When significant wealth is generated, whether from a company sale, a major asset liquidation, or a successful IPO, a common question arises for newly liquid families: "What's next for our capital?" For many family offices, the immediate answer often leans towards direct investments in startups, bypassing traditional funds. This...
The UK-based ride-hailing application UVA is dispatching its expansion in Egypt next month and is set to mix rivalry in the nation's ride-share market. The platform was established by Ibrahim Aldaajani, UVA flaunts a set-value highlight in requesting a ride through their application, vowing to take out unnecessary charges...
The QSTP, Qatar Science & Technology Park which is a part of QFR and QF RDI has recently signed an MoU with Innovation Café. The Café provides a lot of innovation related to development and configuration thinking studio arrangement which intends to give the correct chances, direction, and backing...
JOI Gifts, the popular UAE-based and both MENA servicing online gifts marketplace has managed to successfully raise about $2.5M in their latest Series A funding round. This particular Series A funding round was led by Knuru Capital, the Dubai-based VC focused on FinTech and consumer marketplaces. The funding round...
Amenli, the YC-backed startup has managed to attract a $2.3M seed round investment for providing insurance services across Egypt and that’s not all. The round had investment from several firms from both local and foreign. The investment firms include GFC, P1 Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Anim Fund with Costanoa VC,...
The Co-Founder and former Chief Technology Officer, Ahmed Sabbah is back with his new gig Telda after leaving the Egyptian transportation startup last month. Telda is a fintech platform that will innovate ways of spending money for Gen Z in the Middle East. The platform was launched earlier this...
Sharjah-based startup Mughamer.com has recently announced that the primary site in the Middle East to work with sightseers and tourists curation of experience-filled adventures across several destinations like the UAE, Morocco, Brazil, and Comoros Island and it doesn't just stop there at this point.
The startup was helped to establish...
The popular Cairo-based Peer-to-peer marketplace startup that works by connecting shoppers and travelers has managed to raise an undisclosed 6 figure amount in its latest funding round. This funding round was led by angel investors in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt. It was led by Faisal Abdulsalam. He is...
Flat6Labs Bahrain has concluded its 6th Cycle, in which eight startups participated in a 4-month acceleration program and received a $32,000 investment fund each.
Flat6Labs Bahrain is the latest Tamkeen-backed startup accelerator whose mission is to promote and launch both local and international startups in Bahrain.
Through its massive, far-reaching channel...
Aramco’s Wa’ed, Saudi’s entrepreneurship arm of oil and petroleum giant that they’ll be doubling their investment in and support of startups by the year 2023.
Wa’ed was launched back in 2011 and ever since they’ve been supporting over 90 startups via venture capital investments and loans. But they did vow...
