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Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups <\/strong>announced that<\/strong><\/a> the deadline for submitting applications for its second edition of MENA Dojo Series A Program has been extended to 15 March<\/strong>. \u201cThe program aims to support post-seed stage startups to boost their growth to the next level with a 1-to-1 mentor-driven growth hacking program.\u201d Launched in 2017, 500 Falcons, 500 Startups MENA focused fund, plans to invest in approximately 100-150 companies over the next three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups announced that the deadline for submitting applications for its second edition of MENA Dojo Series A Program has been extended to 15 March. \u201cThe program aims to support post-seed stage startups to boost their growth to the next level with a 1-to-1 mentor-driven growth hacking program.\u201d Launched in 2017, 500 Falcons, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-631189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"8860bc99-eae3-40b1-a95e-3b7c66f80fc6","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[631152],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\n500 Startups extends deadline for MENA Dojo Series A program - 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