U.A.E Gingo Partners raises $350,000 from angel investors UAE-based Gingo Partners has raised $350,000 for its investor outreach service and startup community platform. Founded earlier this... News • 11 August, 2023 VC Community
U.A.E in5 launches space for investors in Dubai Dubai incubator in5 will launch a specialised space to connect investors with startups for funding and partnership... News • 28 February, 2022 VC in5
Global The Power Law — how venture capital ate the stock market By John Gapper In May 1976, a California securities regulator wrote to the venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins to deliver a warning... Financial Times • 14 February, 2022 VC FT
Iraq Iraq Venture Partners, new venture fund launches to support Iraqi startups Several Iraqi investors have come together to launch a new VC, Iraq Venture Partners (IVP). Established by Omar Al-Handal,... News • 01 November, 2021 Iraq Venture Partners IVP VC
U.A.E Shorooq Partners launches The Nahda Fund 1 to support Mena startups Abu Dhabi-based VC Shorooq Partners has launched The Nahda Fund 1, a venture-debt fund, in partnership with South Korea’s IMM... News • 26 October, 2021 Shorooq Partners IMM Investment Global The Nahda Fund 1
Lebanon BY Venture Partners closes $50 million BY Fund II Abu Dhabi and Beirut-based VC BY Venture Partners has closed its second fund, BY Fund II, valued at $50 million to be invested in... News • 18 October, 2021 BY Venture Partners BY Fund II VC
Egypt Sequence Ventures launches $31 million deeptech fund Venture capital firm Sequence Ventures has launched a new EGP500 million ($31 million) fund dubbed Egypt Deep-Tech. The fund plans to... News • 06 October, 2021 Sequence Ventures deeptech VC
Regional Azimut, GELLIFY launch joint $50 million VC fund to support B2B Mena startups The Italian management group Azimut (ME) Limited ADGM, in partnership with GELLIFY Middle East is launching a VC fund targeting a fund... News • 19 October, 2021 Azimut GELLIFY VC
Jordan ISSF invests $1 million in Arzan’s second fund The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) has invested $1 million Kuwait-based Arzan Venture Capital II. Founded in 2014,... News • 02 June, 2021 Jordan VC ISSF
Saudi Arabia What's next for Saudi Arabia's booming VC sector? Five years into the Saudi Vision 2030 programme, venture capital (VC) funding in Saudi Arabia has risen to an all time high with a recorded... Nagham Al Eithan • 27 May, 2021 VC PIF Jada Fund of Funds
Jordan Propeller launches new fund to invest in early-stage startups Jordan-based venture capital (VC) firm Propeller, has announced the first close of its second fund which will focus on pre-Seed and... News • 16 March, 2021 Propeller VC fund VC
Regional Top five VC deals in the first quarter of 2020 The first quarter is usually an active one for venture capital (VC) investments in the Middle East and with the top five closed before the... Wamda • 01 April, 2020 Investment investments VC
Regional Top five VC deals in the third quarter of 2019 Venture Capital (VC) investments in the third quarter of 2019 have not made as much fanfare compared to the second quarter of this... Yasmeen Nabil • 01 October, 2019 TOP VC Deals
Saudi Arabia Saudi on-demand delivery startup Mrsool raises multi-million Series A Source: Menabytes Riyadh-based on-demand delivery startup Mrsool has raised a multi-mullion (US Dollar) Series A round led by... News • 12 March, 2019 VC Investment Delivery
Regional Investment funding platforms to match between startups and investors Funding is almost an unavoidable burden most startups would encounter during their evolution. It is the phase where the startup’s... Rana Freifer • 30 January, 2018 Lead Angels VC Funding
Lebanon The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (LVCPEA) was officially launched bringing together a number of major players... Staff writer • 18 January, 2018 lebanon VC The Lebanese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association launched
Saudi Arabia Badir-incubated Saudi tech startups raised almost $13M in 2017 The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology’s main initiatives,... Staff writer • 17 January, 2018 Badir ksa Investment
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
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 MEVP invests in online travel company Wego MEVP, a leading venture capital firm focusing on the MENA invested in Wego, one of the largest online travel marketplaces across the MENA... Staff writer • 19 September, 2017 MEVP Wego investement
Regional 6 steps to regulate a VC fund [Opinion] As an angel investor and venture capitalist, most of us actually transact in offshore jurisdictions when making investments due to better... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 19 September, 2017 VC Regulations
Global Startup Watch: Message from the Pharaohs, zombie startups, and indoor farming The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rana Freifer • 10 August, 2017 Startup Watch Coworking Spaces VC
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 Alfanar brings venture philanthropy to the Middle East Alfanar is an Arab venture philanthropy that seeks to empower social entrepreneurs that are making a difference in the region. This... Staff writer • 28 June, 2017 philanthropy Social Entrepreneurship VC
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