Egypt RiseUp Summit 2018 RiseUp Summit is a three-day, one-stop-shop, entrepreneurship marathon. Thought leaders, media mavens, tech-legends and power player... Wamda • 05 December, 2018
Egypt Egypt’s Halan raises multi-million Series A Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based Halan has raised a multi-million Series A round from international investor Battery Road Digital Holdings... News • 03 December, 2018 Series A Investment
Regional Checking in on impact investment in Mena The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is home to increasingly developed entrepreneurship ecosystems, a growing number of venture... Jamil Wyne • 29 November, 2018 Impact impact entrepreneurship
U.A.E CE-Ventures acquires stake in Transcorp CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, announced on Monday that it has acquired a... Yasmeen Nabil • 26 November, 2018 investement Logistics
U.A.E Property Finder raises $120 million Source: Reuters Private equity firm General Atlantic has led a $120 million investment and acquired a minority stake in Middle East real... News • 26 November, 2018 propertyfinder real esate private equity
U.A.E HolidayMe raises $16 million Series C Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based HolidayMe has raised $16 million Series C in a round led by China’s Gobi Partners and joined by... News • 21 November, 2018 Series C ecommerce
Regional GCC fintech startups to attract $2 billion in investments Private-funding investments in GCC-based financial technology (fintech) startups is expected to reach $2 billion in the next decade... Yasmeen Nabil • 20 November, 2018 Fintech Fintech Hive investement
U.A.E Shorooq invests in India's Impact Guru Source: MENAbytes Indian healthcare crowdfunding platform Impact Guru has raised an investment from Shorooq Investments, the Abu-Dhabi... News • 20 November, 2018 Crowdfunding abu dhabi India
Saudi Arabia TAQADAM Startup Accelerator TAQADAM is the startup accelerator launched by King Abdullah University for Science and Technology and SABB for ideas that are pushing the... Wamda • 20 November, 2018
Kenya Twiga Foods raises $10 million Twiga Foods has announced a $10 million investment led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global... News • 15 November, 2018 Twiga Foods Wamda Capital Funding
Turkey Volt Lines raises $1.28 million Volt Lines, a Turkey-based transportation service has raised $1.28 million in a pre-Series A round led by Dubai Angel Investors (DAI) which... News • 14 November, 2018 Transport Sharing Economy turkey
Egypt Africa 2018 Forum Africa 2018 is a unique business-to-business and government-to-business platform, bringing together policymakers, financiers, leading... Wamda • 14 November, 2018
Lebanon Lebanon’s Kamkalima raises $1.5 million Series A Source: MENAbytes Lebanese EdTech startup Kamkalima has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding from Beirut-based Phoenician... News • 08 November, 2018 Series A financing
Regional Uncertain global investment market creates opportunities in region The prospect of a full-blown trade war between the US and China is prompting some of the world’s investors to look for rebound... Wamda • 06 November, 2018
Yemen War and Growth: how one entrepreneur defied the odds in Yemen Starting a business is never easy, starting one in a warzone is even more difficult and raising investment for such a company seems... Wamda • 31 October, 2018 Yemen Entrepreneur
U.A.E Careem closes $200m in latest round Ride-hailing app Careem has secured $200 million from existing investors including Al Tayyar Group, Kingdom Holding and Rakuten in the... Wamda • 22 October, 2018 careem investment round
U.A.E Mumzworld closes $20m Series B round Mumzworld, the Dubai-based e-commerce shopping platform for mothers across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has closed its... Wamda • 02 October, 2018 Mumzworld ecommerce
Regional Robo-advisor Sarwa raises over $ 1.3M from regional and global investors Sarwa, a regulated automated investment advisory platform in the region, recently closed a pre-Series A of over $1.3 million. Investors... Staff writer • 03 September, 2018 fundraising
Egypt Jordan's POSRocket raises $1.5 million in a round led by Algebra Ventures POSRocket, a cloud-based POS Jordanian startup, has announced $1.5 million in a funding round led by $50 million Cairo-based venture... Staff writer • 09 July, 2018 Algebra Ventures KISP Ventures Arzan VC
Saudi Arabia Saudi accounting solution startup Qoyod closes a Seed round from Arzan VC Qoyod, an accounting cloud solution for small and medium businesses in Saudi Arabia, has recently raised an undisclosed Seed round from... Reine Farhat • 03 July, 2018 Qoyod Saudi Arabia Arzan VC
Global Chinese mobile internet company to boost its presence in the MENA region following a Series A round OneMena, a China-based mobile internet company, has recently raised a Series A financing round led by IDG Capital and Kuaishou, the latter... Rana Freifer • 04 June, 2018 Onemena china MENA
Saudi Arabia Badir-incubated Biotech startups raised $2.6M in 2017 The Saudi biotech startups incubated by Badir Biotechnology Incubator, under King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology... Staff writer • 03 June, 2018 Saudi Arabia VC funding Badir Biotechnology Incubator
Global Mobile game developer Zynga acquires Gram Games in a $250M deal Zynga Inc., a leading social game developer, announced it has acquired privately-held mobile game developer Gram Games for $250 million in... Staff writer • 31 May, 2018 Zynga Gram Games acquisition
U.A.E Workers’ safety and tracking device WakeCap raised $300K WakeCap, raised $300,000 from CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company), a construction group with projects across Middle East, Asia and... Staff writer • 30 May, 2018 uae WakeCap Investment