Startup Financing: Page 7
Work it Step-by-Step to Get a Better Business Loan
Smaller business loans are great stepping stones toward bigger, less-expensive financing in the future.
BeyondCapital Launches A Scout Program To Boost Prospects Of Early-Stage Businesses In Jordan
Under the program, a selected pool of individual 'scouts' will make small ticket investments in projects within their various areas of expertise, backed by funding from BeyondCapital.
How to Qualify for a Business Startup Loan
New businesses may find it difficult to qualify for traditional bank loans. But don't lose hope. You still have plenty of options.
MENA Startups Community Platform MAGNiTT.Com Raises US$1 Million In Seed Funding
MAGNiTT founder and CEO Philip Bahoshy on the company's recent fundraising round, led by 500Startups, with investors Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), KISP Ventures, Financial Horizon Group, and iNet.
Luxury E-Commerce Platform The List Raises US$1.7 Million In Seed Round
THE LIST brings curated luxury products from global boutiques to the Middle East- thus enabling customers to shop straight from the streets of Paris, London, Milan, New York, Moscow or Tokyo.
The Brave New World Of ICOs: A Primer On The Regulatory Landscape
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are exploding in popularity, but both offerers and investors need to understand the regulatory landscape to avoid getting burned, write Latham & Watkins' Brian Meenagh, Lee Irvine, and Eyad Latif.
The Human Factor: What Angel Investor Ahmad Shehada Looks For In His Investments
As someone who rarely invests in startups that "have been shopped around," Shehada prefers playing the waiting game on his potential investees, but once having invested, he plays an active role in the startup's growth.
We Got Funded: MENA E-Commerce Platform Mumzworld.com Closes Fifth Funding Round
E-commerce platform Mumzworld.com continues to go from strength to strength as it announces the closure of its fifth round of funding to date.
We Got Funded: Tamatem Games Gets A US$2.5 Million Series A Funding Boost
As a publisher localizing global games in partnership with international partners to make them more culturally relevant for the Arabic market, Tamatem Games wants to utilize the funds to capitalize on the success it has had since its launch in 2014.
UAE-Based Enhance Closes US$1.5 Million Seed Round
Enhance, a UAE-based tech startup that builds marketplace businesses to meet the needs of Middle East and Africa consumers, has closed seed funding of US$1.5 million.
Fintech Disruptors are Changing How Entrepreneurs Invest and Raise Capital
Toss traditional out the window. Be creative finding funding.
How to Finance Taking Your Startup to the Big Time
Many successful companies bootstrapped to get started but getting big almost inevitably requires funding.
We Got Funded: Egypt-Based Fintech Startup Moneyfellows Raises Seed Funds
The startup claims to be gaining traction steadily since the time it participated in the Barclays Egypt and Flat6labs-powered 1864 fintech startup accelerator, and it had also won first place in the startups track at the 10th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition held in Bahrain.
We Got Funded: Personal Concierge App Elves On How They Raised A US$2 Million Seed Round
Elves successfully raised US$2 million in its seed round in December 2017- one that the startup terms as having been "heavily oversubscribed."
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."