Regional Fourth Edition of TiE Women MENA Programme 2023 As we were truly inspired by your innovative ideas, determination, and passion, today we are excited to announce the launch of the 4th... News • 02 July, 2023 TiE
Regional Unlocking the potential of ESOP Rawan Baddour and Zuhair Shamma are the co-founders of UAE-based Zest, an equity management platform Despite the region making... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2023 Zest ESOP
Regional Mena startups raised $445 million in May 2023 May was a bounce-back month for VC activity in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), as venture funding into the region’s startups... Wamda • 08 June, 2023 Investment
Regional Google launches cleantech accelerator programme for startups in MEA Google has announced the launch of a cleantech accelerator programme aimed at startups from across the Middle East and Africa. The... News • 07 June, 2023 Google
Regional The baker who learned to code As the startup sector has boomed in the Middle East and North Africa, so too has the need for software engineers and developers. But... Amro Selim • 25 May, 2023 Talpods
Regional The urgent need to support agritech startups Aamer Sheikh is the chief executive officer of the Middle East Business at PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage... Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2023 agritech
Regional Mena startups raised $7 million in April 2023 Ramadan is usually a slow month for news and announcements, so it was no surprise that investment announcements would drop in April. What... Wamda • 04 May, 2023 Wamda Research Lab
Regional An entrepreneurial perspective on untapped opportunities and lingering barriers for women Madiha Bee is the founder and CEO of Awakened Woman, a coaching and education platform for Arab women to step into greater service and... Thought Leadership • 20 April, 2023 Women empowerment
Regional How to generate value with generative AI Abed Kasaji is the co-founder of US-based Anecdote, an AI-driven customer insights tool. Kasaji was previously the senior product manager... Thought Leadership • 10 April, 2023 Anecdote Artificial intelligence
Regional Mena startups raised $247 million in March 2023, pushing Q1 funding to $1.1 billion Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $247 million across 67 deals in March 2023, a decline of 67 per cent... Wamda • 06 April, 2023 investments
Regional SRMG launches VC arm to back regional early-stage media companies Saudi Arabia-based media group SRMG has launched a new VC arm to back early-stage companies that focus on media creation, digital media,... News • 28 March, 2023 SRMG VENTURES FUZ Telfaz11
Regional How will the failure of SVB impact Mena's startup ecosystem? The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the world's biggest startup lenders has been nothing short of a disaster for the... Dunya Hassanein • 16 March, 2023 SVB
Regional Flat6Labs leads Burger Index’s $1.3 million Seed round Spain-based AI startup Burger Index has raised $1.3 million in Seed funding to initiate its expansion in the GCC region. The round was... News • 14 March, 2023 Burger Index Flat6Labs f&b
Regional Flat6Labs launches $95 million Seed fund to back early-stage startups in Africa Seed investor and accelerator Flat6Labs, has launched a new $95 million Africa Seed Fund (ASF) to nurture the growth and development of... News • 14 March, 2023 Flat6Labs Africa Seed Fund ASF
Regional Mena: A fertile ground for tech IPOs Sandeep Ganediwalla is a partner at Redseer Strategy Consultants looking at the Middle East and Africa The Middle East and North Africa... Thought Leadership • 09 March, 2023 ipo
Jordan Flat6Labs launches ‘StartMashreq’ initiative to support entrepreneurs across the Levant region Seed investor and accelerator Flat6labs, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the government of the... News • 06 March, 2023 Flat6Labs ifc
Regional Mena startups raised $760 million in February 2023 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) raised $760 million across 48 deals, up from 22 deals worth $104 million in... Wamda • 06 March, 2023 Investment
Egypt Can Mena adopt AI at the same speed and scale it is recommended to? Aliah Yacoub is an AI philosopher and Farah Ghazal is an AI social scientist at Egypt-based techQualia Emerging technologies... Thought Leadership • 20 February, 2023 ChatGPT AI
Regional COREangles launches COREangels MEA to invest in startups in the Middle East, Africa COREangels, a global community of angel funds and investors has launched the COREangels MEA to target investments in early-stage... News • 19 February, 2023 COREangels
Regional Wafeq: the fintech catering to regional standards It was in 2018 when Nadim Alameddine was preparing to file his first ever tax return that the idea for an accounting software came to him.... Triska Hamid • 13 February, 2023 Wafeq Fintech
Regional Mena startups raised $103 million in January 2023 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $103 million in January 2023 across 22 deals, a 17 per cent decline... Wamda • 09 February, 2023 investments
Regional Floward raises $156 million in pre-IPO Series C round Floward, an online flower and gift delivery platform, has raised $156 million in a pre-IPO Series C round led by Aljazira Capital,... News • 07 February, 2023 Floward
Regional A breakdown of Mena exits in 2022 In total, 57 Mena-based startups exited through M&As in 2022, a 30 per cent increase from the previous year. A further... Wamda • 06 February, 2023 exits
Regional What awaits startup exits in Mena? Looking back, the year 2021 was hard to emulate. After the pandemic-induced funding boom seen in 2021 and the first few months of 2022,... Dunya Hassanein • 31 January, 2023 M&A exits Exit