Regional HR tech startup Bayzat receives $5M funding from venture investors Bayzat, a provider of insurance and HR solutions in the MENA region, announced it has secured an additional $5 million in funding led by... Staff writer • 05 December, 2017 Bayzat VC silicon badia
Regional UAE’s maid-booking startup Justmop secures Series A funding Maid-booking startup Justmop in the UAE has recently raised a Series A of funding, led by venture capital firm VentureFriends, along with... Staff writer • 21 November, 2017 Justmop fundraising Series A
Egypt First edtech CVC launched in Egypt Nahdet Misr Publishing Group launched EdVentures, Egypt’s first Corporate Venture Capital specializing in edtech. EdVentures... Staff writer • 15 November, 2017 Egypt EdVentures Nahdet Misr Publishing House
Jordan Jordanian addressing startup raises $100K from GMS Ventures & Investments NavCode is a Jordanian smart addressing app that contains user information such as name, phone number, building number and others. It... Staff writer • 16 October, 2017 NavCode Addressing VC
U.A.E Dubai Startup Hub launches program to facilitate partnerships between startups and corporations Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has launched its Market Access program during the GITEX... Staff writer • 11 October, 2017 Dubai Startup Hub Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry GITEX2017
Regional Altibbi raises $6.5M through MEVP, DASH Ventures, and other investors Altibbi Ltd., one of the Middle East’s largest digital health platforms, announced a new round of funding amounting to $6.5 million.... Staff writer • 02 October, 2017 AlTibbi MEVP DASH Ventures
Regional Alabbar and MEVP launch $250M MENA tech-focused VC fund Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) announced today the launch of its third MENA venture capital fund – the Middle East Venture Fund... Staff writer • 27 September, 2017 Alabbar MEVP Walid Hanna
Saudi Arabia This is what this Saudi VC firm seeks in an entrepreneur Though Saudi Arabia is rich in financial resources, startups there often find it difficult to access to funding especially in early stages.... Maya Rahal • 30 July, 2017 ksa Saudi Arabia Inspire Ventures
Regional Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus The first half of 2017 was an exciting one for enterprises and startups in the MENA region with mega deals taking the ecosystem by storm.... Rana Freifer • 19 July, 2017 acquisition VC investment Real Estate
Saudi Arabia Saudi startup Dokkan Afkar closes $2M round Dokkan Afkar announced yesterday, it has closed a $2 million investment round led by Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF). Dokkan Afkar is a... Wamda • 08 May, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa DokkanAfkar
U.A.E Why telehealth is so attractive to investors [Opinion] In his book ‘Healthcare Disrupted’, Jeff Elton comments that ‘until recently, the world changed and healthcare –... Charlie Barlow • 18 May, 2017 Opinion Healthcare telehealth
Saudi Arabia Takamol Holding helping both startups and investors It’s a common scenario: Saudi entrepreneurs complain about the lack of investment and venture capital put into startups, while... Abdulghani Kataya • 06 April, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Musharakah
Regional Why CVC is the future of venture capital in the region [Opinion] This article is a crosspost with Linkedin. Venture capital funds capitalized and operated by major corporations are becoming more... Kamal Hassan • 22 March, 2017 corporate venture capital Venture Capital turn8
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's massive Public Investment Fund has become active in tech startup investing This article is a crosspost with CB Insights. Over the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a number of economic... CB Insights • 19 February, 2017 vision 2030 ksa Saudi Aramco
U.A.E STEP gets $2M Series A, plans a digital media empire STEP Group has closed a Series A funding round with a $2 million investment from regional investors, including Wamda Capital,... Maya Rahal • 23 January, 2017 Step Conference Step music Wamda Capital
Iran Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company... Alexandra Locke • 20 January, 2017 turkey iran Commerce
Egypt On speaking terms: Egypt’s investors, entrepreneurs forging a bond [Know Your VC] The investor-entrepreneur relationship in Egypt has been something of a rollercoaster, but both say they’re finally starting to iron... Reem Fatthelbab • 16 January, 2017 investor relations A15 eventtus
Egypt Egypt’s Vezeeta gets $5M Series B Vezeeta, an Egypt-based automated physician, clinic and hospital bookings platform received $5 million in series B funding led by... Lucy Knight • 30 December, 2016 Vezeeta Egypt BECO Capital
U.A.E Jisr Venture Partners like to look outside MENA [Know your VC] Jisr Venture Partners founder and chairman Waleed Albanawi is making another investment into the food and beverage (F&B) space by... Elias Jabbe • 28 December, 2016 Investment jisr venture partners ReserveOut
Saudi Arabia Careem now a unicorn, raising $350M Careem has become the Middle East’s second ‘unicorn’, after investment from Japan's ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc and... Rachel Williamson • 19 December, 2016 careem STC Venture Capital
Egypt IFC invests in Algebra Ventures, Flat6labs Cairo funds New Egyptian venture fund Algebra Ventures has announced the first closing at $40 million. The fund, first announced in June, plans to... Rachel Williamson • 15 December, 2016 Algebra Ventures Egypt SysDsoft
Egypt EAEF reinvests in Egypt’s Smartcare Medical Services Smartcare Medical Services in Egypt has secured another 12 million Egyptian pounds (US$762,000) from the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund,... Rachel Williamson • 17 November, 2016 Smartcare Medical Services Egypt Series A
Regional Series A investment: when, how, who? [Know your VC] In the growth cycle of a startup the Series A round can be a critical hurdle, but investors say there is a lot startups can do to... Eduard Cousin • 21 November, 2016 Series A Investment Venture Capital
U.A.E Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO... Archana Menon • 13 November, 2016 Bayzat BECO Capital Series A