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| 29.04.2024 | Learning from the mistakes of the West’s ‘unicorn factory’ | Community Content
This article was written by a TIA community member. Community pieces are curated and lightly edited by TIA editors compared to stories produced by our newsroom.
Mark Heynen · 2d ago · 5 min readLearning from the mistakes o... |
| 02.04.2024 | A new games-focused VC in Turkey shows the industry there continues to gain steam | Turkey has gained a well-earned reputation as being a veritable cauldron of mobile games startups, leading to the rise of VCs dedicated to the sector. The latest to join this coterie is Laton Ventures, a new gaming-focused VC that has raise... |
| 04.03.2024 | Qatar reportedly has a $100M fund for startups | Qatar unveiled its startup investment program at the recent Web Summit through its development bank. The program aims to attract seed and growth-stage tech companies seeking to establish or expand operations within the country. TechCrunch h... |
| 11.01.2024 | The Saudi Venture Capital Ecosystem Aggregated A Record-breaking $1.4Bn in Capital Deployed in 2023 | Dr Nabeel Koshak
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• Saudi Arabia accounted for 52% of the total capital deployed in the region in 2023
Capturing the highest share of total VC funding in MENA in 2023 confirms the attractiveness of the Saudi market, enhances its com... |
| 03.07.2023 | Island of challenges & opportunities: Inside Madagascar’s fledgling startup ecosystem
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Despite having a few startups that have managed to raise funding and expand their operations beyond the island, Madagascar still does not have what one can describe as a vibrant startup ecosystem. TechCabal spoke to some ecosystem players t... |
| 20.04.2023 | Funding trackers are aplenty in the Africa tech ecosystem, but whose data can be trusted?
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Since the initial boom of venture capital funding in Africa in the mid 2010s, ecosystem observers have relied on publications like TechCabal, as well as numerous newsletters published by independent journalists to keep them up to date about... |
| 14.04.2023 | Venturing forward: the prospects and challenges of VC funding in South Africa
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Last month, the Naspers Foundry, one of the largest venture capital funds in South Africa, shut down. As Foundry sunsets, the country’s venture capital market is going through what one would call a rough patch, as evidenced by its inability... |
| 09.02.2023 | نمو استثمارات رأس المال الجريء في مصر للسنة الخامسة على التوالي | Egypt VC Report 2023
Philip Bahoshy, CEO of MAGNiTT
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استثمارات رأس المال الجريء في مصر ارتفعت بنسبة 35.7% في 2022 عند استثناد الصفقات التمويلية الضخمة والتي غابت في العام الماضي
على الرغم من التحديات التي واجهها العالم في العام ... |
| 07.02.2023 | Egypt VC Investing Grows for 5th Year in a Row, Leading MENA Region by Deals Closed and All-Time High of 17 Exits | Egypt VC Report 2023
Philip Bahoshy, CEO of MAGNiTT
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Egypt led number of deals in MENA with 26% of total; Flat6 Labs, Falak Startups, A15, Disruptech, 500 Global among investors with 5+ investments in 2022.
Egyptian startups ret... |
| 17.01.2023 | $1 млрд венчурных инвестиций, 3 мегасделки и 2 место в MENA. Итоги 2022 года для рынка Саудовской Аравии от Magnitt | Саудовская Аравия — один из самых интересных рынков региона MENA. Объем инвестиций в Королевство постоянно растет, страна привлекает все больше международных инвесторов, а венчурный рынок Саудовской Аравии быстро набирает обороты.
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| 12.01.2023 | Over $7 billion in Emerging Markets VC Funding for Second Consecutive Year | Emerging Venture Markets 2023 Report Banner
Philip Bahoshy, CEO of MAGNiTT
MAGNiTT publishes 2023 Emerging Venture Markets Report, predicts correction in valuations will present significant M&A opportunities in 2023
The VC landscape was... |
| 11.01.2023 | Venture capital investments in Saudi Arabia up 72% during 2022, to a record-high close to $1 billion | Dr Nabeel Koshak
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The Kingdom’s achievement of unprecedented growth in VC investments is a result of many governmental initiatives launched to stimulate the VC and startups ecosystem within Saudi Vision 2030 programs”
— Dr. Nabeel Kos... |
| 10.01.2023 | Акселераторы Дубая и Абу-Даби | ОАЭ — бизнес-столица MENA, которая лидирует в регионе по объему венчурных инвестиций для стартапов. Страна открыта для компаний будущего и оказывает им большую поддержку в развитии.
