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Delta Partners is a Private Equity arm focuses on the telecoms, and provide funding to fund companies’ growth in emerging markets.

Starzplay

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Home Entertainment

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Starzplay is a streaming platform that offers a wide variety of movies and TV shows from around the world. It allows users across MENA to access exclusive content with ease.

FreedomPop

CipherCloud

Fetchr

E-Commerce

Fetchr is a Dubai-based logistics and delivery company that offers real-time tracking, scheduling, and innovative solutions for businesses and individuals in the MENA region and beyond.

ItsOn

Knowlarity Communications

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Opanga Networks

Cash Credit

Smartpipe Solutions

Virgin Mobile Central & Eastern Europe

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QiDZ LLC

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family activity mobile app in the UAE that connects parents with entertainment, education and after school vendors.

Apptuto

Starz Play, the Dubai based on-demand video streaming startup has raised $125 million in funding, it announced in a press release. The funding includes new 2017 commitments from leading global industry investors Starz, a Lionsgate company, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), in its capacity as an advisor and manager of private equity, and media and technology investment firms SEQ Capital Partners and Delta Partners.

The startup that was founded in 2015 is aligned with Starz, a US-based global media and entertainment company with more than 56 million subscribers to its flagship US pay-TV channels, STARZ and ENCORE. Their on-demand video service which is available in 19 MENA countries costs 30 AED a month and has more than 700,000 paying subscribers and is adding 2,000 to 3,000 new subscribers on daily basis.

They plan to spend the investment funds on enhancing customer experience, acquiring new programming, producing content and strengthening its position as the region’s leading digital video platform. The startup is also eyeing expansion beyond MENA.

Dubai-based Starz Play raises $125 million in funding

Cloud telephony provider Knowlarity Communications Pvt. Ltd said it has raised $20 million in a series C round of funding led by Dubai-based private equity investor Delta Partners, a new investor, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India and Mayfield Fund.

Knowlarity raises $20 million from Dubai’s Delta, others

Mobile carriers are looking for ways&nbsp;to catch some of the growth in smartphone usage beyond their basic role as network providers, and that trend is having a knock-on effect on startups that help those carriers:&nbsp;ItsOn, a cloud-based platform founded by ex-Qualcomm, Nokia and Yahoo execs that helps carriers configure, market and sell mobile services on the fly, has&nbsp;raised a further $12.5 million in funding led by Delta Partners Capital.

ItsOn Raises $12.5M From Verizon, A16Z, More To Help Carriers Sell Tailored Data Services

Apptuto, a San Francisco, CA-based financial education platform, secured $500k in funding. The round was led by 500 Startups (which also accepted Batch 14 of its accelerator program in San Francisco) with participation from Michael Staton, a partner at Learn Capital, and executives from Google, HSBC, Macquarie Bank,&nbsp;Delta Partners Group&nbsp;as well as other angel investors from the US, Europe, and United Arab Emirates.

Apptuto Secures $500K in Funding

FreedomPop, the U.S. wireless carrier startup that has been building a&nbsp;business based on&nbsp;completely free voice and data services, has raised another $10 million in funding from two strategic investors, the pan-Asian mobile carrier Axiata and an unnamed tech investor based in the U.S., the company is announcing today. The deal with Axiata will mean that FreedomPop will be expanding its free services&nbsp;into Asia for the first time.

FreedomPop Raises $10M More, Inks Strategic Deal With New Investor, Asian Carrier Axiata

CipherCloud&nbsp;landed a bushel of cash today as it announced $50M in Series B funding to continue building its cloud security business. The round was led by&nbsp;Transamerica Ventures along with&nbsp;Delta&nbsp;Partners and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and T-Ventures, the venture capital arm of&nbsp;Deutsche Telekom also pitching in.

CipherCloud Scores $50M As Cloud Security Comes To Forefront

Delta Partners Capital backs Virgin Mobile Central and Eastern Europe

Delta Partners Capital backs Virgin Mobile Central and Eastern Europe

Dubai-based delivery service&nbsp;Fetchr&nbsp;has successfully closed a Series A funding round worth $11 million. New Enterprise Associates led the round, which included Delta Partners, Dhabi Holdings, Roland Berger and 500 Startups.&nbsp;

$11M Series A round from the US for Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr

$11M Series A round from the US for Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr Lucy Knight • 12 June, 2015 Arabic Dubai-based delivery service Fetchr has successfully closed a Series A funding round worth $11 million. The not-insignificant sum was part of a funding round led by US-based VC New Enterprise Associates and was according to Fetchr, the largest Series A round to come to MENA from an American firm. Fetchr, which the founders Joy Ajlouny and Idriss Al Rifai started working on together over two years ago, looks to tackle the emerging market problem of “last-mile delivery”. A common area of hassle in the MENA region and elsewhere in the world, the lack of addresses cause big problems for ecommerce companies looking to get their products to the customers. Joy Ajlouny and Idriss Al Rifai with some of their team. (Image via Fetchr) New Enterprise Associates led the round, which included Delta Partners, Dhabi Holdings, Roland Berger and 500 Startups. According to news sources this is the first investment by the firm in the Middle East market. New Enterprise Associates have yet to be available for comment. A global problem Not just exclusive to the MENA region, a lack of postal addresses that can be utilized effectively by delivery companies is something Fetchr cofounders, Joy Ajlouny and Idriss Al Rifai, dealt with in their prior work. Ajlouny had a fashion ecommerce startup out of Silicon Valley that experienced problems in trying to deliver items in Russia, Brazil and the Middle East; while Al Rifai was head of operations at MarkaVIP before trying to tackle this issue himself with Fetchr’s former incarnation, Mena360. Seen as an emerging market problem, the “last-mile delivery”, is a regular hassle for ecommerce companies trying to get their products to customers. What Fetchr does is use “proprietary technology”. When a customer needs to send something, they take a picture of it, and the GPS in their phone coordinates with the nearest delivery driver - basically like Uber for packages. “We both found most problems to be with logistics,” Al Rifai told Wamda. “How to find them, how long it took, the customer experience….” Disappointed with the various delivery companies they were using, and noting how customers wanted not only a faster service but a transparent one (where they could track their items) they decided to try and aggregate the logistics companies. “We want to be the same as Uber, want to provide the same standard, across the region, so that the customer knows when it’s coming and they can track it.” “We want shipping to be as delightful as shopping!" said Ajlouny in a statement when they made their announcement. "Last-mile delivery is one of the greatest reasons why ecommerce has not reached its full potential in the Middle East. Our mission is to empower delivery through technology.” With their new funding they will be looking to grow on their 100 strong team. From Silicon Valley to Dubai “When I was at Bonfaire part of my marketing strategy was to look outside of the US,” says Ajlouny. Calling ecommerce in the US at the time stagnant, the entrepreneur decided to look towards the Middle East. “I knew they were passionate about fashion,” she says. “ I reached out and got an incredible conversion rate, but I was sending packages, using all sorts of different companies, but the dent in the bottom line was becoming huge. After her company was acquired Ajlouny was working as a mentor in the Valley and it was there that she heard Al Rifai talking about these very issues and how they might be addressed in emerging markets. “I went up to him and said: ‘I want to shake your hand. Your idea is so badly needed’, so we pair up and we decided to team together, and here we are.’ In comparison with Silicon Valley, the pair said that finding Series A funding was a “tremendous challenge”. With there being a lack of investment in the region by US firms, they see their success as a door being opened for others in MENA. “We feel that we have the opportunity now to open that door to Silicon Valley and say ‘hey, there is talent here’,” says Ajlouny. Funding forward “I’m thinking about shoes,” laughs Ajlouny when asked about what they will be doing with the $11 million. “No, we’re looking for expansion, customer acquisition rights, getting more people to download the app.” Looking to be as prevalent as Uber when it comes to people using their service with such ease, they will be growing all aspects of their currently 100-strong team. “After all, a company is only as good as its people,” added Ajlouny. Of course many startups can make mistakes when they receive their funding. But that’s not something that Fetchr sees as an issue though. “I’ve already raised a Series A in Silicon Valley,” says Ajlouny, “and I have definitely made my share of mistakes and I learned my lessons. I bring a lot of that to the table.” Having “survived a long time with not much funding” Al Rifai says that being wise with money is in their company DNA. Keeping with Ajlouny and Al Rifai’s plan to tackle address problems around the world, the Fetchr app is available globally. But it is only being utilized in UAE for the time being. Author: Lucy Knight Mena360 Dhabi Holdings New Enterprise Associates Fetchr 500 startups Series A silicon valley Investment E-commerce Last-mile delivery

QiDZ, a one-stop destination for kids-related fun, education and entertainment in the UAE, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $1 million in seed funding.

The round was led by several regional and international institutional investors, including the Oman Technology Fund, 500 Startups, Vision Ventures, Seedstars, Mindshift Capital, Delta Partners Ventures and support from the OQAL Angel Investor Network, UAE Business Angels and Misk Innovation.

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