Exclusive Interview: Souq Confirms New Investment from Naspers and Tiger Global After rumors continued to circulate over the past couple of weeks, Souq.com has today confirmed that it is announcing a new round of... Nina Curley • 29 October, 2012 E-commerce Investment
Entrepreneurs of Arabia Helps Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari Founders Connect to Funding For entrepreneurs from the Gulf who aren't sure where to look for funding, Entrepreneurs of Arabia launched this year to focus exclusively... Wamda • 25 October, 2012 Ecosystem Ideas Investment
Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2012 Fashion Food & Beverage Investment
Transcending a Family Feud to Become an International Powerhouse: South Africa’s Southey [Case Study] This case study is the second part of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the globe. Founded in 1939 by... Wamda • 23 October, 2012 Aureos Investment Aureos Case Studies
Vodafone Ventures Egypt Announces Investment in Eshtery, Ogra, and GyroLabs After sponsoring and participating in the Euromoney conference in Egypt earlier this month, Vodafone Ventures Egypt has announced... Nina Curley • 21 October, 2012 Accelerators Investment Mobile
Angel Investor Aydin Senkut on Opportunities in the Middle East Market [Wamda TV] At Webrazzi, a major Turkish conference focuses on web and entrepreneurship, we chatted with Aydin Senkut, who previously worked at Google ... Nina Curley • 21 October, 2012 Advice Investment
Elie Habib of Riyada Enterprise Development at CoE E-Commerce [Wamda TV] At our June CoE E-Commerce event, Elie Habib, Lebanon Country Manager for Riyada Enterprise Development, discusses the biggest pitfalls for ... Wamda • 21 October, 2012 Advice COE CoE E-Commerce
The Hot Top Models of E-Commerce, CoE E-Commerce: Part 4 [Wamda TV] In Part 4 of our panel on the Hot Top Models of E-Commerce at our June CoE E-Commerce event, moderator Nina Curley, Editor In Chief of Wa... Wamda • 19 October, 2012 COE CoE E-Commerce Conferences
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 14-18 This week, our Weekly Wrap-Up features posts ripe in e-commerce information. Learn from others' experience is an especially sound piece of... Wamda • 18 October, 2012 Angel Investment Animation Arabic Content
SILA Angel Investment Network Launches to Boost Entrepreneurs in Qatar Silatech, a social initiative based in Qatar, has announced the launch of a new angel investment network, designed to open new avenues of... Nina Curley • 15 October, 2012 Angel Investment Ecosystem Investment
10 Ways to Improve Your Chance of Being Incubated Hans Christensen has worked to help entrepreneurs throughout the MENA region launch business, in his role as the director of Silicon Oasis... Hans Henrik Christensen • 09 October, 2012 Accelerators Investment Pitching
Why It Only Takes One Billion Dollar Company to Build an Ecosystem Fred Wilson (the most famous VC in the world) wrote last May about the Darwinian Evolution of Startup Hubs: "If you study Silicon... Abdullah Alshalabi • 09 October, 2012 Ecosystem Investment
Rocket Tackles Africa: Jumia, Zando Announce Investment from J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan is continuing its trend of investing in Rocket Internet clones, today announcing investment in Jumia, Rocket's Amazon-style... Nina Curley • 10 October, 2012 Investment Rocket Internet Jumia
5 Tips for Success in Egypt and MENA, from a Self-Made Innovator Redg Snodgrass is an uncommon name for an out of the ordinary serial entrepreneur, or “funtrepreneur”, as he likes to call him... Omar Aysha • 07 October, 2012 Angel Investment Ecosystem Egypt
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 5 [Wamda TV] In the final segment of the second panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, moderator... Wamda • 23 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 4 [Wamda TV] In the fourth panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, moderator Chris Schroeder, who... Wamda • 21 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 3 [Wamda TV] The third panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, moderator Chris Schroeder interviews ... Wamda • 20 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 1 [Wamda TV] In the first segment of the second panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, Chris... Nina Curley • 09 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
Investing in E-Commerce: Part 2 [Wamda TV] In the second segment of the second panel at our June event CoE E-Commerce, Show Me The Money, Part 2: Investing in E-Commerce, moderator... Wamda • 18 September, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce Investment
Yemeksepeti to Enter MENA Region After $44M Investment from General Atlantic As Webrazzi reported today, Yemeksepeti, a leading Turkish food ordering site, has announced a US $44 million round of funding from New... Nina Curley • 17 September, 2012 Food & Beverage Investment
Can Saving a Few Dollars Make Society More Stable? Cashy.me Launches UAE Saves Week Can saving a few dollars a day build a more stable society? Nima Abu Wardeh of Cashy.me thinks so. But when she first came up with the idea... Nina Curley • 25 September, 2012 Digital Media Investment
Is Equity Crowdfunding a Viable Model in MENA? A Look at Eureeca As the Arab world warms up to the concept of crowdfunding, where individuals pool their resources to donate to others’ entrepreneurial i... Rania Habib • 11 September, 2012 Crowdfunding Investment
Namshi Raises $20m Round from JP Morgan, Blakeney Management Christmas is coming early this year to several of Rocket Internet's clones. The latest in a slew of investments by J.P. Morgan, Namshi, the... Nina Curley • 26 September, 2012 Rocket Internet Investment E-commerce
Analyzing Interest in MENA Investments: Pamir Gelenbe of Hummingbird Ventures [Wamda TV] Pamir Gelenbe, a partner at Hummingbird Ventures, discusses the challenges facing new startups in MENA and gives his take on the... Wamda • 13 September, 2012 Investment