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Palestine

Peleset Angels launches to back Palestinian Startups

A network of Palestinian and diaspora angel investors have come together to launch Peleset Angels, an early-stage angel investment...

Peleset Angels Angel Investment

Regional

Why I launched the 2022 Female Angels Movement

It was late 2021, and I had just come off a panel at GITEX where we had discussed, at length, the struggles women face when fundraising....

Angel Investment 2022 Female Angels

Jordan

BeyondCapital’s Angel Network invests in Wafii, Palmear and Bith TV

Jordan-based BeyondCapital has invested in three Jordanian startups; Wafii, a loyalty and payments platform where users earn...

Angel Investment

Saudi Arabia

Garage raises $600,000 to fuel expansion

Saudi Arabia-based Garage has raised $600,000 (SAR 2.25 million) from a group of local angel investors. This brings the company's...

Garage app automotive Angel Investment

Jordan

Engagesoft raises pre-Seed investment

Jordan-based employee engagement and retention SaaS platform Engagesoft, has raised a six-figure pre-Seed round from a group of angel...

Angel Investment Engagesoft

Regional

Rise of angels: More money or more inexperienced investors?

Angels are coming forth in the Middle East, more ready than ever to start investing in startups. Over the past year, several new angel...

Angel Investment

Saudi Arabia

NearPay raises $600,000 pre-seed

Saudi Arabia-based financial technology (fintech) startup NearPay, has raised a $600,000 (SAR 2.2 million) pre-seed round, led by Saudi...

NearPay Angel Investment Fintech

U.A.E

Sharjah Angel Investors Network launches

The Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) has launched the Sharjah Angel Investors Network (SAIN). The announcement...

SRTI Park SAIN Angel Investment

Egypt

CliniDo raises seed funding

Egyptian healthtech startup CliniDo, has raised a six-figure seed funding round from angel investors. Founded in January 2020 by...

healthtech CliniDo Angel Investment

Pakistan

Mena-based angel investors invest in Pakistan's Conatural

Source: Profit Magazine Pakistan’s natural and organic skin and hair care brand, Conatural, has raised $825,000 in a Pre-Series A...

Beauty startups Angel Investment Conatural

Iraq

The angel network looking to support Iraq's startup ecosystem

Early-stage funding has long remained an issue facing startups in the Middle East. The pandemic has further exacerbated the issue with some...

KAPITA Angel Investment

Egypt

Hydro Farms raises fresh funds

Source: WAYA With roots in the Egyptian hydroponic farming sector since 2012, Hydro Farms is one of the first to implement...

Hydro Farming Angel Investment hydroponic planting

Egypt

Alex Angels: Egypt's latest angel network

Fewer than 6 per cent of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raise investment from angel investors according...

Alex Angels Angel Investment

Regional

The angel network looking for halal opportunities

Muslims concluded the celebration of Eid Al Fitr this week, marking the end of Ramadan in lockdown. During this time, 64 per cent of UAE...

Islamic economy Angel Investment

Regional

World’s first Halal Angels Network aims to tap $5 trillion

Source: Trade Arabia The World’s First Halal Angels Network was launched to promote Innovation, entrepreneurship & startups to...

Angel Investment India GCC

U.A.E

Adventure2Venture kickstarts investor-entrepreneur retreats [Know your VC]

“I am not very happy about how some investors treat startups and are somehow unfair to entrepreneurs.” This is how Rami AlKarmi...

Angel Investment Adventure2Venture Dubai

Egypt

IFC invests in Algebra Ventures, Flat6labs Cairo funds

New Egyptian venture fund Algebra Ventures has announced the first closing at $40 million. The fund, first announced in June, plans to...

Algebra Ventures Egypt SysDsoft

Saudi Arabia

Moving from oil to knowledge: the angel network with a helping hand

You’ll have heard about Careem’s acquisition of Enwani, the Saudi home delivery service and how it started. But you...

Saudi Arabia ksa Sirb

Regional

Startup Watch: glass ceilings, Gods and Men, and death to the MVP

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch MOBAltyics falafel games

Egypt

A list of Egyptian startup investors

We have compiled a list of 16 different investors to whom Egyptian entrepreneurs can pitch their product. Since 2015, a number of...

Egypt A15 Sawari Ventures

Lebanon

Brate raises $400K in seed funding

Lebanese startup Brate announced yesterday that it raised $400,000 in seed funding from a New York based angel...

brate Seed funding investement

Regional

Are angel investors born or made? [Opinion]

Angel investors are in short supply in MENA. How do we 'grow' more? (Image via LabsofLatvia) There is no longer a question as to whether...

VentureSouq Opinion Venture Capital

Regional

Angel investment vs institutional investment [Wamda TV]

During Wamda’s last Mix N’Mentor in Cairo, we met up with Lana Alamat, partner and general counsel at Wamda Capital, for a chat about the i...

Lana Alamat Institutional Investment insights

Regional

MENA's year in investing [Infographic]

The money pool for startups in MENA is growing, but slowly. (Image via Near Shore Americas) Funding is the entrepreneur's...

VC investment Womena MENA

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