Tag: Deals

Wamda

MENA startups raised $52 million in June 2025, the steepest monthly drop in a year

Startup funding across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region plummeted in June 2025, with only $52 million raised across 37 deals—an 82% decline month-on-monthand […]
July 6th, 2025
Rest of World

Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet

The idea of a space-based internet is almost as old as the internet itself. In 1993, the Hughes Aircraft Company filed for a license with the […]
June 30th, 2025
Rest of World

Can the Gulf buy its way to AI supremacy?

The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar pledged $2 trillion of deals during U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East tour last month, sparking debate over whether massive […]
June 24th, 2025
Wamda

Valu begins trading on EGX with Amazon as investor

Press release: EFG Holding, a leading financial institution with a universal bank in Egypt and the leading investment bank in the Middle East and North Africa […]
June 23rd, 2025
Wamda

Stryde acquires Qora71, launches Stryde71 to expand global VC access

Press release: Stryde, a DFSA-regulated digital investment platform, has announced the acquisition of Qora71, the region’s fastest-growing angel investment network. As part of the deal, Qora71 […]
June 23rd, 2025
EU-Startups

Polish VC firm Movens Capital launches €60 million fund to back CEE tech Founders from pre-Seed to Series A+

Warsaw-based VC firm Movens Capital has launched a €60 million multi-stage Fund 2 to invest in Founders from Central and Eastern Europe, providing first checks of €250k […]
June 23rd, 2025
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