Tag: Middle East Startups

February 04, 2018
February 04, 2018

The MENA Ecosystem: The Year Ahead

Hasan Haider
2017 was a landmark year for the MENA startup ecosystem. That hectic pace of development has continued, even accelerated in the first month of 2018. Having been in the MENA startup space in one form or another since 2007, looking back on what has ...
April 07, 2016
Oasis by Tom Sagolla, Flickr
April 07, 2016

500 Falcons: A Path To The Oasis For MENA’s Thirsty Startups

Walter Thompson
In December 2015, 500 Startups unveiled 500 Falcons, a regional micro-fund that covers the MENA region (Middle East + North Africa). Even before launching the fund, which has a target size of $30 million, 500 Startups has made "about 30 deals,"...