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Wamda accelerates entrepreneurship ecosystems throughout MENA by joining Wamda Capital, the most active, multi-stage, sector agnostic VC fund investing in high growth technology or tech-enabled startups across the MENA, and the leading knowledge platform offering integrated programs including thought leadership and research, community development, Wamda’s fellowship program Wamda X, as well as corporate and government advisory services to the various stakeholders of the MENA startup ecosystem.
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Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
During an event for Wamda Capital’s investors and partners earlier this year, Hiro Tamura gave a presentation on global emerging trends in tech, highlighting tools and opportunities in MENA.
Tamura is a partner at Atomico, a London based fund that opened it’s doors in 2006 and that invests in tech opportunities around the world, mostly focusing on Europe. Atomico premise and focus is on investing outside Silicon Valley in disruptive tech companies with ambitious founders from series A onwards. The company espouses an entrepreneur driven formula based on symbiotic relationships between investors and investees.
Tamura first encountered one of his current partners at Atomico, Niklas Zennström, co-founder of Skype, when working on expanding Zennström’s platform internationally.
Before joining Atomico in 2008 Tamura was involved in pan-Asian tech investment and consultancy. Once he came on board at Atomico he oversaw the raising of the the firm’s third fund which on it’s closing date was worth three times as much as the previous fund.
In his presentation Tamura address different kinds of tech ecosystems and he analyses the observable macro landscapes in the sector. He addresses emerging trends in the tech world and emphasizes the kinds of tools available for investors today, especially so in emerging markets such as the MENA.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Ronaldo Mouchawar, CEO of Souq.com, Faraz Khalid, cofounder and managing partner of Namshi, and Mudassir Sheikha, cofounder and CEO of Careem, as well as Wamda's Fadi Ghadnour are leading a discussion on the future of ecommerce in the MENA in light of Amazon's entry and AI's potential industry disruption.
They discussed multiple key issues, including how they started and kicked-off their ventures, the challenges they faced, and how they overcame them, in addition to their market analysis and overview.
Wednesday Jun 07, 2017
Wednesday Jun 07, 2017
Fintech is hot. Globally, investments in fintech have been rising since 2012, and while they might drop slightly in 2017, according to CB Insights, the amount invested so far this year is around $2.7 billion.
For the Middle East, things are getting a little warmer also. In the last 10 years, as we outlined in our recently published State of Fintech report published in partnership with Payfort, there has been $100 million raised for fintech startups.
Our research indicates that the number of startups launched and investments raised will more than double by 2020.
As part of publishing the report, Wamda Capital hosted a fintech panel to look at what’s going on in what is really a nascent sector for the Middle East.
Wednesday Jan 11, 2017
Wednesday Jan 11, 2017
Join Wamda Capital's Turkey based Venture Partner, Kaan Kalıpçı as he discusses the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Turkey with Insider's Founder and CEO Hande Çilingir, and Founding Partner at Aslanoba Capital, Cankut Durgun.
Sunday Sep 04, 2016
Sunday Sep 04, 2016
إنضمو إلى فادي غندور في أول حلقة باللغة العربيه من صوتيات ومضة كابيتال حيث يتحاور مع رواد الأعمال مازن الضراب، المدير العام لشركة حركات للإنتاج،و سلمان السحيباني المؤسس والمدير التنفيذي لشركة مرني السعوديه وهم يتحاورون عن تطور وحالة ريادة الأعمال في المملكة
Join Fadi Ghandour in our first Arabic podcast episode as he discusses the the development and state of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in KSA with his guests Mazen Al Darrab, the GM of Harakat production, and Salman AlSuhaibaney, the CEO and Founder of Morni KSA.
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
Khaled Talhouni moderates Wamda Capital's 4th podcast episode with his guests Ali Nehme, Chief Strategy Officer at Publicis Media Middle East, Diana Baddar Head of MENA partnerships at Youtube, Elias Mouawad, Chief Growth Officer at Kharabeesh, and Abed Agha, Managing Director at Vinelab. As they discuss the state of digital content and digital spend in the MENA region.
Sunday Jul 03, 2016
Sunday Jul 03, 2016
Join Khaled Talhouni as he discusses the state of e-commerce and payment trends, issues, and opportunities in the MENA region with his guests, Shant Oknayan Head of E-commerce, Retail, Online Services and Media at Facebook, Hussein Wehbi Country General Manager - UAE at Aramex, Omar Soudodi Managing Director at Payfort, and Ala' AlSallal Founder and CEO of Jamalon.com
Monday May 02, 2016
Monday May 02, 2016
Special live taping of a panel discussion at Wamda Capital’s annual LP investor event. In this episode Fares Ghandour discusses the state of the regional startup ecosystem with Ronaldo Mouchawar, the CEO of Souq Group, Mudassir Sheikha, co founder and CEO of Careem, Jonathan Labin, Managing Director, Middle East, North Africa & Pakistan at Facebook, and Mona Ataya, founder and CEO of Mumzworld.
As this is a live event, please excuse the sound quality.
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
This is The Wamda Capital podcast’s inaugural episode, one of many more to come where we’ll be hosting various guests from the tech and startup ecosystem. In this episode, Fares Ghandour, Partner at Wamda Capital, sits down with Fadi Ghandour, CEO & Chairman, and Khaled Talhouni, Managing Partner at Wamda Capital.