Kuwait Kuwait’s Boxit gets seed funding, looks to tackle UAE and KSA This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. The core team. From left to right: Lijo Antony, head of product development,... Reine Farhat • 25 May, 2016 Boxit Wamda Capital Arzan VC
Regional Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be... Daria Solovieva • 19 May, 2016 AFKARMENA eureeca zoomaal
Jordan Data science: how is it good for government? All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data... Tala El Issa • 15 May, 2016 Kai Chan INSEAD data science
Egypt Hub in a Box creates off-the-shelf plan for hub finances Hub 'DNA' - working out what's essential and what's not. (Image via Eduard Cousin) Asking Adam Molyneux-Berry about Hub in a Box is... Eduard Cousin • 03 May, 2016 Global Innovation Gathering ImpactHubs Naweya
Lebanon Circular 331: where has Lebanon's money gone? It is said that innovation is an entrepreneur’s best friend. But in Lebanon a strong second contender has to be the central... Sophie Rimington-Pounder • 27 April, 2016 Lebanon for Entrepreneurs Berytech Fund Startup Megaphone
Regional Edtech and the future of work in MENA Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the... Willam Altman • 26 April, 2016 Refugee Open Ware Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education Fourth Industrial Revolution
Regional Are angel investors born or made? [Opinion] Angel investors are in short supply in MENA. How do we 'grow' more? (Image via LabsofLatvia) There is no longer a question as to whether... Tammer Qaddumi • 21 April, 2016 VentureSouq Opinion Venture Capital
Egypt Trendak monitors social media analytics in Arabic Trendak analyses data on social media in three languages including Arabic. (Images via Trendak) Knowing how to ‘read’ social media has alr... Eman Mostafa • 28 April, 2016 social media monitoring Trendak foreign investment
Jordan Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches $30M digital health venture fund in Amman Hikma Pharmaceuticals has launched a $30 million strategic venture capital fund focused on digital health, therapeutics, and diagnostics... Samuel Wendel • 24 April, 2016 Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical MEMakersGE
Egypt Startups want to tackle Egyptian health, but lack money Ahmed Abu ElHaz CEO of Shezlong pitching at BDL2015 accelerate in Beirut. (Image via Shezlong) Egypt is fertile ground for... Eman Mostafa • 25 April, 2016 Otlob Doctor MEMakersGE shezlong
U.A.E Beehive: The UAE’s first P2P SME finance platform Rooted within the Honeycomb of the Collaborative Economy is the world of P2P (peer-to-peer) finance. Within that world is Beehive, a... Willam Altman • 05 April, 2016 beehive financial services fin-tech
Regional What's next for crowdfunding in the South Mediterranean? [Q&A] Crowdfunding enables business, cultural and associative projects to come to life. (Image via Creative Market) Since the launch of... Aline Mayard • 06 April, 2016 Happy Smala SwitchMed Smala & Co
U.A.E Term sheets at dawn, Step Conference 2016 Joy Ajlouny and fellow startup cofounders Loulou Khazen Baz and Mudassir Sheikha get stuck into the debate. (Image via... Lucy Knight • 06 April, 2016 AnchorFree Frontier Partners Eventbox
Lebanon Krimston 'Kickstarts' its dual-SIM iPhone adapter Krimston's cofounders Fouad Fattal (left) and Nabil Nasr (right). (Images via Krimston) In April 2012, Lebanese entrepreneur Fouad Fattal... Samuel Wendel • 06 April, 2016 kickstarter Hardware Crowdfunding
Jordan Fintech startup Liwwa raises $2.3M Amman-based fintech startup Liwwa has closed a $2.3 million round led by Silicon Badia’s Badia Impact Fund. DASH Ventures and... Rachel Williamson • 06 April, 2016 Sameh Toukan beehive VentureFin
Jordan Has foreign investment helped Jordanian SMEs and entrepreneurs? Jordanian NGO Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) was recently doing some research on the history of local economic reform. It brought them to the... Samuel Wendel • 28 March, 2016 Diwanieh Foreign Direct Investment Leaders of Tomorrow
Regional Magnitt wants to be MENA startups' connection Can an online platform successfully connect investors to entrepreneurs? (Images via Magnitt) All experts and stakeholders agree that for a... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 April, 2016 Connections MAGNiTT
Egypt Injaz turns to crowdfunding for Startup Egypt The funding crunch for Egypt’s startups is no secret. As seen at a recent Mix N’ Mentor in Cairo, it can in fact push... Rachel Williamson • 27 March, 2016 Escape HD Etba3ly 3D EpicVr
Regional How valuation and cap tables work [How to] Have you ever wondered how valution is calculated and cap tables work? Read on. (Image via Business Collective) In the context of... Rita Khoriaty • 23 March, 2016 how to cap tables startup valuation
Saudi Arabia Building a real estate startup in Saudi's stagnant market The decrease in oil prices also affected the real estate market. (Image via news.weetas.com) Online real estate platform Lamudi,... Safar Ayad • 28 March, 2016 lamudi hellofood Carmudi
Global AIG raises $326M for Jumia expansion AIG is putting considerable money into its online marketplace Jumia. (Image via MrXAfrica) Africa Internet Group (AIG), Africa's... Rachel Williamson • 03 March, 2016 Jovago MTN Millicom
Lebanon Beco invests in cyber security with Myki seed round Beco Capital has led a seed investment in Lebanese cyber security startup MYKI, but has not disclosed the total sum. Myki works with... Rachel Williamson • 02 March, 2016 MyKi cybersecurity lebanon
Maghreb Moroccan politicians cheer for startups at Pitch Lab The audience is taking the floor during the 28th Pitch Lab. (Images via New Work Lab) Morocco's Pitch Lab has begun to reach... Yassine Bakir • 02 March, 2016 Manageo.ma Mozaic Parking The Wall Games
U.A.E Souq raises MENA's largest round of $275M After almost a year of speculation, MENA’s biggest ecommerce company Souq.com has confirmed that it’s raised a $275 million... Rachel Williamson • 29 February, 2016 round Unicorn announcement