MENAbytes Today
By MENAbytes
MENAbytes Today highlights the stories from different tech startup ecosystems of Middle East & North Africa. For more details, log on to http://www.menabytes.com.
MENAbytes TodayMay 18, 2021
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MENAbytes Today - Episode 2: Mahmoud Ibrahim on growing Homzmart 30x in 12 months, surprises, expansion, and more
Mahmoud Ibrahim, the co-founder and CEO of Cairo-based furniture ecommerce marketplace shares insights on growing their GMV 30x in the last twelve months, raising $15 million Series A, expansion plan and more.
For more on Homzmart, you can read this: https://www.menabytes.com/homzmart-series-a/
May 18, 202121:01
MENAbytes Today - Episode 1: Telda CEO Ahmed Sabbah on raising $5 million from Sequoia
Ahmed Sabbah, the co-founder and CEO of Egyptian digital banking startup shares the story of how they landed a $5 million pre-seed investment from Sequoia, and more details about what they're building, how they're different and the launch plans.
For more on Telda, you may read these pieces on MENAbytes:
1) Investment: https://www.menabytes.com/telda-pre-seed/
2) Launch: https://www.menabytes.com/telda-launch/
May 17, 202118:27
Building and exiting an ecommerce marketplace in MENA and more with Omar Kassim
We're happy to re-launch the MENAbytes Podcast, with a new format, where we now interview startup founders, VCs and different other stakeholders from the MENA's startup ecosystems.
In this first epsiode, we are joined by Omar Kassim, the founder of JadoPado, an ecommerce marketplace that was acquired by Noon last year.
We talk about building and exiting an ecommerce marketplace in MENA, choosing investors and potentital acquirers, challenges of building a remote company from MENA, and a lot more.
In this first epsiode, we are joined by Omar Kassim, the founder of JadoPado, an ecommerce marketplace that was acquired by Noon last year.
We talk about building and exiting an ecommerce marketplace in MENA, choosing investors and potentital acquirers, challenges of building a remote company from MENA, and a lot more.
Nov 11, 201801:06:24
MENAbytes Podcast: Episode 2
In the second episode of the MENAbytes Podcast, we talk about:
- Careem to invest $150 million to expand into food delivery: www.menabytes.com/careem-food-150-million/
- Noon expands presence to China to source Chinese products direct: www.menabytes.com/noon-china/
- Hajj Hackathon: www.menabytes.com/hajj-hackathon-saudi/
- The startups that raised investments last week: www.menabytes.com/category/investments/
- We also have a guest on this episode; Faith Capital's Aziz Hayat who talks about term sheets and more. You can connect with Aziz on Twitter: twitter.com/AzizHayat.
- Careem to invest $150 million to expand into food delivery: www.menabytes.com/careem-food-150-million/
- Noon expands presence to China to source Chinese products direct: www.menabytes.com/noon-china/
- Hajj Hackathon: www.menabytes.com/hajj-hackathon-saudi/
- The startups that raised investments last week: www.menabytes.com/category/investments/
- We also have a guest on this episode; Faith Capital's Aziz Hayat who talks about term sheets and more. You can connect with Aziz on Twitter: twitter.com/AzizHayat.
Jul 17, 201829:14
MENAbytes Podcast: Episode 1
In the first episode of the MENAbytes Podcast, we talk about:
- Uber Careem merger talks - you can read more here: www.menabytes.com/uber-careem-merger-talks/
- STC Pay: www.menabytes.com/stc-pay/
- The startups that raised investments last week: www.menabytes.com/category/investments/
Please share your feedback by sending an email here, zubair@menabytes.com or reach out to MENAbytes on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
- Uber Careem merger talks - you can read more here: www.menabytes.com/uber-careem-merger-talks/
- STC Pay: www.menabytes.com/stc-pay/
- The startups that raised investments last week: www.menabytes.com/category/investments/
Please share your feedback by sending an email here, zubair@menabytes.com or reach out to MENAbytes on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Jul 09, 201818:20