Regional She Entrepreneurs 2016 applications open She Entrepreneurs is a leadership program for young emerging women social entrepreneurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden. The... Wamda • 17 September, 2015 Arab women Sweden SheEntrepreneur
Regional Beco Capital's tech investment 'periodic table' Tech investment firm Beco Capital have concluded that over the last 12 months the VC investment activity within the Middle East... Lucy Knight • 21 September, 2015 investing BECO Capital Venture Capital
Lebanon What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s... Lucy Knight • 10 September, 2015 Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners
Lebanon Is Lebanon a startup trap? [Opinion] The buzz about entrepreneurship and start-ups in Lebanon has never been louder. News of increasingly available venture capital funds, bank... Johnny Matta • 27 August, 2015 funding gap seed startups
Jordan Oasis500 teaches Jordan's entrepreneurs to hustle for cash Launching a successful tech startup takes more than just a good idea and dedication. This is what Nidal Qanadilo, a coaching... Samuel Wendel • 26 August, 2015 tech startup Pitch Hardware
Lebanon What I know about Circular 331: Marianne Hoayek Marianne Hoayek at BDL Accelerate in November 2014. (Image via BDL) Lebanon’s Central Bank first announced that it would be taking special ... Lucy Knight • 23 August, 2015 Le Wagon UK Lebanon Tech Hub Leap Ventures
Iran 3 ways to accelerate and incubate in Iran The Iran startup scene has gone through a quiet, yet powerful, transformation over the past year. Despite slow internet, failing... Aline Mayard • 16 July, 2015 dmond AvaTech incubators
Jordan ZINC and DSOA partnership creates new opportunities for Jordanian startups Exploring new marketing opportunities has always been an objective for many Jordanian entrepreneurs. In an attempt to help those wanting to... Elsy Melkonian • 07 June, 2015 zinc incubator DSOA Zain Jordan
Bahrain MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 in Bahrain Bahrain’s second MENA Angel Investors Summit 2015 will take place on May 11th to bolster the investment ecosystem and endorse... Wamda • 11 May, 2015 events Bahrain
Iran 10 digital startups debut at a demo day first in Tehran Witnesses to the next big startups out of Tehran? [Images via AvaTech]. Since launching in 2014 the Tehran-based accelerator AvaTech... Lucy Knight • 15 April, 2015 Tehran AvaTech iran
Lebanon USAID launches MENA-II in Lebanon amidst growing landscape of support Last week, representatives of USAID, the Berytech Foundation (a Lebanese incubator and VC fund), and the United States... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 08 April, 2015 im capital Circular 331 Berytech
Regional Womena, solving the gender imbalance of the region’s angel investors “We do not want a mentality of men versus women, but rather a comprehensive mentality for knowledge sharing between the two genders i... Pamela Kesrouani • 02 April, 2015 Womena MENA Angel Investment
Kuwait Physical gets digital for self storage with Kuwait's BoxIt For decades now, self-storage in America has been big business. Fuelled by that all-American accumulative consumerist instinct, by 2009... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 March, 2015 sirdab lab self-storage storage
Bahrain The startup shrink: Tenmou's Hasan Haider Back in 2009 when Netflix was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers, Hasan Haider, a... Lucy Knight • 01 February, 2015 investors Bahrain Tenmou
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Bahrain Bahrain's answer to OpenTable announces $300,000 second investment round Bahrain’s newest table reservation application, eatapp.co, has just announced a second funding round, totaling $300,000. The r... Lucy Knight • 21 January, 2015 reservations investment round f&b
Maghreb VC, angels, or pre-sells: What’s the best funding option for Maghrebi startups? [WamdaTV] (Click on cc to view subtitles in English) Aline Mayard • 18 January, 2015 Réseau Entreprendre Yunus Social Business Microsoft Innovation Center
Bahrain Bahrain's funding options “Bahrain is like a petri dish: it’s a pretty self-sufficient ecosystem with a lot of human capital,” says Hasan... Lucy Knight • 25 November, 2014 eatapp.co fish transporter maison du maillot
Regional The Middle Eastern startup blind spot: an obsession with money This article was co-authored by Melltoo founders Sharene Lee and Morad Irsane “How do you make money?” is a question everyone asks about Mel... Sharene Lee • 29 September, 2014 monetizing Funding
Maghreb 4 reasons foreign investors should consider Morocco Morocco has been attracting increased foreign investment recently, thanks to its reassuring macroeconomic status and an economy that is... Mehdi Reghai • 18 September, 2014 foreign investment morocco
Egypt Will this be the year of Egypt's $100M deal? Confidence is rising amongst Egypt’s early-stage investors as both venture capitalists and angel investors begin to leverage the... Rachel Williamson • 09 September, 2014 ideavelopers cairo angels Egypt
Turkey’s Prisync has its eye on the Middle East The growth of e-commerce has brought with it a surge in the choice of products and suppliers at customers’ fingertips. It has never been e... Alexander Hawkes • 02 September, 2014 E-commerce turkey
Moroccan private fund offers alternative to government funding It is not unusual to hear Moroccan entrepreneurs complain about the lack of funds available for investment in their country, as well as... Aline Mayard • 02 July, 2014 Iwi Venture Capital Angel Investment
Presella first to benefit from BDL's circular gets 300k investment Inaugurating the Circular 331 initiative, passed by Lebanon’s Central Bank last August as an attempt to make it less risky for banks to i... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 16 June, 2014 Central Bank Lebanon Presella Investment