U.A.E Dubai-based MEVP closes additional $65m in commitments Source: Menabytes Dubai-based Middle East Venture Partners has closed additional $65 million in commitments for its latest... News • 10 February, 2019 news Investment funds
Bahrain The expert’s view: How to attract seed funding in Bahrain Areije Al Shakar, senior vice president and head of development services division at Bahrain Development Bank, reveals what Venture Capital... Alicia Buller • 07 February, 2019 Investment Venture Capital VC funding
U.A.E Bayut.com’s parent company raises $100 million Series D Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based property website Bayut.com’s parent company Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), also... News • 03 February, 2019 investment round Investment property
U.A.E Yellow Door Energy raises $65m from global investors Sorce: Zawya Dubai-based Yellow Door Energy (YDE), a provider of solar energy solutions in the Middle East and Africa, has... News • 29 January, 2019 solar energy Investment
Saudi Arabia Al Tayyar acquires rest of 40 per cent stake in Almosafer Source: Menabytes Al Tayyar Group, one of the largest travel and tourism companies in Saudi Arabia with presence almost all over the... News • 23 January, 2019 news Investment Travel
Bahrain Bahrain first Business Angels company announces its partial exit from EatApp Source: Startup MGZN Tenmou, Bahrain’s first ‘Business Angels company’ recently announced its partial exit from... News • 21 January, 2019 Bahrain news Investment
Kuwait Kuwait announces $200m tech fund Source: Arab Times Kuwait has launched an initiative to form a $200 million fund for investments in technology, Kuwaiti Deputy Prime... News • 21 January, 2019 news Investment Technology
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... Yasmeen Nabil • 09 January, 2019 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... News • 18 December, 2018 Venture Capital cairo Investment
Tunisia Tunisia’s Expensya raises $4.5 million Source: MENAbytes Expensya, a SaaS for expense management, has raised a little over $4.5 million (€4 million) in its latest funding... News • 16 December, 2018 Investment tunisia
Egypt Egypt’s Halan raises multi-million Series A Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based Halan has raised a multi-million Series A round from international investor Battery Road Digital Holdings... News • 03 December, 2018 Series A Investment
Global China's growing interest in the Mid East China recently marked a quiet but momentous milestone: it is now the biggest investor in the Middle East. According to the Arab Investment... Alicia Buller • 11 November, 2018 china Silk Road Investment
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... Reine Farhat • 18 September, 2018 pre-Seed Investment Ibtikar VC
Regional When investors regret saying ‘no’ to startups When faced with rejection, entrepreneurs often believe potential investors turned them down due to concerns their ideas were insufficiently... Reine Farhat • 21 August, 2018 investors Investment
Regional Crowd Analyzer secures $1.1 million, looks to scale to Saudi Arabia and MENA Crowd Analyzer, the Dubai-based data intelligence provider and Arabic-focused social media monitoring platform, has received pre-Series A... Staff writer • 31 July, 2018 Crowd Analyzer Investment
Regional The Luxury Closet raises $8.7 million in its third round of investment After raising USD $7.8 million in Series B in September 2016, online platform The Luxury Closet for buying and selling pre-owned... Reine Farhat • 30 July, 2018 The Luxury Closet Investment Success Stories
Regional Arabic content platform Mawdoo3 raises $13.5m from British and American VCs Mawdoo3.com (‘Mawdoo3’), a leading online Arabic platform from the region, has recently completed a US $13.5 million... Wamda • 30 July, 2018 Mawdoo3 series B Investment
Egypt Is Egypt becoming a hotbed for local and regional VCs? [Opinion] The year 2018 has been a landmark year for Egyptian startups, securing bigger and later stage investment rounds and giving a dash of... Omar Barakat • 18 June, 2018 fundraising Investment
Bahrain Restaurant booking app Eat receives funding from MEVP Eat, MENA-based restaurant reservation platform, has recently closed a funding round from Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) for an... Wamda • 06 June, 2018 eat MEVP Investment
Global Chinese mobile internet company to boost its presence in the MENA region following a Series A round OneMena, a China-based mobile internet company, has recently raised a Series A financing round led by IDG Capital and Kuaishou, the latter... Rana Freifer • 04 June, 2018 Onemena china MENA
U.A.E Workers’ safety and tracking device WakeCap raised $300K WakeCap, raised $300,000 from CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company), a construction group with projects across Middle East, Asia and... Staff writer • 30 May, 2018 uae WakeCap Investment
Egypt Egyptian software company raised $300K from Saudi investors Entlaqa, a software company, raised a $300,000 funding from Salem ben Saleh Ba Wazier and Mohamed ben Saleh Ba Wazier, two KSA-based... Rana Freifer • 24 May, 2018 Egypt ksa SAAS
Saudi Arabia Riyadh-based startup Syarah raises $2 million from BECO Capital, Raed Ventures and Vision Ventures Riyadh-based startup Syarah closed a new round of USD $2 million in investment in Series A. The round was led by BECO Capital, as... Staff writer • 07 May, 2018 Investment Series A
U.A.E Karaoke app Ghinwa closes a US $3 million funding round Ghinwa, an in5-incubated Arabic karaoke and selfcast app, announced the close of a US$3 million funding round, which included 500... Staff writer • 12 February, 2018 Ghinwa Investment
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