Overview
Location
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2004
Mentions in press and media 17
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| Apr 2, 2025 | When Resilience Creates Innovation: Lessons for Entrepreneurs As the MENA entrepreneurial ecosystem keeps growing—with MENA startups raising US$2.3 billion in 2024—this resilience-driven approach offers valuable lessons for founders everywhere. | Growing up in Lebanon meant living in the shadow of conflict—a reality where adaptability, empathy, and innovation are not aspirational values to live by, but essential survival skills. As a kid, no hot water led to heating a bucket on the ... |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Merak Capital to boost MENA gaming development with $80m investment fund | Saudi Arabia-based investor Merak Capital has launched an $80m investment fund targeting gaming startups in the MENA reg |
| Sep 27, 2024 | MENA Digest: Coral leads subdued VC funding week; SHIFT snags $83 mn in PE investment | Premium Venture capital investment activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region slowed down in the last week of September compared to the earlier part of the month. UAE-based climatetech startup Coral led the fundraising, secu... |
| Apr 6, 2023 | [Updated] MENA's Shorooq Partners closes second early-stage VC fund at $150m | Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story had incorrectly described the Jada Fund of Funds as a Jordanian fund, whereas it is a Saudi Arabian fund. The size of the final close has also been updated to $150 million, as against the $145... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | PayPal Ventures Invests in MENA Region Fintech Tabby’s $58M Series C | Tabby, one of MENA’s shopping and financial services apps, has raised $58 million from Sequoia Capital India, STV, PayPal Ventures, Mubadala Investment Capital, Arbor Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst in a Series C round which values the compa... |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Faisal Belhoul Joins Forces with iGan Partners to Launch US$250 million iGan Arabia Fund to drive MedTech Innovation in MENA | iGan Partners, Canada’s leading healthcare technology investors, has joined forces with Faisal Belhoul, a Dubai-based investments professional and entrepreneur, to launch a US$250M iGan Arabia regional fund to drive MedTech innovation acros... |
| Jan 22, 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... |
| Jan 15, 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 ... |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Istanbul-based 212 to invest new €49 million fund in Turkey, Eastern Europe and MENA | Istanbul-based venture capital firm 212 has announced a second fund to invest in startups across Turkey, Central and Eastern Europe, and the MENA region. The fund has €49 million committed and seven portfolio companies so far. The firm says... |
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FAQ about Mena
When was Mena founded?
Mena was founded in 2004.
What has the press written about Mena?
Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning Mena, among them “When Resilience Creates Innovation: Lessons for Entrepreneurs As the MENA entrepreneurial ecosystem keeps growing—with MENA startups raising US$2.3 billion i...” (Apr 2, 2025) and “Merak Capital to boost MENA gaming development with $80m investment fund” (Nov 20, 2024).
Is Mena still active?
Yes, Mena is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 12, 2025.