📈 States with the greatest concentration of immigrants create the most jobs and biggest increase in personal income. 📉 Where immigrants are relatively scarce, states generate the fewest jobs and smallest rise in income bloom.bg/2HOD6sx via bopinion

Excited to back another beast of a founder tackling one of the largest regional sectors Tenderd Launches with MENA’s Largest Seed Round of $5.8m and an “All-Star” Cast of Investors prweb.com/releases/tende…

An observation from being a VC; it’s almost a rule that to be a good investor, it will be hard to raise money from LP’s (in the early funds). As I can’t imagine a person that good founders get along with, to also get along with “most” LP’s. Exact opposites

Egypt was one of the largest countries for Uber and Careem (in no. Of rides). Hence a v strong talent based was created that’s eager to take over the rest of Africa and EM’s ⁦SwvlEgypt⁩ Raises $42 Million for African Expansion - Bloomberg #proud bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is what we’ve all been waiting for. 2 companies that changed the ambitions of 70% of the regional talent. Most UAE professionals hoping to create the next Souq or Careem - ArabianBusiness.com arabianbusiness.com/technology/423…

The registration deadline for Misk Growth Accelerator is prolonged! #MENAStartups have time to submit their applications until July 25th and compete for an opportunity to get $100,000 investment + a chance to receive a follow-on of up to $1 million ➡️ seedsta.rs/MiskGrowthAcce…

Egyptian B2B ecommerce startup MaxAB raises $6.2 million in MENA’s largest seed round menabytes.com/maxab-seed/

The Egyptian ecosystem is booming with talented entrepreneurs poised to tackle massive pain points that are typical of emerging markets. We will see Egyptian entrepreneurs growing companies across Africa, LATAM and SEA. Proud to be backing one of the best teams in Egypt #Sparta

Dubai’s BECO Capital closes its second fund with $100 million to invest in early-stage startups of MENA menabytes.com/beco-second-fu…

Mental health has long been wrongfully labeled as a taboo and therefore demotivated people from seeking help. I applaud Noor Al-Hajri | نور الهاجري for her courage and effort in shedding light on the subject, especially in Mena. #WorldMentalHealthDay

We live in the age of human capital. An organization’s most valuable assets today are the people that lend their brainpower to it. In a world where most governments apply policies based on physical assets, the Kingdom continues to take bold steps in the right direction #ksa

An entrepreneur that continues to reinvent himself and pivot quickly to capture the market movements. Proud to continue to back Amr Shady and the Tribal team. menabytes.com/tribal-credit-…

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I love our courageous leaders for so many reasons & their love & care for humanity, especially in the Arab World, is one of those qualities that I admire the most cause it breeds a nation out of a family tribe, teaching us our values through their actions HH Sheikh Mohammed #daretolead

The amazing Harry Stebbings making his was into the VC world with a bang ft.com/content/eac67a…

We are delighted to announce that we have led sustainability-driven clean water technology company Wisewell’s $2M pre-seed round! finance.yahoo.com/news/wisewell-…

Honored and grateful ❤️

As a person who is from a generation of Arabs that have many friends on both sides, Nuseir Yassin ‘s words are the words I’ve been searching for to express my feelings and position about the conflict. Plz watch

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