Startup Finance
We Got Funded: Social Media Monitoring Startup Crowd Analyzer Raises US$1.1 Million In Funding
In its endeavor to revolutionize the social media marketing industry, the startup has raised US$1.1 million in a pre-Series A round
We Got Funded: The Luxury Closet Founder Kunal Kapoor On The Startup's US$8.7 Million Growth Funding
The Luxury Closet is a Dubai-based luxury e-commerce portal that specially focuses on the pre-owned segment.
We Got Funded: Jordan-Based Tech Startup POSRocket Receives A US$1.5 Million Boost
The startup aims to utilize the funding proceeds to further build on their accomplishments, and is looking at making focused investments in the areas of product research, operations management, and talent.
We Got Funded: Bahrain-Born Food Tech Startup Eat On Its Recent Fundraising Win
Existing investors Tenmou, Pinnacle, and 500 Startups also took part in this round, and with this, the total funds raised by Eat are now at US$3.4 million.
Jordan-Based Agri Tech Startup Nestrom Raises Seed Funding From Regional Investors
Co-founded by entrepreneurs Yousef Wadi, Kanaan Manasrah, and Shadi Al Shalabi in early 2017, Nestrom focuses on "delivering high-end, easy to deploy agricultural software products and solutions," and says that they aspire to "transform all farms into smart farms."
MENA Investors' Forecasts for 2018: Heather Henyon, Founder, WAIN
Investors are out with their forecasts for the MENA entrepreneurial ecosystem money and they are bullish, to say the least.
Eventtus Raises US$2 Million From Algebra Ventures And 500 Startups
With the new investment, Eventtus is all set to take itself up a notch.
10 Ways First-Time Entrepreneurs Can Better Their Startup's Chances At Fundraising
A few tips for the first-time founders who are looking for funding right now in the MENA region.
What Investors Want: MEVP's Walid Hanna On Assessing Enterprises For Investment
Walid Hanna, Founding Partner and CEO, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), talks about the launch of the fund and what they hope to entail with the fund.
Jordan-Based Home Design Startup Darpedia Raises Angel Investment
Darpedia, a platform connecting homeowners with interior design professionals, has raised US$200,000 from two undisclosed regional angel investors.
Investor Outlook: How Much is Too Much Control by VCs
When should investors step in to take charge
Dubai-Based E-Grocery App El Grocer Gets Ready To Scale On Crowd Power
When the startup recently decided to raise funds to scale up further, el Grocer chose to step away from the venture capital route, and instead tried crowdfunding to help fuel its growth.
Tunisian Big Data Startup Datavora Raises Funding To Support E-Commerce Ventures
With a proprietary technology, the startup "crawls" websites and marketplaces to collect e-commerce data on a global scale, and analyzes and interprets results in real-time to aid decision-making.
Get Your Money's Worth: What Investors Should Look For In A Startup
The key determinant of funding for angel investors (or any investor in general) is to understand if the company they are interested in is fundable or not.
When Invoices Are Paid Late: the Crippling Effects Small Businesses Suffer (Infographic)
If SMBs were paid on time, they could hire an additional 2.1 million employees -- and reduce U.S. unemployment by 27 percent.