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With a €20 million Series A Snapp opens up ride-sharing in Iran
4:30 am PDT • October 9, 2016
Investors have turned Iran into the latest country to embrace the ride sharing and car-hailing app phenomenon. The Iran Internet Group has secured a €20 million Series A round of…
After failing to get their startup Udemy off the ground in their native Turkey, Eren Bali and Oktay Cağlar headed to the U.S. in 2009. Both knew that in the…
Startups
As Turkey’s coup creates a new political reality, startups turn east for growth
7:30 am PDT • September 3, 2016
Turkey has been having an annus horribilis. For the past year the country has incurred bombings, the rise of extremists, growing authoritarianism and censorship and, this past July 15, an…
NYC presents more opportunities than challenges for foreign ad firms
8:00 am PDT • May 14, 2016
With digital ad spending expected to surpass the spend on television advertising next year, the Big Apple overflows with adtech startups. Many of these startups are coming to New York…
Startups
Startup Turkey, in its 8th year, reveals a vibrant Turkish startup ecosystem
7:30 am PST • March 7, 2016
In its eighth year, Startup Turkey, a gathering of 600, is one of the country’s premier startup events.
E-Commerce Stakes Are High In The Mideast After The Largest Ever A Round For Wadi.com
6:30 am PST • February 18, 2016
The desire to dominate the e-commerce market in the Middle East is strong. And investors are getting into the action.
Startups
Did Egypt’s Uprising In Tahrir Square Launch A Startup Revolution?
6:00 am PST • January 25, 2016
In the five years since thousands of Egyptians filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square, startups in Egypt have multiplied as have the number of funds and startup accelerators. At this past Riseup,…
Venture
In The Middle East, Increasing Startup Opportunities Bring Hope
10:35 am PST • December 20, 2015
The presence of the investors – in large numbers from both the region and beyond, including Silicon Valley – at a recent RiseUp event in Cairo indicated that entrepreneurship in…
Startups Grow In Africa, But Ecosystems Need More To Flourish
1:38 pm PDT • July 25, 2015
Obamania has gripped Kenya as the 44th U.S. president lands in Nairobi, the country’s capital, for a visit. From t-shirts, mugs, and caps with Barack Obama’s name and image to…
As negotiators finalized a deal on Iran’s nuclear program last week, entrepreneurs in Iran cheered. The deal, brokered after 20 months of negotiation, will restrict Iran’s nuclear program in exchange…
Securing Startups Will Be Yet Another Gauntlet For Greece
5:30 pm PDT • July 13, 2015
What will happen now to both Greece and its place in the European Union and, in particular, the Euro itself is an open question. This uncertainty has Greece’s entrepreneurs worried…
Amid A Collapsing Economy, Greek Entrepreneurs Band Together To Keep Business Going
5:16 pm PDT • July 2, 2015
Greece went to the brink this week. And the country’s entrepreneurs wasted no time in stepping into action.
Startups
Entrepreneurs And Investors In Turkey Emboldened By Election Results
2:01 pm PDT • June 13, 2015
Last Sunday, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish initials AKP, took a hit. But it’s a hit that’s stirring the hopes of the nation’s entrepreneurs and investors. For…
A Requiem For Pakistani Activist And Entrepreneurial Advocate Sabeen Mahmud
2:30 pm PDT • May 27, 2015
Housed in a dusty street in Karachi, Pakistan, the community space for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs, The Second Floor (T2F), doesn’t look like much from the outside. Inside the space…
Startup Weekend On The Turkish Border Unites Two Countries’ Entrepreneurs
4:00 pm PST • November 27, 2014
It’s not unusual to encounter a Startup Weekend somewhere in the world. The trademarked event that brings together individuals eager to build and present it before a panel of entrepreneurship…
