Monthly Archives: July 2022

Exceptional Ventures joins Europe’s health and wellness goldrush with a new $24M fund

With the after-effect of the pandemic set to play out for years, VCs specializing in health, wellness, and general ‘joy’ would appear to have rising fortunes. Funds such as Able Partners and Joyance have appeared in recent years to invest in startups that make people’s lives healthier, or at least more fun. In Europe this…

The Fashion Kingdom, an Egyptian fashion e-commerce startup, raises $2.6M in seed funding

The Fashion Kingdom (TFK), an Egyptian e-commerce marketplace for fashion, beauty and home accessories items, announced today that it has raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by CVentures, a corporate venture capital firm based in Egypt. A15, an early-stage VC in the MENA region that has backed the likes of Esaal, Paymob and Helios…

Global stocks mixed as analysts anticipate another ‘snooze-fest’ ahead of July Fed meeting and Big Tech earnings

Traders are waiting for the Federal Reserve’s July meeting and a flurry of Big Tech earnings reports, which will be released later this week. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Equities traded cautiously on Tuesday with investors eyeing the Federal Reserve’s next policy decision. Tech giants Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet all report quarterly earnings later this week. “Yesterday…