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| 27.12.2022 | Мы съездили в Дубай, пообщались с бизнес-комьюнити и сделали свои выводы об инвестициях в этом регионе | Привет, это команда Reca Ventures. В ноябре мы слетали в Дубай, чтобы прощупать инвестиционную почву в главной точке Среднего Востока и одном из самых активных мест притяжения международного бизнеса и команд. Много встречались с местным биз... |
| 15.11.2022 | Modus expands to sub-Saharan Africa with the launch of its AI and blockchain-focused $75M fund | New York-based venture platform Modus has launched Modus Africa, a venture capital fund for AI and blockchain startups across sub-Saharan Africa, TechCrunch has learned. The fund is expected to reach its first close in the first quarter of ... |
| 01.11.2022 | 500 Global and JS Group Partner to Support Startups in Pakistan | 500 Global plans to bring its world-class programs and continue to invest in Pakistan, as the country’s startup ecosystem gathers momentum, with JS Group as a local strategic partner
500 Global, one of the most active venture capital firms... |
| 13.10.2022 | Как выходить на рынок MENA, если ты не шейх | Если вы ещё не в Дубае, то, возможно, скоро собираетесь туда. Рассказываю, как вести бизнес в странах MENA и что учитывать в разработке дизайна компании для этого региона. Что это за рынок MENA
Рынком MENA называют страны Ближнего Востока и... |
| 20.09.2022 | BREAKING: Africa agrifoodtech startups raise $1bn in 5 years, but just 1% of global investment | Africa has seen a substantial rise in the volume of venture capital flowing into the continent. While the majority of investments go to Africa’s surging fintech sector, agrifoodtech startups are also seeing a bump in investor interest.
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| 08.08.2022 | The Next Wave: African investors love fintech. But there’s an opportunity cost | Fintech is the darling of the technology sector in Africa. From its early and humble beginnings at the turn of the century, enabling payments has become the centrepiece of innovation in Africa. Last year, about 62% of venture capital invest... |
| 27.04.2022 | VOLITION CAP HOSTS MAIDEN EDITION OF AFRICA FOUNDERS IMMERSION EVENT IN DUBAI | A cohort of leading tech founders and venture capitalists in Africa have concluded a 2-day immersion event in Dubai. The event, organized by Volition Cap in partnership with the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, was designed to showc... |
| 27.04.2022 | Стартап-революция: топ-3 технологичных отрасли в Катаре | Финтех
Как и в других странах Ближнего Востока и Северной Африки, в Катаре растет популярность финтех-индустрии. В 2020 году в ней было зарегистрировано семь сделок — наибольшее количество по сравнению с другими отраслями. В 2021 году больш... |
| 04.04.2022 | E-Commerce Company Copia Global Isn’t Building The ‘Amazon For Africa’ | Copia Global uses an agent network to take orders and and serve as pick-up points for Copia Global's ... [+] 1.6M customers. Copia Global |
| 10.02.2022 | Nigeria’s Reliance Health eyes expansion with $40M in Series B funding | Credit: Reliance Health |
| 30.09.2021 | Egypt-based FinTech Kashat raises $1.75M | Egypt-based FinTech and microloan solutions provider Kashat has successfully raised $1.75M in its latest funding. The Bridge round was led by the Pan-African fund Launch Africa, whose mandate is to back companies that tackle the most meanin... |
| 12.09.2021 | Egypt-based FinTech Kashat raises $1.75M | Egypt-based FinTech and microloan solutions provider Kashat has successfully raised $1.75M in its latest funding. The Bridge round was led by the Pan-African fund Launch Africa, whose mandate is to back companies that tackle the most meanin... |
| 02.08.2021 | Cairo based Fintech CreditFins, a Credit Card Management Service, Secures Funding from Flat6Labs, AUC Angels, Others | Cairo-headquartered CreditFins, a credit card management service provider, has acquired an undisclosed amount of capital via a pre-seed round.
