
The business leader’s guide to the metaverse
What kind of metaverse strategy, if any, should your company have? Get started answering that question with this rundown. Learn the key metaverse concepts, then start taking practical action.
The total number of late-stage funding rounds in MENA almost doubled in the last five years, while the total late-stage funding amount has grown 2x.
We help industrialise innovation, build purpose-led businesses with world class capabilities & become enterprise ready.
Through our global reach, and unparalleled breadth of expertise, we nurture an entrepreneurial mindset and build bridges between you and all the stakeholders of the startup ecosystem
With a growing demand from our clients looking for innovative solutions, we are building high impact partnerships with emerging tech companies that target major growth trends and create more sustainable outcomes for our clients.
Mehryar Ghazali MENA Client Ventures Leader
Financial Services Practice Leader, Partner PwC Middle East
MENA Startups have received more than $2.5billion in VC investment in 2021
Source: State of Startup Funding - 2022 Emerging Venture Markets Report
Entrepreneurs are essential agents of change. The world needs three things to solve its most critical problems; a massive infusion of innovation at headlong pace; a huge number of successful and inclusive new businesses to help to change the world for the better; and action that drives wealth and impacts locally to reduce disparities, while having the potential to scale up globally.
Only with a massive upsurge of start-ups – supported by like-minded VCs – can all of this be delivered. It is a human-led and tech-powered future. This is a global need, it will be vital to encourage entrepreneurship in places where support systems currently don’t exist.
There is substantial evidence that accelerators, incubators, corporate innovators and government-led initiatives play an essential role in the growth of companies. At PwC Ventures, across 22 offices across 12 countries in the Middle East we bring to bear our expertise as one firm to partner & accelerate disruptive emerging businesses in our mission to solve important problems.
PwC is your ecosystem builder for the Middle East
Once a founder has launched and become a ‘start-up’. The goal is to progress from there to ‘scale-up’.
PwC’s support for entrepreneurs with this step continues through several closely-tailored services to help those managing a rapid growth trajectory.
We provide the right insights and advice needed by start-up founders and management to build a resilient company. Partner with PwC to scale your business.
PwC helps B2B, product ready, tech businesses looking to supercharge growth manage a rapid growth trajectory. We provide options for generating sales and accelerating your business.
We help grow businesses by using our resources, connections and insights.
Through our global and EMEA Startup Scale up networks we've worked with hundreds of scale-ups from all over the world, across a range of sectors and technologies, to achieve commercial success.
We partner with leading accelerator and investment firms across the Middle East region to accelerate the startup ecosystem development and success.
Get your business enterprise ready.
Finding the next best investment opportunity isn't easy. PwC is here to help. We understand that investors are constantly focused on building deal flow - but it takes time to sift through investment pitches and proposals.
From corporate venture capital organisations to startup investment, we will assist you with a qualitative dealflow or setting up your own venture capital office.
Some companies future gaze to anticipate disruption in their industry. Others take action through corporate innovation. Corporate venture capital (CVC) is an innovation activity which can provide both financial yields and strategic returns.
The latter enables companies to access future technologies, digital talent and expertise through identifying, collaborating and investing in startups to innovate.
We help clients seize opportunities arising from investing in innovative startups to secure your ability to thrive in the future.
For companies seeking to establish or invest in CVC, PwC’s flagship EMEA CVC centre of excellence works in partnership with our Middle East PwC experts; advising clients on culture, strategy, structure and process.