{"id":695422,"date":"2026-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?p=695422"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:42:13","slug":"a15-sells-viral-wave-to-reservoir-partner-poparabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/04\/22\/a15-sells-viral-wave-to-reservoir-partner-poparabia\/","title":{"rendered":"A15 sells Viral Wave to Reservoir partner PopArabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">A15 marks its ninth exit with Viral Wave sale<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>A15 sold its<\/strong><strong> portfolio company Viral Wave to PopArabia<\/strong>, the regional partner of Nasdaq-listed Reservoir, for an undisclosed sum, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/1040.pdf\" style=\"\">statement (pdf)<\/a> from the Cairo-based venture capital firm. The firm's complete exit from the UAE-headquartered music digital distribution company marks its ninth exit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A sign of wartime regional resilience? <\/strong>Although the acquisition was signed at the tail end of last year before the war began, \u201cwe were still able to close the [agreement] despite the recent events,\u201d A15 Principal Bassem Raafat tells EnterpriseAM. While investors may be waiting for the \u201cdust to settle before they make any big decisions,\u201d the company \u201cremains very, very bullish on the long-term prospects of the Gulf,\u201d according to Rafaat, who noted that A15\u2019s general partner, Karim Beshara, was \u201con a flight to Dubai right now as we speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The region has also shown a longer-term resilience to a global slowdown in exits due to <\/strong><strong>its reliance on strategic M&As \u2014 rather than public markets<\/strong>, Rafaat explained. \u201cIn our part of the world, the vast majority of venture exits are not through IPOs [\u2026] the majority are M&A exits,\u201d which has shielded the Middle East from the impacts of a shut IPO window that had a pronounced impact on Western markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The key to a successful exit according to A15? \u201cWe focus very much on first principles, <\/strong><strong>the basics.\u201d <\/strong>What\u2019s important is to build something customers want, differentiate yourself from others in the market, continue to grow while keeping the company economically sound, and have a plan to become profitable in a reasonable timeline, according to Rafaat. \u201cWhen you build something that has strategic value, chances are there will be someone who sees value in acquiring such an asset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">AI-native books platform Sinai.ai raises EGP 75 mn in a pre-seed round<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>AI<\/strong><strong>-native books platform Sinai.ai raised USD 1.45 mn (c. 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