CreditFins’ investment round has been led by Flat6Labs, AUC Angels, TA Telecom Holding, along wit... |
| 05.07.2021 | Egypt’s MaxAB closes $40 million Series A to expand its inventory delivery platform | MaxAB, a Cairo-based startup that helps small retailers in the country procure inventory for their stores, on Monday announced that it has closed $40 million in Series A funding.
The startup makes procurement easy for retailers, who traditi... |
| 22.06.2021 | Pakistan’s startup ecosystem rises to second position in South Asia | The Pakistani startup space has had an incredible year, having moved up the ladder to 75th position worldwide and 2nd in the South Asian region, as revealed by the recent “Global Startups Ecosystem Index 2021” report released by StartupBlin... |
| 13.06.2021 | Fintech Ecosystem in Egypt being Supported by Strong MENA Region VC Investments, but Well Behind Global Standards: Report | Egypt’s venture capital investment ecosystem has become one of the most fast-evolving markets in the MENA region. It’s been expanding at a 100% CAGR during the last 5 years, according to the 2020 Egypt Venture Investment Report released by ... |
| 22.01.2021 | Startups in MENA raise $1 Billion funding in 2020 despite COVID-19 | According to a report by the startup data platform, MAGNiTT, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were awarded $1.03bn in funds during 2020.
The funding granted to approximately 496 deals represented a rise of 13 perce... |
| 15.01.2021 | Report reveals MENA tech startups raised $1-billion in 2020 | A report conducted by MAGNiTT, the largest venture data platform that tracks startup investments in emerging markets has indicated that startups in the MENA region have raised just over $1-billion in investment funding despite the economic ... |
| 15.01.2021 | Report reveals MENA tech startups raised $1-billion in 2020 | A report conducted by MAGNiTT, the largest venture data platform that tracks startup investments in emerging markets has indicated that startups in the MENA region have raised just over $1-billion in investment funding despite the economic ... |
| 10.11.2020 | Delivery and logistics platform ILLA raises $500K in Seed funding | ILLA, an FMCG delivery & logistics marketplace, has successfully raised a $500K Seed funding round from Averroes VC, AUC Angels, and a consortium of local and regional strategic angel investors, with follow-on funding from Flat6Labs Cai... |
| 18.10.2020 | Pakistani healthtech startup MedznMore raises $2.6 million in seed funding | A Pakistani health tech startup MedznMore has raised around $2.6 million in seed funding. MedznMore is Karachi based which aims to tackle problems regarding pharmacy retail in Pakistan with special on selling medicines and identifying and c... |
| 14.10.2020 | Plus Venture Capital, new $60M firm launched by veteran investors Hasan Haider and Sharif El-Badawi | Sharif El-Badawi and Hasan Haider, former managing partners of 500 Startups’ Falcons Fund, have founded and today launched Plus Venture Capital (+VC) and its $60M debut fund, focused on investing in early-stage tech startups in the MENA reg... |
| 27.08.2020 | Delivery Hero acquires InstaShop for USD 360M to drive the future of delivery | Dubai: InstaShop today announced that it has been acquired by Delivery Hero, for a total base valuation of $360M (on a cash and debt-free basis). This transaction marks the next step in Delivery Hero’s quest to pioneer q-commerce – the next... |
| 10.08.2020 | iKcon raises USD 5 million in Pre-Series A funding round | Dubai: iKcon, a Dubai-based tech-enabled cloud kitchen operator that procures, cooks, and delivers food on behalf of restaurants and brand owners, has successfully raised a $5M Pre-Series A funding round, led by Arzan VC, Al Touq Group and ... |
| 04.08.2020 | MAGNiTT Intelligence: F&B sees a 35% increase in investment activity in 2019 in MENA | Dubai: According to MAGNiTT’s 2019 F&B MENA Venture Investment Report, the Food & Beverage industry witnessed increased investment activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since 2015, with investment deals jumping ... |
| 04.08.2020 | NAR Technologies acquired by US-based B3Bar Holdings | Beirut: NAR Technologies has been acquired by US-based (San-Antonio, Texas) B3Bar Holdings. NAR is a portfolio company of Leap Ventures, and develops drone-based solutions, allowing drones to analyze and interpret data
Speed Accelerator and... |
| 18.06.2020 | Egyptian edtech Zedny launches arabic learning platform after netting $1.2m | Egyptian edtech Zedny has launched its arabic learning and development platform after netting a pre-seed investment of $1.2-million.
