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Rewiring B2B finance in Pakistan and beyond
What it means to build in a market where volatility isn’t a risk – it’s a cyclical certainty, why going top-down beats direct-to-MSME, and how you build real moats in enterprise fintech — not with UX, but with trust, switching friction, and time.
WakeCap raises $28M Series A to expand AI-powered construction intelligence platform globally
Founded in 2017 by Dr. Hassan Albalawi, WakeCap has developed an IoT and AI-powered project controls platform that delivers visibility into workforce activity, safety, productivity, and site progress across large-scale infrastructure and development projects.
YC-backed, London-based nsave opens access to secure financial accounts for Syrian users following sanctions lift
Co-founder and CEO Amer Baroudi called it “the moment I started nsave for,” as the company begins onboarding Syrians via a new waitlist – offering early access to the first 10,000 signups.
Tala Al-Jabri launches MENA’s first AI-native VC fund, Wyld VC, with $50M to back early-stage AI talent across the region
Backed by the family office of Lawrence E. Golub, the fund will invest in AI middleware and application-layer tools rather than foundation models, with a focus on early-stage startups.
Egypt’s Nawy secures $75M in equity and debt to scale its full-stack proptech platform across MENA
Founded in 2019 by Mohamed Abou Ghanima, Abdel-Azim Osman, Ahmed Rafea, Aly Rafea, and Mostafa El Beltagy, Nawy has evolved from a listings platform into a vertically integrated real estate ecosystem.
How to get (and keep) your first 100 customers
An 18,000-word playbook drawn from interviews with 7 of MENA’s top post-Series A founders, tackling how to build trust before brand equity, validate before users, retain in transient markets, and know when to follow data – and when to trust your gut.
How to get (and keep) your first 100 customers (#2)
An 18,000-word playbook drawn from interviews with 7 of MENA’s top post-Series A founders, tackling how to build trust before brand equity, validate before users, retain in transient markets, and know when to follow data – and when to trust your gut.
How to get (and keep) your first 100 customers (#3)
An 18,000-word playbook drawn from interviews with 7 of MENA’s top post-Series A founders, tackling how to build trust before brand equity, validate before users, retain in transient markets, and know when to follow data – and when to trust your gut.
