The Jordanian start-up scene has both regional and international recognition. The ecosystem is mostly shaped by young entrepreneurs in the ICT sector with prominent accelerators like Changelabs and IBDA3. Jordan is one of the key players in MENA’s Information and Communication Technology(ICT) forum. Jordanian start-up ecosystem aims to bring brilliant ideas of domestic...
NOW, the Dubai-based fintech has already raised about $7M in a fresh fund round which was announced today. The round was led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures and was joined by investors including Wamda Commercial Bank of Dubai, Accion Venture Lab. Hambro Perks’ Oryx Fund, Knuru Capital, DIFC FinTech Fund,...
Sawari Ventures has closed their startups in their Egyptian-focused fund with about new commitments of $28M which roughly 440M in EGP. The commitments were from Kuwait Investment Authority’s Ekuity, Banque Misr, Suez Canal Bank, Misr Insurance Group, National Bank of Egypt, and Banque du Caire. In the previous round,...
The Jordanian vehicle history announcing platform CarSeer has announced raising a six-figure Seed round from Arzan Venture Capital and more to be said.
The platform was founded back in 2015 by Hashim Hasan and Amjad Al-Zabin. The platform gives help with the appraisal of pre-owned vehicles determined to ensure everyone...
Bahrain houses various accelerators that have given birth to not only tens but hundreds of start-ups across the country. The fast-growing start-up scene in Bahrain has been supported by the country's initiative to get people connected to the internet. 98% of Bahraini citizens already use the internet which is third in...
Dubai’s Citron was founded by Sara Chemmaa back in 2017 right after she found out about a need for leakproof and fashionable lunchboxes in the market. The brand has already grown by including over 90 products in its name and that’s not all. They’ve launched products ranging from sustainable,...
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia and global investment platform Techstars have teamed up to launch the latest Riyadh Techstars Accelerator project. This particular accelerator program will help improving entrepreneurs and startups to help them innovate and grow their businesses in the MENA region. Their...
The corporate funding foundation of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, CE-Ventures has promised to pretty much increase its VC interests in new companies to reach $272M by next year and that’s not all. CE-Ventures has put more than $136M out of 32 new businesses and VC assets across the MENA locale,...
It was announced that Arrow Labs, a popular Dubai-based software startup has managed to raise $5M in Series A from Tim Draper’s Draper Associate. There were participation in the round by Global Ventures and B&Y Ventures. The investment is notably the first investment ever made in the Middle East...
It was announced recently that there will be ‘One Million Entrepreneurs’, a campaign targeting potential talents and future entrepreneurs across Egypt, and the campaign is led by the Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. The program is for all ages and groups across Egypt. It’s a fully online...
