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🌟 Calling All Angel Investors! 🌟 We are in the process of launching an Angel Investor Database, so our startups can reach out for angel funding before reaching out to the 750+ VCs we currently have on our platform. If you’re interested in being one of the top 300+ angel investors we’ll have joining the platform for our first Phase of development, just comment “I’m an Angel Investor!” in the comments below 👇 and we’ll add you to our waitlist! Be part of our journey to empower startups with the right resources and opportunities from the start! #angelinvesting #investors #techstartups #MEA #MiddleEast #Pakistan #Turkey #funding #MEAPT #LucidityInsights #MENA #TechVenture

"𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫." This isn't just a pitch—it's a relationship. Not everyone is the perfect match, and that's okay. Your goal isn't to fit everywhere. It's to find the venture capital partner who will truly help you grow. 💡 Full conversation with Sonia Weymuller, Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouq. 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gHBkSyWT 🎙️ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gsaWGgb3 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gcNcF5Mx 🔗 Lucidity Insights: https://lnkd.in/gHXmyf7i 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥? 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #StartupJourney #VentureCapital #PitchPerfect #BusinessGrowth #ScalingUp #Entrepreneurship #InvestorRelationships #FounderTips #StartupAdvice #BusinessInsights #VentureSouq

Imagine this: In 2024, the Middle East #EdTech market is valued at $𝟐𝟔𝟒.𝟐 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. By 2031, it’s projected to hit $𝟓𝟕𝟑.𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧—an 𝟏𝟏.𝟕% 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐑). That’s almost doubling in under a decade. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡? • A young, tech-savvy population with median age = 22. • 25% of the MENA region’s population is aged 15–29, making the region a hotspot for #DigitalEducation solutions. With this momentum, the #MiddleEast is on track to become a global leader in innovative #EducationTech. 🔗 More on our website: https://lnkd.in/gvJHEiGD ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #MENA #EdTechInnovation #MiddleEastGrowth #MENAEdTech #EducationTechnology #EdTechTrends

💸 #InvestmentAlert – Jada Fund of Funds is thrilled to announce its commitment to SEEDRA Ventures Fund II, an early-stage #VentureCapital fund by SEEDRA Ventures. 🗨️ “Our commitment to #SEEDRAVentures Fund II highlights our focus on enabling early-stage businesses that drive transformative growth,” shared Bandr Alhomaly, CFA, Managing Director and CEO of #JadaFundofFunds. 🌟 “We are grateful for Jada's trust and commitment to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the [Saudi Arabia] Kingdom,” noted Haitham Alforaih, Founding Partner & CEO of SEEDRA Ventures. This partnership aligns perfectly with Jada’s vision to expand capital access and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. 🚀 📖 Read more here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ggCj2NxR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #StartupFunding #SaudiArabia #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #MENAStartups #Vision2030 #VCFunding

🚀 #FundingAlert — Saudi-based #Fintech EdfaPay has raised $5M in a Pre-Series A round led by Omantel Innovation Labs, with support from al jabr mena and Waad Investment. Founded by Eng. Ghormallah Al-Ghamdi in 2022, #EdfaPay offers payment solutions for startups, #SMEs, and freelancers, with its #SoftPOS technology driving adoption across #MENA and beyond. 💡 What's next? Expansion into #Oman and strengthening its payment infrastructure across the region. 📖 Full story here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gfa8uMcH ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #FintechStartups #SaudiArabia #TechInnovation #FintechInnovation #SMEFinance #MENAExpansion #StartupFunding #OmanBusiness

🚀 #FundingAlert — Lingawa (Formerly TopSet), a Nigerian #EdTech startup, has raised $1.1 million from investors including Voltron Capital, Zrosk Investment Management, WEAV (Women's Enterprise Acceleration Vehicle), Kaleo Ventures, and Mastercard Foundation. The company champions the preservation of African languages amid the threats of globalization and cultural assimilation. Founded in 2022 by Frank Akinwande Williams, #Lingawa connects learners worldwide with 100+ native-speaking tutors to foster fluency and cultural pride 📢 This investment aims to enhance the platform while also addressing a gap in teaching skills by training native speakers to deliver engaging, world-class lessons. For more information, check out the news: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gVmBBj3r ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #AfricanLanguages #LanguagePreservation #Culture #VoltronCapital #MasterCardFoundation #CulturalHeritage #Globalization #UNESCO #StartupInnovation

From Q1 to Q3 2024, the #MENAPT region raised $𝟲.𝟳𝟯 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in total investments—a modest 𝟎.𝟓% 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 compared to the $𝟲.𝟲𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 2023. But here's the twist: Deal volume plummeted by a staggering 𝟒𝟒.𝟔%. Only 𝟔𝟐𝟐 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 were closed this year, compared to 𝟏,𝟏𝟐𝟑 in the same period last year. What does this mean? Investors are shifting their focus toward 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬, prioritizing high-value opportunities over volume. This points to a 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁, where quality trumps quantity. MENAPT's investment landscape isn't shrinking—it's evolving. Where do you see the market heading next? 📈 🔗 More on our website: https://lnkd.in/gTpAMcPn ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #LucidityInsights #FundingLandscape #VentureCapital #InvestmentTrends #EmergingMarkets #TechInvestments #Startups #InvestmentInsights #DealFlow #MarketTrends #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #Innovation #TechEcosystem #MENA

🚀 #FundingAlert — InfraCredit, Nigeria's ‘AAA’-rated infrastructure credit guarantee institution, has secured a $30 million risk-sharing facility from British International Investment (BII) to support #RenewableEnergy projects across underserved communities. Founded in 2017, #InfraCredit facilitates local currency guarantees to scale #CleanEnergy solutions, targeting over 57,000 new connections and reducing reliance on diesel-powered systems. 💬 Check out what Chinua Azubike, #CEO of InfraCredit, says about this funding round on the news: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gCqPQfnK ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #FundingNews #Nigeria #AfricanEnergy #ClimateFinance #BII #GreenInfrastructure #SustainableEnergy #ImpactInvestment #EnergySolutions

🚀 #FundingAlert — Saudi fitness chain Armah Sports Company has secured a SAR 180 million ($47.9M) Shariah-compliant #MurabahaLoan from Bank AlJazira | بنك الجزيرة to fuel its expansion plans. Founded in 1994 by Abdulmalik Al Hagbani and Fahad Alhagbani, #ArmahSports plans to use the seven-year financing, which includes a two-year grace period, to open new fitness centers in key #SaudiArabia cities. For more information, check out the news: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gCjXA9kE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #SaudiFitness #ExpansionPlans #BankAlJazira #ShariahCompliant #FitnessNews #KSA #SaudiStartups #HealthAndWellness #BusinessGrowth

🚀 #FundingAlert — makromusic, Turkey's music-based social platform that connects users with similar tastes and supports artists with #Spotify promotions, has raised $15 million in #SeedFunding. Founded by Ataberk Özaydın, #makromusic has already reached 8 million downloads in #Turkey. The platform aims to replicate this success globally, positioning itself at the intersection of music and social connections. This new investment and recent partnerships will drive makromusic’s international expansion, focusing on the U.S. market. For more information, check out the news: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gEGWyP3T ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #FundingNews #MusicApp #SocialPlatform #Startup #TechInnovation #GlobalExpansion #USMarket