Jordan MXD raises $1M to launch 3D printing tool for the masses “This year, 3D printing will be going mainstream in the U.S. and Europe, and we hope to become one of the big fish and set standards in the ... Maya Rahal • 16 April, 2014 3d printer 3D Investment
Regional What your ideal term-sheet should look like As promised, in this post I will focus on the term-sheet. First let’s get some definitions straight. A term-sheet is the document that n... Abdullah Alshalabi • 09 April, 2014 seed investment term-sheet Investment
Cairo Ashoka event seeks to empower communication between female social entrepreneurs and media Women are playing an increasing role in helping to solve the growing social problems in the Arab world due to successive... Eman Mostafa • 02 April, 2014 Media Investment Social Entrepreneurship
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
4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,... Abdullah Alshalabi • 11 February, 2014 Angel Investment Investment
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
Startup news ticker: PricePanda secures 3 million dollars from Tengelmann Group 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 • 27 January, 2014 ticker Rocket Internet Investment
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
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
Global Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest? There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to... Reine Farhat • 27 October, 2013 Funding Social Networks Marketing
iMENA invests $7 million in Rocket Internet's ‘Easy Taxi’; here's how it plans to compete in Saudi Arabia Jordan-based regional investment firm iMENA announced today that it has invested $7 million in Rocket Internet's Easy Taxi,... Nina Curley • 23 October, 2013 Scaling Rocket Internet Investment
Startup news ticker: TA Telecom wins Mobile Merit Awards and Google acquires Bump 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 • 18 September, 2013 news Facebook Investment
iMENA invests $8m in HelloFood; why it is and isn't like Rocket Internet iMENA Holdings made headlines yesterday with the news that it invested US $8 million in HelloFood, Rocket’s online food ordering platform ... Nina Curley • 10 September, 2013 Scaling Rocket Internet Investment
Startup news ticker: Google partners with edX; Apple releases iOS 7 Golden Master; Globe Express Services expands in Turkey; 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 • 11 September, 2013 news Investment
Startup funding: How to fuel your car [Infographic] This past week, our Wamda Community member Osama Natto designed and posted his own infographic on his own profile, using the metaphor of a... Wamda • 09 September, 2013 Funding Scaling Advice
Digital agency Intigral launches new incubator to help startups reach the Saudi market Ready for a new incubator? Dubai-based digital media company Intigral launched one today, to support startups building digital products... Nina Curley • 04 September, 2013 STC Incubator Saudi Arabia
What entrepreneurs learned at Oasis500's Beirut bootcamp As part of their regional expansion, Oasis500, the region’s biggest startup accelerator, held its second bootcamp outside A... Maya Rahal • 03 September, 2013 Incubator Investment Oasis500
Lebanon What the Central Bank of Lebanon's new investment policy means for startups Around 10 days ago, the Central Bank of Lebanon (the Banque du Liban) released an announcement that it had instituted a new policy to... Maya Rahal • 03 September, 2013 Banks Government Investment
How the Arab startup ecosystem grew in 2012 [Videographic] In the past year, the startup ecosystem in the Arab region took a leap forward, with several new launches, a few major acquisitions, and a ... Maya Rahal • 29 August, 2013 Acquisitions Investment
Moroccan entrepreneurs vent about lack of early stage investment (what really happened to MNF) Can early stage startups still find funding in Morocco? Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF), the country's only major institutional early... Aline Mayard • 19 August, 2013 Government Investment MNF
Edfa3ly secures Series A investment from Tamkeen Capital, plans regional expansion Living in Egypt is hard. Even having a high disposable income brings its own difficulties because you see a plethora of enticing products... Omar Aysha • 12 August, 2013 Series A Investment Logistics
How a business plan can help win investors, tips from the Mini Entrepreneur [Wamda TV] Sometimes entrepreneurs tend to keep their ideas to themselves and start creating their businesses on their own. But at some point, many... Wamda • 08 August, 2013 Mini Entrepreneur Angel Investment Investment