Maghreb Tunis-based Expensya raises seed round in France Expensya's team in their office in Cogite coworking space, Tunis. (Image via Expensyia) On Monday, almost a year after their launch,... Aline Mayard • 25 May, 2016 seed round expense reports expensya
Jordan Fintech startup Liwwa raises $2.3M Amman-based fintech startup Liwwa has closed a $2.3 million round led by Silicon Badia’s Badia Impact Fund. DASH Ventures and... Rachel Williamson • 06 April, 2016 Sameh Toukan beehive VentureFin
Egypt PayFort announces new fintech accelerator at Mix N’ Mentor Cairo Around 70 entrepreneurs, largely with early stage startups, came for business advice and networking. (Images via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 20 March, 2016 fin-tech Mix N'Mentor Cairo Payfort
Global AIG raises $326M for Jumia expansion AIG is putting considerable money into its online marketplace Jumia. (Image via MrXAfrica) Africa Internet Group (AIG), Africa's... Rachel Williamson • 03 March, 2016 Jovago MTN Millicom
U.A.E Souq raises MENA's largest round of $275M After almost a year of speculation, MENA’s biggest ecommerce company Souq.com has confirmed that it’s raised a $275 million... Rachel Williamson • 29 February, 2016 round Unicorn announcement
Lebanon Scriptr announces $4M Series A Rabih Nassar during an interview with Wamda. (Image via Wamda) scriptr.io, the cloud platform for internet of things (IoT) solutions,... Maya Rahal • 11 February, 2016 Berytech Fund Scriptr.io announcement
Egypt Fintech startup Dopay raises $2.4M to take on Egypt, Ghana Dopay will use the funding to roll out its payroll and Visa prepaid card services. (Images via Dopay) Egypt-focused fintech startup... Rachel Williamson • 29 January, 2016 Visa pre-Series A raising
Regional MENA's year of money: 10 notable rounds of 2015 A big year for MENA startups. (Image via Wamda) 2015 was a rich one in terms of startup investment rounds. We’ve witnessed two $100 m... Maya Rahal • 29 December, 2015 2015 Roundup Deals Roundup
Lebanon Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent... Lucy Knight • 07 September, 2015 ElementN Diwanee term sheets
Egypt Experts and entrepreneurs tackle ecosystem's needs at Mix N' Mentor Cairo Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud Street seemed like many other streets in Egypt’s bustling capital Saturday morning. It was cold and... Reine Farhat • 23 February, 2015 Mix N'Mentor Cairo fundraising Pitch
U.A.E Dubai entrepreneurs pick VC brains with these 6 questions Last Saturday, Wamda closed out yet another fruitful Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow. This year’s last event took place at the... Maya Rahal • 18 December, 2014 insights mix n mentor dubai fundraising
Bahrain Bahrain's funding options “Bahrain is like a petri dish: it’s a pretty self-sufficient ecosystem with a lot of human capital,” says Hasan... Lucy Knight • 25 November, 2014 eatapp.co fish transporter maison du maillot
Death of a Tunisian dating site One year ago the odds appeared to be in the favour of Zouz, a Tunisian online dating site. In 2009, the entrepreneur left his... Aline Mayard • 03 July, 2014 fundraising Failure
Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round... Wamda • 30 January, 2014 fundraising Series A Qordoba
