Posts By Zubair Naeem Paracha
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6.4KNewsCareem in early talks to raise another $500 million in funding: report
Careem is in early talks to raise another $500 million in funds, Reuters citing three sources reported yesterday. Earlier this year Bloomberg...
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6.4KEcosystemMENAbytes Quarterly: $35 million raised by MENA startups in 2018 Q1, UAE top country
The first quarter of 2018 has seen a decent amount of activity in terms of investments. We’ve tried to put together all...
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4.2KNewsUber sells its Southeast Asia business to competitor Grab
Uber has exited Southeast Asia by selling its business to competitor Grab in exchange of 27.5% stake in the company. Uber’s CEO Dara...
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6.8KOpinionsOpinion: Funding should not be used as a scale to measure success (or failure) of a startup
Raising investments for startups is not easy. And it gets even more difficult when you’re doing it in MENA. I have been speaking...
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6.8KEcosystem9 startups to watch at Step Start 2018
Step Conference has undoubtedly become one of the biggest gatherings of startup community and geeks in MENA. The event that started as series of...
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6.5KInvestmentsDubai-based HiGuests raises $300,000 to manage your Airbnb apartment
HiGuests, a Dubai-based startup that helps property owners with sort-term rentals has raised $300,000 from different private angel investors in seed funding....
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7.3KStartupsBuseet wants to solve urban commuting problem in Egypt and beyond with its shuttle bus service
Cairo is known for its traffic woes. According to a study conducted by World Bank in 2010, traffic congestion was costing the...
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29.0KInvestmentsEgyptian founders raise over $800,000 in London to help people discover their learning needs
London-based EdTech startup Knowledge Officer has raised £600,000 (~$834,000) in a seed round led by Middle Eastern angel investor Abdullah AlShaheen and...
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9.4KInvestmentsBeirut-based interior design startup Moodfit raises ~$400,000 in seed funding
Moodfit, a Beirut-based interior design startup has raised ~$400,000 as seed investment in a round led by Seeders Angel Group and joined...
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32.4KEcosystem20 Women Venture Capitalists (VCs) of MENA you should know about
According to the Crunchbase Women in Venture report 2017, the percentage of women partners in the top hundred VC firms in the...