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
Regional Your checklist for investing - and pitching - right [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost with Nuwait. Arzan VC partner Hassan Zainal’s famous checklist is one document he doesn’t... Reine Farhat • 16 November, 2016 Nuwait kuwait Arzan VC
Kuwait Arzan VC's humble beginnings [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwait’s first venture capital fund Arzan VC is not keen on missing opportunities... Reine Farhat • 08 November, 2016 Nuwait Arzan VC Lunch:On
Lebanon Arab world’s streaming app Anghami raises Series B Lebanon-born music streaming app Anghami has raised a Series B round at an undisclosed value, the company said in a statement. The round... Rachel Williamson • 02 November, 2016 anghami Middle East Venture Partners Investment
Regional Telcos to the startup rescue? Telcos could be the saviour of emerging market startups, according to a report from mobile industry association GSMA. They have the... Rachel Williamson • 06 November, 2016 GSMA corporate venture capital Venture Capital
U.A.E Mums are big business as Mini Exchange raises $3M UAE startup Mini Exchange has closed a $3 million round with its original and new investors, according to Arabian Business. The startup... Rachel Williamson • 01 November, 2016 Mini Exchange Mumzworld ecommerce
Egypt Flat6labs signs $1M deal with IFC Flat6labs has signed a $1 million deal with the World Bank investment arm International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Egyptian... Rachel Williamson • 24 October, 2016 Flat6Labs International Finance Corporation ifc
Global Raising ‘Islamic’ funds getting easier Since starting his Quranic memorization platform in 2014, Bilal Memon has closed three rounds of investment. Each time he’s managed... Lucy Knight • 01 November, 2016 islamic finance Islamic economy Mpowered
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Japan investor create $100B fund Saudi Arabia and Japan’s Softbank have signed a deal to create a $100 billion technology investment fund, making it one of the largest p... Rachel Williamson • 14 October, 2016 Saudi Arabia Softbank japan
U.A.E Has Falafel Games raised the largest round for a gaming startup in MENA? Falafel Games, one of the first gaming studios to emerge in the Middle East, just closed a round of $2.6 million. The funding round was... Lucy Knight • 11 October, 2016 falafel games MEVP Investment
Bahrain Bahrain’s Eat raises $2M Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 12 to include a comment from Reserve Out. In what they are labelling... Lucy Knight • 10 October, 2016 Eatapp eat Bahrain
Iran Iran startup Snapp raises $22M Series A Iranian ride sharing startup Snapp has secured a 20 million euro (US$22 million) Series A investment. The deal, reported in Tech... Rachel Williamson • 10 October, 2016 Snapp Iran Internet Group Rocket Internet
Egypt 'VC association wanted, please call Egypt for more details' [Opinion] There is no doubt the Egyptian startup ecosystem is young. If the startups are young, the investors are as well. As investors, we need... Tamer Azer • 09 October, 2016 Egypt venture capital association British Venture Capital Association
Lebanon What I know about assessing startups for potential investment: Fadi Bizri It can be difficult to find the right investor for what you know is a solid idea. But if the meetings with an investor drag on, you may... Dana Ballout • 19 September, 2016 Fadi Bizri B&Y Venture Partners B&Y Venture Partners
Egypt A list of Egyptian startup investors We have compiled a list of 16 different investors to whom Egyptian entrepreneurs can pitch their product. Since 2015, a number of... Eduard Cousin • 13 September, 2016 Egypt A15 Sawari Ventures
Turkey Wamda Capital invests $2.2M in Insider Wamda Capital announced today a $2.2 million Series A investment in Insider, a smart digital platform for marketers to personalize,... Dana Ballout • 21 September, 2016 Insider turkey Wamda Capital
Morocco Afrimarket raises $11M for regional expansion Moroccan entrepreneur Rania Belkahia has raised 10 million euros (US$11 million) for ecommerce platform Afrimarket, which targets the... Aline Mayard • 06 September, 2016 fundraising africa Afrimarket
Egypt Egypt payments startup Paymob signs deal with A15 Egypt payments startup Paymob has signed an undisclosed deal with local financier A15. The companies did not say how much the deal... Rachel Williamson • 02 September, 2016 A15 Paymob Investment
Egypt Egypt ride hailing startup Ousta lands $1.25M bridge investment Egyptian ride hailing startup Ousta has raised a $1.25 million investment, five months after its launch. The bridge round was funded by... Rachel Williamson • 29 August, 2016 Egypt Ousta ride hailing
Egypt What I know about Egypt's sluggish investment: Wael Amin It might be normal for a country of more than 90 million to have a ton of entrepreneurs planning events around promoting even more ideas,... Eman Mostafa • 05 September, 2016 Sawari Ventures Wael Amin Egypt
U.A.E Wamda Capital leads a $5M investment round in Kharabeesh Wamda Capital announced leading a $5 million investment round in Kharabeesh, alongside Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Dash... Maya Rahal • 11 August, 2016 Kharabeesh Wamda Capital Investment
Kuwait Kuwait's ecosystem - from an investor’s point of view This is an edited crosspost with two Nuwait articles. You can see the original versions here and here. Mussaad Al-Razouki is one busy... Ana Tadic • 08 August, 2016 Nuwait Mussaad Al-Razouki AbiDoc
Regional Blueprint of a VC fund This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Newly formed VC firms are startups that are vying for... Mohamad Charafeddine • 28 July, 2016 venture capital fund term sheets Airbnb