Ecosystem
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3.8KDayra, an Egyptian fintech wins $15,000 grant from Y Combinator’s Startup School
Cairo-based fintech Dayra has won $15,000 grant from Y Combinator’s Startup School, becoming the first startup from the Middle East & North...
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5.8KSaudi’s Public Investment Fund launches Jada, a $1.07 billion fund of funds to invest in startups and SMEs
Saudi sovereign wealth fund ‘Public Investment Fund’ that has been actively investing in startups across the globe has launched Jada, a $1.07...
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2.6KLessons from first six months as a VC in Pakistan
It is humbling to know how much I did not know before I became a partner six months ago at Karavan, a...
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5.0KOpinion: Why Pakistani startups are the next big thing
by Aatif Awan, the Founder & Managing Partner of Indus Valley Capital, an early-stage VC fund focused on Pakistani Startups. The article was...
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5.6KMubadala launches $150 million fund of funds and $100 million direct fund, to invest in startups in MENA
UAE’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala that has been actively making direct and indirect investments in the American and European startups for years...
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2.8KBarhain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds invests in Chinese VC ‘MSA Capital’
Al Waha, the Bahrain-based $100 million Fund of Funds has made an investment in MSA Capital, a $250 million Beijing-based fund, it...
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5.4KWamda X, the grant-based idea-stage program for entrepreneurs in MENA is now accepting applications for its second cohort
Wamda X, the idea-stage grant-based fellowship program launched by Wamda last year is now accepting applications for its second cohort. The four-month...
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5.8KWhitepaper: Regulatory FinTech sandbox initiatives in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
This was first published as a whitepaper on MEVP’s website Riyad Abou Jaoudeh and has been reproduced here with his permission. A...
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7.7KDubai’s BECO Capital closes its second fund with $100 million to invest in early-stage startups of MENA
BECO Capital, one of the leading regional VCs, has closed its second fund with $100 million, the Dubai-based VC announced in a...