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- Zest Your Equity | 16-April-2025
Zest Your Equity | 16-April-2025
Why corporate governance is critical to your company and how it changes as you grow.
Ghalia from Zest
April 16, 2025
This week’s agenda 📜
How to manage your stakeholder relationships as you grow
Who’s raising? 💰
M&A activity 🤝
What we’re reading 📖
Let’s dive in 👇
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Navigating relationships with your shareholders and board members is a crucial part of an entrepreneur’s journey.
In the early days, your investors might just be a couple of supportive angels or family, and governance feels informal. But as you raise larger rounds, your investor base and board will expand, bringing more structure and expectations.
Handled well, these relationships become a source of strength and guidance. Handled poorly, they can lead to serious conflicts.
In our latest article, we’ll explain what you need to know to manage your relationships with your shareholders and board members.
Who’s raising? 💰
🇲🇦 Morocco-based fintech PayTic has raised $4 million in funding, led by AfricInvest alongside Build Ventures, Axian Group, Mistral, Island Capital Partner, and Concrete.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia-based digital signature platform Sadq has closed a $1.5 million pre-Series A funding round, led by X by Unifonic Fund, with participation from a group of investors and a strategic investment from Unifonic.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia-based contech TruBuild has raised $1 million in a Seed funding round, led by Wa’ed Ventures and Dar Ventures. Additional participants included Plug & Play Ventures, OQAL, Taz Investment, and other angel investors.
🇦🇪 UAE-based proptech and fintech Rentify has secured $500,000 in funding from unnamed investors.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia-based AI-powered language intelligence platform "STUCK?" has closed a six-figure pre-seed round, led by the UK-based Mena Tech Fund, along with KAUST Innovation Fund and other Saudi angel investors.
M&A activity
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia-based B2B marketplace Sary has merged with Bangladesh's ShopUp to form SILQ Group, which is backed by $110 million in funding, including an equity investment and a financing facility for SILQ Financial, the group's financial services arm. Source.
🇺🇸 US-based edtech Seesaw has acquired Jordan's Little Thinking Minds for an unknown value. Source.
What we’re reading 📖
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