Startups
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1.9KY Combinator’s Sam Altman on How to succeed with a Startup
Y Combinator’s Startup School messed it up this year when they sent acceptance to a lot of those who were actually not...
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3.4KCairo-based FreshSource raises seed funding from HIMangel for its B2B food supply platform
Egyptian agtech startup FreshSource has raised seed funding from HIMangel, the Cairo-based angel fund has told MENAbytes. The size of deal was...
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2.3KBeirut-based cybersecurity startup Myki raises $4 million Series A for its offline password manager
Beirut-based Myki has raised $4 million as Series A investment, the startup announced today. The round was led by Dubai-based BECO Capital...
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10.0KWe’re pretty happy that we were able to force a giant like Careem to join us as competitor, says Swvl CEO Mostafa Kandil
It has been more than three months since Egypt’s transportation startup Swvl announced an $8 million Series A round, the largest for...
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2.3KCairo-based Aqarmap raises investment from Wamda, KISP and Raed for its online real-estate marketplace
Egyptian online real estate marketplace Aqarmap has raised an undisclosed amount of investment from Dubai-based Wamda Capital, Kuwait’s KISP Ventures and Saudi’s...
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2.5KFintech in Egypt: An overview
Coming from a background in finance, fintech is always close to our hearts. This month we took a look at the emerging...
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1.6KDubai-based Sarwa raises $1.3 million to help average user invest their savings
Sarwa, a Dubai-based investment advisory platform has raised $1.3 million in pre-Series A investment, the startup announced today. The investment came from...
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2.7KUAE’s Seez raises $1 million for its AI-powered Shazam-like automotive marketplace
Dubai-headquartered automotive marketplace Seez has raised $1 million in funding from Lebanon’s B&Y Venture Partners and Phoenician Funds, the startup announced last...
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2.5KDubai-based property website Bayut.com’s parent company raises $50 million
Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), the company that owns different property websites across the region including UAE’s Bayut.com has announced close of...
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1.1KDubai-based diamond jewelry ecommerce startup Fergus James raises over $400,000 from angel investors
Fergus James, a Dubai-based diamond jewelry ecommerce startup has raised a little over $400,000 (1.5 million dirhams) in funding from the local...