Developing an angel investor pool in the Middle East will create a more opportunities and will strengthen regional economic growth
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Abu Dhabi
Hambro Perks: ‘We want to be the first London VC in the Gulf’
British boutique investment firm is chasing deals in the region
Abdulrahman Tarabzouni
Saudi ‘has massive demand and lagging supply’, says STV CEO
SoftBank Investment Advisors said the direction of the Middle East tech scene is positive
Arab Monetary Fund
Bridging the Middle East’s startup funding gap
Missing components needed to build a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem have begun to emerge
Arabian Business StartUp Academy
Video: Do we need a new generation of braver investors?
“Everybody wants to become a cupcake entrepreneur at some point,” Emirates NBD executive vice president Tariq Bin Hendi said at the Arabian Business StartUp Academy. His statement was welcomed with roaring laughter from the audience of startup and SME founders, their reactions a fitting testament to his main point: People have romanticised entrepreneurship.
Arab Monetary Fund
Opinion: how to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality
Entrepreneurship might have been ‘romanticised’ but perhaps the region needs a new generation of investors
Arabian Business StartUp Academy
Entrepreneurship ‘romanticised’ too much, says Emirates NBD exec
Tariq Bin Hendi said many business ideas are based on current trends as opposed to solid business ideas
Dubai
UAE attracts most start-up funding in MENA region
2018 saw a record number of 366 startup deals take place across MENA, amounting to $893m of total investment
acquisition
Opinion: Start-ups and VCs, let’s talk about the ‘P’ word
Start-ups and VCs must face the realisation that rounds of funding cannot continue in perpetuity
Argo Ventures
Yallacompare raises $8m in new funding round
Yallacompare expects to issue over $50m worth of insurance policies in 2019
2019 Prediction
2019 outlook: The Middle East proves it is investable and more investors will believe in its potential
Exits in 2019 funds will finally start returning money to investors, encouraging new ones to believe and invest more in the region, writes Fadi Ghandour, executive chairman at Wamda Capital
budget hotels
India’s Oyo Rooms eyes European markets
Oyo receives $1 billion in funding from a consortium of investors led by SoftBank in September, making it one of India’s wealthiest startups
consumer technology investors
Indian venture capital investments more than doubles in 2017
The average ticket size of investments in consumer technology was about $7 million
Badr Jafar
‘New era’ for corporate VCs in the Middle East, says Badr Jafar
Crescent Enterprises’ corporate VC arm, CE Ventures, plans to invest $150 million around the world by 2020