July 21st, 2012

500 Startups Backs First Middle Eastern Startup, Jeeran, A Yelp For The Arab World

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Earlier this year, young venture capital fund and startup accelerator 500 Startups announced some changes that indicated its intent to move beyond adolescence into adulthood, and expand its scope beyond the U.S. The firm raised a new, bigger fund, added new partners, and increase its focus on identifying and investing in talented international entrepreneurs.

Dave McClure and company have… → Read More

October 27th, 2010

Intel Backs Three Startups From The Middle East: Nymgo, Jeeran, ShooFeeTV

Intel’s investment arm, Intel Capital, announced three new investments at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa today.

The three startups that have received fresh capital from the investment organization are UK/Lebanon based Nymgo (which delivers cheap VoIP telephony services), Jordan-based Jeeran (social networking site) and ShooFeeTV (which operates a Web-based… → Read More