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The European Investment Bank pledged today yesterday to make a EUR 5m “anchor” investment in the first venture capital fund to target investments in export-oriented IT companies being launched in the Palestine named: The Middle East Venture Capital Fund. The EIB’s commitment was announced at a signature ceremony in Ramallah sup...


Occasionally at ArabCrunch English we publish guest posts by experts and Industry leaders, who would share their experience with our reader, today’s guest post is by Laila Kassis who has many years of experience with venture capitalists in the states. (if you want to be a guest writer use the contact page.)
Laila is currently pursuing an MBA a...
This year is witnessing a growing array of people and companies entering the funding space for tech startups and companies in the Arab region, with Intilaq from Bayt.com and others who we will announce about them soon on ArabCrunch. And as of today Evolveplus based in Amman, Jordan has entered this space.
Evolveplus is a holding company that c...
As USA is already in recession, UK yesterday has been officially in recession and oil prices dropping, The economic outlook in the Arab world, especially in the Arabian Peninsula is gloomy. So I have asked Herve Cuviliez the managing director of KuvCapital a seed investment venture firm that has offices in Lebanon, France and UAE, (Afirca office is...
Access to the Web via TV is gaining momentum, as a number of access devices with Web capabilities are gaining global household adoption with tens of millions of units being sold every year. These devices range from Set-Top Boxes like DreamBox, video gaming consoles such as Xbox, Playstation and WII, and new LCD TVs with Web and Bluetooth capabiliti...
Wikeez a Lebanon based new social entertainment web site has received USD $250,000 from Kuv Capital, the funding will be used for development and attracting market adoption.
Wikeez allow people to publish and exchange on their favorite subjects centered on entertainment topics (TV shows, movies, celebrities, music and sports).
In wikeez... 