Dubai-based tech platform Magnitt reported in an article on Monday (15 June) that the investment came from... |
| 18.06.2020 | Egyptian edtech Zedny launches arabic learning platform after netting $1.2m | Egyptian edtech Zedny has launched its arabic learning and development platform after netting a pre-seed investment of $1.2-million.
Dubai-based tech platform Magnitt reported in an article on Monday (15 June) that the investment came from ... |
| 04.05.2020 | Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East | In advance of her “Crypto Across Emerging Markets” panel at Consensus: Distributed, Leigh Cuen is writing a three-part column on how cryptocurrencies are used in the developing world. In this first part of the series, she looks at the Middl... |
| 20.03.2020 | Latest report puts new number to Egypt’s record year of startup deals in 2019 | Egypt topped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region last year when it came to the number of investments concluded by tech startups, a new report has found.
While this may be so, the figures revealed in a new report released earlier ... |
| 20.03.2020 | Latest report puts new number to Egypt’s record year of startup deals in 2019 | Egypt topped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region last year when it came to the number of investments concluded by tech startups, a new report has found.
While this may be so, the figures revealed in a new report released earlier... |
| 27.02.2020 | Egypt’s Garment IO lands $450k seed investment for clothing factory smart device | Egyptian startup Garment IO has landed $450 000 in seed funding from Egypt Ventures and 500 Startups via its 500 Falcons fund.
The startup, which was founded in 2017 by Mahmoud Saba and Ahmed Nounou (pictured above, left to right, respectiv... |
| 27.02.2020 | Egypt’s Garment IO lands $450k seed investment for clothing factory smart device | Egyptian startup Garment IO has landed $450 000 in seed funding from Egypt Ventures and 500 Startups via its 500 Falcons fund.
The startup, which was founded in 2017 by Mahmoud Saba and Ahmed Nounou (pictured above, left to right, respecti... |
| 29.11.2019 | Why the VC sector has taken off in Egypt in 2019 | Earlier this week indoor advertising platform Adzily raised $12.2-million in funding from a Saudi investor in what’s likely the second biggest venture capital (VC) deal to have been announced involving an Egyptian startup in 2019.
The bigg... |
| 29.11.2019 | Why the VC sector has taken off in Egypt in 2019 | Earlier this week indoor advertising platform Adzily raised $12.2-million in funding from a Saudi investor in what’s likely the second biggest venture capital (VC) deal to have been announced involving an Egyptian startup in 2019.
The bigge... |
| 29.08.2019 | Our $600k seed round was raised in January, reveals Egyptian fintech NowPay | Egyptian fintech NowPay revealed today that a $600 000 seed round that it raised from Endure Capital and 500 Startups — which was reported by various tech media this week — was concluded in January.
NowPay was founded last year by CTO Ahme... |
| 29.08.2019 | Our $600k seed round was raised in January, reveals Egyptian fintech NowPay | Egyptian fintech NowPay revealed today that a $600 000 seed round that it raised from Endure Capital and 500 Startups — which was reported by various tech media this week — was concluded in January.
NowPay was founded last year by CTO Ahmed... |
| 28.06.2019 | Here are six of the biggest VC deals so far in 2019 by Egyptian startups | As summer hits Egypt it’s not just the streets that are cooking, with maximum temperatures in the capital Cairo expected to remain above 38 degrees C for the remainder of this week, investment in Egyptian tech startups is also hotting up.
... |
| 28.06.2019 | Here are six of the biggest VC deals so far in 2019 by Egyptian startups | As summer hits Egypt it’s not just the streets that are cooking, with maximum temperatures in the capital Cairo expected to remain above 38 degrees C for the remainder of this week, investment in Egyptian tech startups is also hotting up.
