Regional Angel investor Ranwa Halasa calls for bolder investors and savvier entrepreneurs This article is part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional... Reine Farhat • 13 May, 2014 Mistakes Tips Advice
In Tunisia, entrepreneurs are taking control In the absence of local blogs, press coverage, groups or associations of web entrepreneurs, and, until recently, a coworking space, the... Aline Mayard • 14 May, 2014 tunisia
Regional How to raise $18M in the Middle East? 5 tips from MarkaVIP founder Ahmed Alkhatib How do you raise $18 million USD in the Middle East? It’s not easy. Last week I sat down with Ahmed Alkhatib, the man behind the... Robert Carroll • 06 April, 2014 MarkaVIP
Tunisia's first Entrepreneurship Fair: 3 challenges for 2014 The many challenges facing entrepreneurs in Tunisia did not prevent Tunisians from turning out in droves to the very... Charles Dusart • 16 March, 2014
Meet PinchPoint, the 7 month-old Palestinian gaming startup that just got funding from Sadara Ventures “I remember when Apple released its first SDK [software development kit]. I made my first game there,” recalls Khaled Abu Alkheir, CE... Eric Reidy • 27 February, 2014 pinchpoint ramallah palestine
Dealmakers' Weekend: a benchmark for Jordanian entrepreneurship Dealmaking was the name of the game on Saturday and Sunday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman as an impressive list of investors... Hayden Pirkle • 18 February, 2014 Venture Capital Investment Oasis500
Another Turkish Venture Capital fund looks to enter the Middle East As a result of the country’s bruised economy, Turkish startups are struggling, just one year after The Economist anointed t... Maya Rahal • 10 February, 2014 Venture Capital
Enigma announces $4.5 million USD Series A investment round It seems like nothing can stop Moroccan entrepreneur Hicham Oudghiri and his big data startup Enigma. After getting tweeted by... Aline Mayard • 30 January, 2014 morocco big data
Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round... Wamda • 30 January, 2014 fundraising Series A Qordoba
U.A.E Souqalmal.com secures $1.2M from Hummingbird to expand content, mobile site Souqalmal.com, the Dubai-based financial comparison site led by Ambareen Musa, is set for a quantum leap, after securing $1.2 million... Nina Curley • 16 January, 2014 Souqalmal.com Investment
DealMakers' Weekend For investment-ready companies in the information and communications technology sector looking for investors, and high-level angel... Wamda • 09 January, 2014 ict Jordan
Kuwaiti startup Fishfishme secures $200K from angel investors to expand globally Fishfishme, the online platform to book fishing charter boats, has announced a seed funding round of US $200,000 from several angel... Nina Curley • 06 January, 2014 FishFishMe
Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 07 January, 2014 Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship
Rocket Internet and MTN to boost digital startups in the Middle East with 300 million euro fund While the past two years have seen e-commerce companies in the Middle East secure the majority of funding invested in startups, primarily... Nina Curley • 21 December, 2013 Rocket Internet
Jordanian custom photo album service eyes Gulf Facebook users, B2B expansion There’s got to be a story behind a company by the name of Cheezu. “I was watching a Japanese movie,” says Tala Haddadin, Cheezu’s Jordani... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 15 December, 2013 cheezu b2c b2b
UrbanBuz announces Series A round of investment for its customized loyalty program Most of the time, when customers become loyal to a business, it’s not because they’ve been offered benefits via a loyalty card or shown up... Nina Curley • 10 December, 2013 Series A Loyalty Programs
Global littleBits, led by a Lebanese founder, releases Synth Kit, secures $11.1M investment Lebanese entrepreneur and maker Ayah Bdeir’s startup littleBits, which has been hailed as the LEGO of electronics, has just released its n... Glen Dalakian II • 02 December, 2013 Electronics Hardware littlebits
Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia? Update 01/03/2014: This article has been edited to take into account new informations. Startup investment in Tunisia is often... Aline Mayard • 03 December, 2013 tunisia VC Incubator
Europe's Web Summit 2013: Impressions from North African startups When I received a press invitation to one of Europe’s hottest tech conferences, Web Summit, I jumped at the opportunity to check it o... Omar Aysha • 13 November, 2013 Conferences
Celebrities suit up with online tailoring from Dubai “We’re effectively ‘stealing’ from the Brooks Brothers and Jos. A. Banks of the world,” says Tarig El Sheikh, cofounder of bespoke online s... Glen Dalakian II • 12 November, 2013 Retail Online retail E-commerce
Wamda’s new Pitch N’ Mentor heads to Cairo Alongside the Rise Up Egypt event coming to Cairo on November 24th, Wamda's Pitch N' Mentor will take place as the region's first of its k... Wamda • 10 November, 2013 Pitching
What it takes to build a billion dollar tech company, and what it means for startups in the Arab world Yesterday, Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures took an honest look at what it takes to build a billion dollar company in Silicon... Nina Curley • 04 November, 2013 Investment Trends
5 trends driving VC investment in the Arab world [Report] Venture capital in the Middle East and North Africa is on the rise, according to the latest MENA Private Equity Association report. The... Glen Dalakian II • 06 November, 2013 Venture Capital Investment
MENA PEA Venture Capital in the Middle East and North Africa 2013 [Report] The MENA Private Equity Association recently released their Third Venture Capital in the Middle East & North Africa Report, 2013 Update... Wamda • 06 November, 2013 Venture Capital Report Investment