Tunisia Dhekra Khelifi leads 216 Capital to disrupt the Tunisian startup ecosystem Over the past two and a half years, Tunisian venture capital (VC) firm 216 Capital Ventures has backed the Tunisian entrepreneurial... Thought Leadership • 14 March, 2024 Dhekra Khelifi 216 Capital Ventures
Regional Tourist VCs and their impact on emerging market ecosystems There is a rising number of foreign VCs investing in the Middle East. Of the 10 Egyptian startups that raised investment in September, four... Thought Leadership • 17 October, 2021 Egypt Investment
Global SIP debuts fund for US startups looking to scale across Mena US and Tokyo-based venture capital firm SIP Global Partners recently announced the first close of $75 million for its debut fund, targeting... Yumna Alrefaei • 28 March, 2021 Venture Capital
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)... Triska Hamid • 30 January, 2020
Regional The anatomy of an exit in the Middle East Khaled Talhouni is the managing partner at Wamda Capital Anyone active in the startup scene today seems to be pre-occupied with when and... Khaled Talhouni • 21 March, 2019 Venture Capital Exit strategies exiting
Regional 6 steps to regulate a VC fund [Opinion] As an angel investor and venture capitalist, most of us actually transact in offshore jurisdictions when making investments due to better... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 19 September, 2017 VC Regulations
Regional Battle of the finances: venture capital vs. private equity If a business is searching for a source of external funding, it can turn to various sources. Some of these sources may be vastly different,... Tala Salem • 13 August, 2017 Venture Capital private equity Funding models
Lebanon What I know about bad investments: Walid Mansour [Know your VC] In a debate in 2016 Walid Mansour was keen to shed the image of VCs as “cigar smoking fat cats”. “We have investors... Lucy Knight • 03 April, 2017 MEVP Know your VC What I Know
Regional Is regional innovation standing in the way of investments? [Know your VC] Samih Toukan, chairman of Jabbar Internet Group says that the MENA region doesn’t lack innovative ideas, but rather... Maya Rahal • 28 February, 2017 Samih Toukan MENA investments
Morocco New seed fund Outlierz launches in Morocco [Know your VC] A new Morocco-based seed fund called Outlierz is looking to provide “smart capital” for early stage Africa startups. The... Rachel Williamson • 15 February, 2017 Outlierz Hassan Haider seed fund
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... Mai Ali • 02 February, 2017 Angel Investment Adventure2Venture Dubai
Egypt On speaking terms: Egypt’s investors, entrepreneurs forging a bond [Know Your VC] The investor-entrepreneur relationship in Egypt has been something of a rollercoaster, but both say they’re finally starting to iron... Reem Fatthelbab • 16 January, 2017 investor relations A15 eventtus
Regional Learn before you sign: the 3 parts of a term sheet [Opinion] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait Perhaps the most important tool in the VC’s arsenal, especially when it comes... Mussaad M. Al-Razouki • 05 January, 2017 Know your VC Contract liquidation
U.A.E Jisr Venture Partners like to look outside MENA [Know your VC] Jisr Venture Partners founder and chairman Waleed Albanawi is making another investment into the food and beverage (F&B) space by... Elias Jabbe • 28 December, 2016 Investment jisr venture partners ReserveOut
Egypt Who's investing in Egypt now anyway? [Know your VC] Egypt’s economy is in bad shape, so who would want to invest in startups and SMEs in this current gloomy atmosphere? Tarek Fahim,... Radwa Rashad • 05 December, 2016 Know your VC Endure Capital JuiceLabs
Kuwait Arzan VC's humble beginnings [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwait’s first venture capital fund Arzan VC is not keen on missing opportunities... Reine Farhat • 08 November, 2016 Nuwait Arzan VC Lunch:On