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MENA Startups: The $941M Quarter and What Geopolitical Pressure Does to Capital
⚡ Key Takeaways MENA startups raised $941 million in Q1 2026 — a 37% year-on-year decline from Q1 2025’s $1.5...
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Europe’s Defence Startup Boom: $8.7B Raised and the Dual-Use Regulation Trap
⚡ Key Takeaways European defence, security, and resilience startups raised a record $8.7 billion in 2025 — a 55% year-over-year...
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Casbah Angels: Algeria Builds an Angel Investor Network for Early-Stage Founders
⚡ Key Takeaways Casbah Business Angels, founded in 2012 by Silicon Valley and Algerian CEOs, is the only formalised angel...
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Algeria Startup Fund: Inside the 100+ Portfolio and What It Reveals About the Ecosystem
⚡ Key Takeaways The Algerian Startup Fund (ASF) has received 963 applications and processed 445 funding requests since its 2020...
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Default Alive: The Profitability Framework That Is Reshaping How Startups Raise in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Paul Graham’s 2015 “default alive” framework has become the primary Series A investor filter in 2026: founders...
Startups
MENA Startups: The $941M Quarter and What Geopolitical Pressure Does to Capital
⚡ Key Takeaways MENA startups raised $941 million in Q1 2026 — a 37% year-on-year decline from Q1 2025’s $1.5...
Startups
Europe’s Defence Startup Boom: $8.7B Raised and the Dual-Use Regulation Trap
⚡ Key Takeaways European defence, security, and resilience startups raised a record $8.7 billion in 2025 — a 55% year-over-year...
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Tasdir+ and the Export Playbook: How Algerian Tech Founders Are Targeting the World
⚡ Key Takeaways Algerian startups raised $650M in 2024 — a 60% year-on-year surge — and the state export stack...
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Algeria Goes Global: How 50+ Startups Are Cracking 19 International Markets
⚡ Key Takeaways Over 50 Algerian tech startups have established international presence across 19 markets as of 2025, backed by...
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Algeria’s GovTech Wave: How Startups Are Winning Public-Sector Contracts in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s digital transformation mandate is converting government agencies into active tech procurement clients, and the Startup Label...
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YC’s 2026 Priority Bets: AI for Government and Stablecoin Payments Are the Next Trillion-Dollar Markets
⚡ Key Takeaways Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 batch (nearly 190 companies, Demo Day March 26) and 2026 Request for Startups...