L... |
| 20.06.2019 | Egypt’s Swvl raises $42-million on a reported $156m valuation [Updated] | UPDATE (20 August 2019): Swvl‘s $42-million raise was based on a valuation of the Egyptian startup of $156.86-million. The valuation was calculated from a disclosure published in a financial report released by Vostok New Ventures this month... |
| 20.06.2019 | Egypt’s Swvl raises $42-million on a reported $156m valuation [Updated] | UPDATE (20 August 2019): Swvl‘s $42-million raise was based on a valuation of the Egyptian startup of $156.86-million. The valuation was calculated from a disclosure published in a financial report released by Vostok New Ventures this month... |
| 26.03.2019 | Two years after a first close, 500 Startups wraps its Middle East fund with $33 million | When 500 Startups partner Hasan Haider announced the $15 million first close for the accelerator and investment firm’s Middle Eastern focused fund, 500 Falcons, Dave McClure was still at the helm of Silicon Valley’s second most famous accel... |
| 25.03.2019 | Middle East And North African Startups Gain Traction, But Challenges Remain | 85 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
We decided to step outside the Silicon Valley bubble and explore an extremely interesting and active (from an investment and startup perspective) part of the world: The Middle East and North Africa ... |
| 25.03.2019 | Middle East And North African Startups Gain Traction, But Challenges Remain | 84 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
We decided to step outside the Silicon Valley bubble and explore an extremely interesting and active (from an investment and startup perspective) part of the world: The Middle East and North Africa ... |
| 07.02.2019 | Entries for third batch of 500 Startups’ MENA Dojo Series A programme now open | North African tech startups that are likely to raise their Series-A funding rounds in the next six to nine months can now apply for the third batch of 500 Startups‘ MENA Dojo Series A programme.
This follows the US early-stage venture fund ... |
| 07.02.2019 | Entries for third batch of 500 Startups’ MENA Dojo Series A programme now open | North African tech startups that are likely to raise their Series-A funding rounds in the next six to nine months can now apply for the third batch of 500 Startups‘ MENA Dojo Series A programme.
This follows the US early-stage venture fund... |
| 04.05.2018 | These are the two Egyptian startups representing Africa at 500 Startups’s Seed Accelerator | There are 18 companies currently participating in 500 startups‘s 23rd Speed Accelerator cohort. Among those startups, two hail from Egypt: dating app Harmonica and mental health platform Shezlong.
500 Startup’s Seed Accelerator programme f... |
| 04.05.2018 | These are the two Egyptian startups representing Africa at 500 Startups’s Seed Accelerator | There are 18 companies currently participating in 500 startups‘s 23rd Speed Accelerator cohort. Among those startups, two hail from Egypt: dating app Harmonica and mental health platform Shezlong.
500 Startup’s Seed Accelerator programme fo... |
| 16.01.2018 | MENA Startups Raised $560 Million In Funding Across 260 Deals In 2017, MAGNiTT Report Reveals | January 16, 2018 4 min read
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| 29.04.2017 | Middle East startups are growing fast, and that’s even before the flying taxis arrive | The flight from Tehran to Dubai is about two hours, similar to the flight from New York to Chicago. The flight from Cairo to Beirut is one hour and 15 minutes. In more peaceful times, the drive from Beirut to Damascus in Syria would take yo... |
| - | Страна роскоши и безопасная гавань: почему стартапы и инвесторы устремились в ОАЭ | Алексей Соловьев, венчурный инвестор, основатель инвесткомпании A.Partners
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Что стало известно об инвестировании в стартапы EdTech за прошедшую неделю
В порядке возрастания привлеченных инвестиций.
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| - | Startups in MENA raise $1 Billion funding in 2020 despite COVID-19 | According to a report by the startup data platform, MAGNiTT, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were awarded $1.03bn in funds during 2020.
The funding granted to approximately 496 deals represented a rise of 13 perce... |
| - | Полгода в Дубае: тест запуска продаж и поиска инвестиций. Субъективный взгляд на страну | Последние 5 месяцев я провел в Дубае с целью запустить продажи своей it-компании на рынке Middle East и поднять инвестиции. Сейчас этот эксперимент завершился, и я хочу зафиксировать основные этапы, мысли и выводы. Изначально хотел просто с... |
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