EdVentures and Value Maker Studio (VMS) have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at providing support to startups and entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. EdVentures, which operates as the investment arm of the Nahdet Misr Group, is a specialized capital company focusing on education technology. Their range of services includes incubation, acceleration, and investment for emerging companies involved in the fields of education, culture, and innovative educational solutions.
Through this collaboration, Value Maker Studio will facilitate access to and expansion within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for entrepreneurs from North Africa and the Middle East. They will offer various facilities such as financing, technical services, financial and legal management, human resources, employment services, and more.
The primary objective of this alliance is to support a larger number of startups and entrepreneurs in the educational technology sector. EdVentures will utilize its incubation and acceleration programs to assist these individuals, while VMS, leveraging its extensive network, will enhance the success potential of startups. Furthermore, VMS will provide essential guidance and advisory services to help startups grow and thrive.
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In recognition of their successful initiatives, Holon IQ has selected nine companies supported by EdVentures as part of the top 50 edtech startups in the Middle East and North Africa for 2022. These companies include iSchool, Akhdar, COLNN, OTO, Entreprenelle, Career 180, EYouth, Sprints, and Jeel.
Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer, who has several years of experience working in Africa’s burgeoning tech startup industry. He has closed multi-million dollar deals bordering on venture capital, private equity, intellectual property (trademark, patent or design, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, in countries such as in the Delaware, New York, UK, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Nigeria etc. He’s also a corporate governance and cross-border data privacy and tax expert.
As an award-winning writer and researcher, he is passionate about telling the African startup story, and is one of the continent’s pioneers in this regard