It was announced that the Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) has made a direct investment of $150K in Jordan-based online marketplace Matrix. The fundraising was started back in January this year and they’ve managed to raise a seed fund of $300K by teaming up with Select Ventures Holdings,...
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...
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...
ClearGrid, a fintech company based in the UAE, has raised $10 million in funding after coming out of stealth mode. The funding is split into two rounds: a pre-seed round of $3.5 million, led by Raed Ventures and Beco Capital, and a seed round of $6.5 million, co-led by...
It was announced that the popular Egyptian-based logistic platform for eCommerce commercial center, Flextock raised a $3.25M Pre-Seed financing round. The round was held Foundation Ventures (Egypt), MSA Capital (China), CRE Venture Capital (South Africa), Alter Global (US), JIMCO – Jameel Investment Management Company (Saudi Arabia), B&Y Venture Partners...
A recently launched venture capital platform, DisrupAD has set to launch $32.7M on a seed accelerator programme by teaming up with Flat6Labs. The platform is based on Abu Dhabi investment firm ADQ and the seed accelerator programme is set to invest and innovate the expansion of about 20 startups...
The global fintech and fund manager Liquidity Capital has announced its latest joint venture with Yas Investments from Dubai. While being focused on financing Tech startups from the MENA region, this latest partnership will culminate in a Venture Debt Fund of $100 Million in Abu Dhabi’s global markets.
Venture Debt...
Egypt’s popular and leading VC firm, Algebra Ventures announced today on launching their second fund of around $90M. The fund was specifically dedicated to startups with the main goal to allocate their firm in the MEA region. They are currently aiming at first closing in 2021 on Q3.
Algebra has...
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...
Maqsad, the popular Karachi-based Edtech platform on successfully managing to raise about $2.1M in a Pre-Seed round. This particular pre-seed round was led by Indus Valley Capital. The round was also joined by Alter Global, Fatime Gobi Ventures along with several founders of different startups both in Pakistan and...
