised he’d taken out the maximum loan limit from his bank and so he came up with the idea... Yasmeen Nabil • 21 May, 2019 Fintech Flat6Labs Cairo MoneyFellows
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
Egypt Egypt's XPay raises $250,000 in pre-seed Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based fintech startup XPay has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding from two angel investors, the startup... News • 17 May, 2019 Fintech cairo
Egypt Cairo-based ArqamFC gets acquired by UK’s StatsBomb Source: MenaBytes Cairo-based sports data startup ArqamFC has been acquired by English football analytics company StatsBomb, the... News • 08 May, 2019 football Statistics acquisition
Egypt Cairo-based Odiggo raises $180,000 in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Odiggo, a Cairo-based ecommerce marketplace for auto spare parts has raised $180,000 as seed funding at the valuation... News • 07 May, 2019 spare parts cars
Egypt In conversation with Mohamed Okasha of Fawry Financial technology (fintech) has been highlighted as one of the ways to bring banking services to the masses. Across the Middle East and... Yasmeen Nabil • 30 April, 2019 Fintech fawry
Egypt In conversation with Sami Al Ahmad of Marj3 For Sami Al Ahmad, applying to study abroad and finding a scholarship was a lengthy and tedious process when the Syrian national was... Yasmeen Nabil • 16 April, 2019 syria cairo startup
Egypt MerQ closes its seed funding round Egypt-based artificial intelligence (AI) company MerQ has closed its seed financing round from Ahmed Kamal Selim, a financial investor,... News • 14 April, 2019 chatbot AI Investment
Egypt Creating a startup ecosystem in Upper Egypt Some 500 kilometres south of Cairo, entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt are attempting to emulate the capital’s thriving startup scene.... Yasmeen Nabil • 14 April, 2019 Upper Egypt starting up Ecosystem
Egypt Pivots and failures: The Wasla Browser story About nine out of every 10 startups in the Middle East fail, yet failure remains to be viewed with disdain. But with each failure comes an... Yasmeen Nabil • 11 April, 2019 Failure failures entrepreneurship
Egypt ArabyAds secures $6.5 million from Equitrust ArabyAds, a performance marketing company, has raised $6.5 million in its Series A round from investment arm of Choueiri group Equitrust,... News • 07 April, 2019 Invesmtment Funding Marketing
Egypt Uber partners up with Egypt’s peer-to-peer car sharing platform Dryve Source: Startup MGZN Egypt’s peer-to-peer car sharing platform Dryve, announces it partnership with Uber Egypt, allowing... News • 07 April, 2019 Investment car Rental
Egypt Egypt’s Brimore raises $800,000 in seed fund Source: Menabytes Cairo-based direct-selling distribution platform Brimore has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round, the startup... News • 02 April, 2019 Distribution manufacturing Investment