Wamda

Turkey

UAE’s Your Compass invests in Fork N Knife’s $800,000 Seed round

UAE-based Your Compass has participated in Turkey-headquartered cloud kitchen operator Fork N Knife’s $800,000 Seed round. The...

Fork N Knife

Turkey

Wamda Capital invests in Salus’ $4.7 million Seed round

Wamda Capital has participated in a $4.7 million Seed round for Turkey-based healthtech startup, Salus. The oversubscribed round...

Salus

Turkey

Turkey’s Marti lists on NYSE after SPAC merger with Galata

Turkey-based mobility startup Marti has completed its SPAC merger with Galata Acquisition Corp. (Galata), and began trading its Class A...

Marti Galata SPAC

Turkey

After splitting from Swvl, Volt Lines raises carve-out round

Turkey-based ride-hail company Volt Lines has closed its carve-out round, with a 30 per cent oversubscription, after splitting from...

Volt Lines Swvl Wamda Capital

Jordan

Meet JAZARI, the deeptech company working to improve vehicle engines

Electric vehicles are becoming more commonplace in many parts of the world, but traditional, petrol-powered cars still dominate and will...

AlJazari mobility deeptech

Turkey

Why the UAE’s Opontia is now focusing on Turkey

For centuries, Turkey, a country known for its rich culture influenced by both the East and West, has been a melting pot for trade and...

Opontia E-commerce

Turkey

Wamda participates in Tarfin’s $8 million pre-Series B bridge round

Turkey-based agritech Tarfin has raised $8 million in a pre-Series B bridge round of financing from Yara Growth Ventures, Quona...

Tarfin Bridge round

Turkey

FENIX acquires Turkey's PALM after raising fresh funds

UAE-based micromobiltiy operator FENIX has raised additional funds from its existing investor to finance its recent expansion to Turkey...

Fenix micromobility

Regional

Startup Istanbul launches $10 million fund to invest in Mena-based startups

Istanbul-based event organiser and seed investor Startup Istanbul is raising a $10 million VC fund, targeting startups in the Middle East...

startup istanbul Seed funding MENA

Turkey

Tarfin closes Series A round with participation from Wamda

Tarfin, the agriculture fintech startup based in Turkey, has raised $5 million in its Series A investment round with participation from...

agritech Tarfin

Kuwait

Savour VC invests in Turkey’s FineDine

Kuwait-based food vertical accelerator Savour has participated in a $600,000 seed round raised by Turkey-based digital ordering and...

FineDine Savour VC

Turkey

TPAY Mobile acquires Turkey's Payguru

Source: Zawya UAE-based FinTech firm TPAY Mobile is acquiring 100 percent stake in Turkey’s mobile payment platform Payguru, it...

Payguru TPay Fintech

Turkey

Turkey-based Iyzico acquired for $165 million

Source: MenaBytes PayU, a Netherlands-headquartered online payment service provider, owned by South African internet and entertainment...

Fintech online PAYMENT

Regional

Property Finder becomes largest shareholder in Turkish real estate portal

Source: The National Property Finder increased its stake in Turkish property marketing website Zingat to almost 40 per cent from 17 per...

Expansion Stake Investment

Turkey

Turkey-based Prisync acquires Spotlite

Prisync, a provider of competitor price tracking in the e-commerce market has acquired its Australia-based competitor Spotlite. The...

E-commerce Prices Tracker

Turkey

Turkey's Modanisa sells minority stake to Goldman Sachs

Modest fashion online retailer Modanisa today announced that it has sold a minority stake to Goldman Sachs and Wamda Capital. The...

ecommerce modanisa modest fashion

Turkey

Volt Lines raises $1.28 million

Volt Lines, a Turkey-based transportation service has raised $1.28 million in a pre-Series A round led by Dubai Angel Investors (DAI) which...

Transport Sharing Economy turkey

Turkey

Tarfin raises $1.3 million in seed round

Tarfin recently completed a $1.3 million seed round led by Turkey-based Collective Spark Fund with co-investment from Wamda Capital. The...

Agriculture agritech Fintech

Turkey

Startup Istanbul 2018

Startup Istanbul is the leading startup event which brings together founders, investors and executives in the region. It's a...

Iraq

Jusoor Startup Roadshow

The Startup Roadshow is Gathering Syrian Entrepreneurs Across 5 Cities to Support Refugee-Led Startups The Startup Roadshow, a...

Turkey

What does Turkey’s currency dip mean for local startups?

In recent news, Turkey’s lira has marked a record-breaking plunge. At the time of writing, the Turkish lira is now down to TL 4.57...

Turkish Lira turkey modanisa

Turkey

The Blockchain can improve the profitability of online ads and this Turkish startup is kicking it off

This year, internet ads are expected to overtake TV ads as the largest advertising segment, and the total spend on entertainment and media...

turkey Online ads Blockchain

Turkey

Turkish startup turned machine failure into a business model

Airways and railways have been conservative and difficult sectors for startups due to safety and security issues. But this is changing,...

Delphisonic predictable maintenance turkey

Turkey

Startup Istanbul

On October 20, 100 selected startups will meet world class mentors, investors, corporates and media in a 4 day event in...

startup tech Innovation

Thought Leadership

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