The Oxford-led Equinox plan provides no baseline for its goals, and a government-commissioned study puts the wider corridor's 2025 venture funding at $1.8 billion, compared with more than $150 billion in the Bay Area.
Dubai-based BY Venture Partners has closed a $60 million third fund to back early-stage startups, with Artificial Intelligence businesses among its investment targets
Madica, an Africa-focused pre-seed investment program backed by Flourish Ventures, has set aside $6 million to invest in early-stage technology startups and extend its operations by three years to support 25-30 companies.
Three Nigerian startups have secured a combined $150,000 after being selected for the 14th cohort of MARL’s global accelerator program, which supports early-stage technology companies.
Aries Media Ventures Fund I targets startups at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages, focusing on businesses operating at the intersection of media, entertainment, and commerce.
MENA’s startup funding market entered the second half of 2026 with a notable change in the composition of capital. Startups across the region raised $172.6 million across 45 deals in July, up 16% from June but still 78% below the amount raised in July 2025.
In 2009, Britain's venture capital market began producing some of the country's biggest technology companies, creating new billion-pound businesses and attracting billions of pounds in private investment. But for Black founders, very little of that capital made it through.
