From Aleppo to Dubai: Syrian Entrepreneur Salim Akil [Wamda TV]

At the MIT Enterprise Forum Workshop last month, Salim Akil of searchinmena.com discusses the challenges of moving out of Syria due to the...

Nina Curley • 02 May, 2012

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT Investment

Sprowd: Crowdfunding for Startups Around the Globe

The idea is simple: if you have a great idea for a business, why should you wait for a VC to take a leap of faith to invest in you? Why not...

Fernande van Tets • 01 May, 2012

Crowdfunding Investment

MarkaVIP's $10 Million Series B Funding to Boost Logistics

Middle East flash sales sites MarkaVIP is on its way to becoming a true success story with its latest gambit to tackle the hydra that is...

Nina Curley • 26 April, 2012

E-commerce Investment

Shaping the Entrepreneurial Future of Egypt

The 2012 AUC Research Conference, held this past week at the university's New Cairo campus, was an exercise in uniting Egypt's...

Omar Aysha • 23 April, 2012

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

Seed Forum Abu Dhabi

Seed Forum Abu Dhabi‭ is taking place‬ on Wednesday the 25th of April 2012‭ ‬at the Emirates Palace‭ ‬Hotel, sponsored by The Belleau Wood G...

Wamda • 19 April, 2012

Investment

Regional

Valuation methods for SMEs in MENA [Opinion]

Valuation in the Middle East and North Africa for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a mixture of art, science, negotiations,...

Elie Habib • 04 April, 2012

Investment

Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0

“The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg...

Omar Aysha • 05 April, 2012

Angel Investment Innovation Investment

How to Understand a VC Term Sheet

Having trouble understanding the ins and outs of the investment process or curious what terms you can expect to see in a standard term...

Wamda • 03 April, 2012

Investment

Riyada Enterprise Development Acquires 50% Stake In The Entertainer

Riyada Enterprise Development (RED) has announced its intent to acquire a 50% stake in The Entertainer, a consumer services company that...

Nina Curley • 27 March, 2012

Investment

Global

Company Valuation: Is There a Formula?

Today at the 5th Annual MIT Enterprise Forum Entrepreneurship Workshop, Professor Tarek Kattaneh of the Olayan Business School at AUB...

Nina Curley • 18 March, 2012

Investment

KAUST Launches Wa'ed Ideathon, Announces Seed Fund Winners

What's new at The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)? If you're an aspiring entrepreneur, plenty: The univeristy is...

Wamda • 26 March, 2012

Competitions Investment

Negotiate Your Startup’s Success, Part One: Talking to Investors

Last week, a friend of mine was meeting with a potential investor for a new venture he was kicking off. He called me to discuss and seek...

Nadim Haddad • 12 March, 2012

Investment

Kiva, Silatech Join to Boost Loans to Young Arab Entrepreneurs

As The Next Web reported, crowdsourced microfinance platform Kiva has announced a partnership with Silatech, to support entrepreneurs...

Nina Curley • 12 March, 2012

Investment

Wamda Capital Announces Investment in Translation Platform Qordoba

Wamda Capital, the early stage funding arm of Wamda, has announced investment in crowdsourced translation platform Qordoba. Qordoba, which...

Nina Curley • 05 March, 2012

Investment

Advancing Arabic Content for Women: Maroc Numeric Fund Invests $300K in Majalatouki

The Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF) announced last week an investment of 2.6 million Moroccan dirhams (around US$ 300K) last week in Majalatouki,...

Maya Rahal • 21 February, 2012

Investment Women

Rumor: Saudi Game Platform Kammelna Acquired by Peak Games for $10 million?

Today we heard a rumor that Saudi multiplayer card gaming platform Kammelna was acquired by Turkish game developer Peak Games. The...

Nina Curley • 13 February, 2012

Gaming Investment

U.A.E

Angel Rising 2016: Investor Education Symposium

In order for a startup ecosystem to flourish, the investor base needs to mature and evolve in lock step with the entrepreneur base. Angel...

Wamda • 18 April, 2016

Angel rising lecture 2016

U.A.E

WOMENA Angel Series Workshop in Dubai

  Angel investment group WOMENA are gearing up for their second workshop about the basics of angel investment and financial projections. Th...

Wamda • 30 March, 2016

Workshop Womena investors

Oman

5th Oman Economic Forum

The fifth edition of the Oman Economic Forum which will take place on the 23rd and 24th of March at Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort &...

Wamda • 11 January, 2016

Asian economy Oman Economic Forum Muscat

Bahrain

Thinkers and Doers present Investing in Culture: Business and Social Impacts

The culture industry is booming in the Arab world, with the creation of world-level artistic infrastructures coupled with the renovation...

Wamda • 14 December, 2015

Artistic gathering Thinkers and Doers Investment

Lebanon

Foreign investment elusive for MENA startups, says Lebanese VC

When you talk with Khaled Nasr about venture capital investments and the tech startup scene in both Silicon Valley and the Middle East...

Anwar Aridi • 02 November, 2014

silicon valley Investment VC investment

Watch the Livestream of Flat6Labs' 4th Demo Day

Curious about the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to the Livestream from their Demo Day,...

Wamda • 14 January, 2013

Accelerators Angel Investment Flat6Labs

Gaza Sky Geeks bootcamp prepares entrepreneurs to pitch to investors [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Last week, MercyCorps Gaza and Oasis500 partnered to organize their first week long bootcamp in Gaza, in collaboration with Gaza ...

Mariam Hamed • 09 September, 2013

Accelerators Investment Oasis500

Why startups should look outside of traditional VC funding for investment [Wamda TV]

Young startups shouldn’t get stuck looking for funding only from VC’s. There’s a world of opportunity in less traditional funding sources to...

Wamda • 22 July, 2013

Venture Capital World Economic Forum Advice