Does 44 sound like a little? I wanna argue No.   Today I will explore all the Series B rounds of the region that were raised between 2020 and 2024 (inclusive).   5 of them belong to Arzan VC Family 😉    44 startups raised Series B in the last 5...

HAPPY NEW YEAR in advance. Hope you have a wonderful start to 2025.   We prepared our usual Wrapped rollercoaster to look back at the past 12 months... Let’s unwrap.     Here's to new seed deals, non-dilutive capital... and peace in 2025.   Before...

As of today morning, the secret is out.   We’ve been cooking this project for some time and now that there's an office, a website, a legal structure, partners ready to get us into deals and a highly capable team in place… it’s time to let the cat out of the bag....

What’s next?   If you’re a fund manager, your What’s next? sounds like “How can I complete the fund cycle?”.   If you’re a startup founder who has taken his/her startup through a good amount of funding rounds, it sounds more like “If I want my company to go...

We’ve just made our 47th investment which is also the 4th investment of our AVC Fund III.   It only makes sense that this issue will be all about HulexoA, the award-winning ERP solution based in Abu Dhabi, currently eyeing Kuwait and Saudi.   Welcome to the...

Is it a surprise that, for the third half-year in a row, Saudi attracted the most of the capital deployed in the MENA region? Nope.   The big surprise though? Funding for Saudi fintechs grew by 360% (vs. H1’23) and it remains the most transacted sector.  ...