Wamda

Saudi Arabia

KBW Ventures invests in US-based pet food startup

KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, son of Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin...

pets

Saudi Arabia

Why every investor should be looking at Saudi Arabia

An exponential entrepreneurial shift is underway in Saudi Arabia, and it is attracting substantial venture capital interest, says Luca...

STV Saudi Arabia Venture Capital

Regional

Wamda X applications to close 20 October

Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting applications for its...

wamda wamda x Wamda Capital

Regional

Wamda X applications deadline extended to Oct 27

Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting applications for its...

Pakistan

Ready for investment in Pakistan

Pakistan’s presence in global news is more commonly associated with tense political conflicts, the threat of nuclear war and...

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U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Investment Office launches Dh535 million fund

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) announced today that it has launched the Dh535 million Ghadan Ventures Fund to support Abu...

fund Venture Capital startups

Regional

Top five VC deals in first quarter of 2019

While Uber’s acquisition of Careem dominated the news in the first quarter of this year, the Middle East and North...

Series A series B Series C

Egypt

Algebra Ventures partners with Ezdehar to invest in Dsquares

Egypt’s Algebra Ventures has partnered with Ezdehar Management firm to invest in Dsquares, a loyalty solutions provider. The...

b2c Investment management

U.A.E

DIFC launches $10 million fintech fund

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has launched a $10 million Fintech Fund and has appointed both Wamda Capital and Middle East...

Fintech DIFC Wamda Capital

Turkey

Turkey's Modanisa sells minority stake to Goldman Sachs

Modest fashion online retailer Modanisa today announced that it has sold a minority stake to Goldman Sachs and Wamda Capital. The...

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U.A.E

CE-Ventures invests in US artificial intelligence company

UAE-based CE-Ventures, the venture capital arm of Crescent Enterprises, has invested in Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence...

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Regional

Startups raise $893 million in 2018

Investments in Middle East and North Africa (Mena)-based startups rose by 31 per cent in 2018 to $893 million with 366 deals according to...

Investment MENA Mena Venture Investments

Egypt

Egypt’s Commercial International Bank launches CVentures

Source: MENAbytes Commercial International Bank, the biggest private bank of Egypt, that is commonly known as CIB, has announced the...

Venture Capital cairo Investment

U.A.E

Step Conference 2019

For its seventh year in a row, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, STEP Conference, is Coming Home to Dubai Internet...

U.A.E

Mix N' Mentor

Mix N’ Mentor brings together promising entrepreneurs with top regional and global mentors. The event includes mentorship...

Egypt

Saudi’s Vision Ventures invests in Cairo-based bus booking startup Buseet

Source: MENAbytes Khobar-based Vision Ventures has invested in Egyptian bus booking startup, the firm announced today, without...

cairo Buseet ride hailing

U.A.E

CE-Ventures acquires stake in Transcorp

CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, announced on Monday that it has acquired a...

investement Logistics

Regional

The Billion Dollar Fund for Women secures $70 million

The Billion Dollar Fund for Women (TBDF), a global consortium that aims to fight the gender funding gap, has secured $70 million to be...

Women empowerment Women Entrepreneur

Regional

The ethics of investing

Socially responsible investment is not a new concept. In fact, the roots of sustainable investment are said to date back as far as 1758 and...

impact entrepreneurship investing

Egypt

Fakahany raises $700,000 seed

Source: MENAbytes Fakahany, a Cairo based farm-to-door fresh produce e-commerce platform has raised $700,000 in seed funding, the...

seed fund E-commerce

Saudi Arabia

500 Startups launches accelerator with Misk

US-based venture capital (VC) firm 500 Startups has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Misk Innovation to launch an early-stage...

accelerator

Lebanon

Lebanon’s Kamkalima raises $1.5 million Series A

Source: MENAbytes Lebanese EdTech startup Kamkalima has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding from Beirut-based Phoenician...

Series A financing

Regional

Vezeeta secures $12m in series C

Egypt-based healthcare company Vezeeta has raised $12million in a Series C round led by Saudi Technology Ventures (STV). Launched in...

Healthcare Series C

Palestine

Gaza startup Vidmass raises pre-Seed from Ibtikar and Vision VC

Vidmass, a Gaza-based startup specialising in online video creation, has raised a pre-seed round of investment from early-stage funds...

pre-Seed Investment Ibtikar VC

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