4 lessons for investing in Africa from Kenya's Savannah Fund A startup funding gap between early stage/angel and VC investments is starting to be filled by one of Kenya’s leading seed capital f... Jonathan Kalan • 22 July, 2013 Venture Capital East Africa Tips
Palestine gets its first seed fund, supported by MENA Apps and USAID The startup scene in Palestine has been slow to build over the past few years, led by initiatives like Bazinga and grassroots... Nina Curley • 03 July, 2013 Seed stage Incubator Accelerators
LBA Pitching and Co-Working 961 Launch Events in Beirut On July 2, new space Co-Working 961 is launching in Beirut alongside the LBA Pitching Event, which will bring together the Lebanese Angel... Wamda • 01 July, 2013 Coworking Spaces Angel Investment
It's not about the money: why isn't there more startup investment in emerging markets? Cross-posted and adapted from the original version published on Techies.pk on March 20, 2013. There is no doubt that the... Khurram Zafar • 25 June, 2013 Venture Capital Angel Investment Investment
Oasis500 Angel Event at Arabnet Dubai As part of the Arabnet Digital Summit in Dubai, Oasis500 will be featuring pitches from 5 startups who have already received seed... Wamda • 18 June, 2013 Pitching Arabnet Angel Investment
Angel network offers Dubai’s first speed funding event for new startups Originally inspired by the famous BBC TV show Dragons’ Den, where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas in front of famous British investors, g... Abdullah Alshalabi • 26 May, 2013 Angel Investment
The Next, and Overlooked, VC Opportunity: The Middle East This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review on April 17, 2013. Venture capital is ignoring the Middle East for all... Christopher Schroeder • 25 April, 2013 Ecosystem Angel Investment Investment
How to pitch in 12 minutes: Tips from Omar Sati of Dash Ventures As an Endeavor Jordan Venture Corp member, I was asked by the team to share some insights and provide tips to startup founders pitching... Omar Sati • 26 March, 2013 Pitching Advice Angel Investment
Oasis500, Wamda, and ArabNet Angel Investor Event This event will be held in collaboration with Solidere - join us at Cloud5 for a round of pitches!This week and as part of ArabNet Beirut,... Wamda • 18 March, 2013 Pitching Arabnet Angel Investment
Egypt How to Invest in Egypt: Tamkeen Takes a Holistic View There are quite a few people in the Egyptian investment community who talk without delivering results; not so... Omar Aysha • 06 March, 2013 Financial management Business Development Expansion
Egypt's Startup Reactor Powers Up its First Acceleration Cycle The Innoventures’ Startup Reactor (SR) accelerator launched recently, with a pitching session at the luxury Kempinski hotel by the Nile. O... Omar Aysha • 19 December, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem
Egypt's Angels Get Serious: Behind the Scenes at a Cairo Angels Pitch Event The Cairo Angels (CA) business angel group has been going for about a year now, and I was happy to attend their latest regular pitch... Omar Aysha • 17 December, 2012 Angel Investment Egypt
The Story of Kauffman Foundation's Support for Entrepreneurship: A Chat with Thom Ruhe In the Middle East, we’ve all heard the arguments for entrepreneurship’s economic impact, especially its potential to alleviate rising une... Nina Curley • 06 December, 2012 Angel Investment Ecosystem Education
Weekly Wrap-Up: November 25-29 This week's posts were especially rich in legal advice whether it comes to setting up your business in Lebanon, or what it takes to boost... Wamda • 29 November, 2012 Advice Angel Investment Arabic Content
Tenmou Gathers and Trains Arab and European Angel Investors in Bahrain Tenmou, Bahrain's first business angels company, is quickly establishing itself as a leading player in Bahrain's entrepreneurship scene, as... Leena AlOlaimy • 25 November, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content
Tenmou's Second MENA Angel Investors Forum The Second MENA Angel Investors Forum, hosted by Tenmou in association with Punchline Media, will be held in Bahrain on November 21-22, 2... Wamda • 19 November, 2012 Angel Investment Conferences
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 21-25 In all of our articles about startups, it is obvious that mentorship (and finding the right mentors) is at the core of a successful... Wamda • 25 October, 2012 Angel Investment CoE Cards 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
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
SeedStartup's First Demo Day Reveals Global Products There was a stark sartorial contrast between investors in suits and the more casually-clad entrepreneurs at the Make Business Hub last week... Rania Habib • 04 October, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment
Egyptian Social Gaming Startup FunWave Delivers Football Fun Egypt is full of football fanatics, and the region is as well. So it made perfect sense that Egyptian social games start-up FunWave’s ... Omar Aysha • 16 September, 2012 Accelerators Angel Investment Egypt
The Cairo Angels Are Looking For a Few Good Startups The Cairo Angels are here. No, it’s not a local remake of Charlie’s Angels (can you imagine), but a group of business angels based in Cairo ... Omar Aysha • 09 September, 2012 Angel Investment Investment
15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to... Omar Aysha • 14 May, 2012 Angel Investment Investment Negotiation