Wamda

U.A.E

Statys closes pre-seed round

UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Statys, has closed its pre-seed funding round led by Dtec Ventures, the venture capital...

Fintech pre-Seed

Saudi Arabia

ekar expands to Riyadh after closing $17.5m Series B

Carshare startup, ekar has closed a $17.5 million Series B round led by Polymath Ventures with participation from Al Yemni Group and...

ekar car sharing

U.A.E

Addenda closes seed round

UAE-based Addenda, an insurance blockchain consortium, has announced that it has closed its fundraising seed round for an undisclosed...

Fintech Fintech Hive Blockchain

U.A.E

A case for Dubai as a fintech hub

Salmaan Jaffery is the chief business development officer at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority This is an...

DIFC Fintech Hive Fintech

U.A.E

WEEGS 2019 : 'Opportunity to Grow' session - apply before Nov 21

The Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS) is a significant collaboration between NAMA and UN Women, addressing women...

Regional

TruKKer raises $23 million in Series A

UAE-based on-demand truck aggregator TruKKer has raised $23 million in one of the largest Series A funding rounds in the Middle East...

trucks freight Series A

U.A.E

Are people paying online in the UAE?

UAE e-commerce seems to be booming as the country’s tech-savvy, young population embraces online shopping, but consumer wariness...

E-commerce Online shopping cash-on-delivery

U.A.E

A.R.M. Holding launches a Dh10 million 10-year fund

Dubai-based A.R.M. Holding announced that it has established a Dh10 million ($2,722,719 million) 10-year fund, dedicating Dh1 million...

fund talents grad

Regional

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival

The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival, happening on November 25-26, 2019, at The Expo Center Sharjah, and is...

Kuwait

Keno raises funding from JustClean

Dubai based Keno, a car-care on-demand application, raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Kuwait-based technology company...

U.A.E

Repeat raises $2.5 million in Series A funding

Dubai-based Repeat, a smart loyalty platform for restaurants, has raised $2.5 million in a Series A funding round from several investors to...

Series A loyalty program

U.A.E

A Decade of Entrepreneurship - Register your interest to attend

It has been a decade since Yahoo! acquired Maktoob for $164 million, marking one of the most significant...

U.A.E

STEP Next - Dec 8

STEP Next, by STEP - organizers of the annual STEP Conference, is MENA’s tech talent summit designed to match the...

U.A.E

Bayzat raises $16 million in Series B funding

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based HR and insurance startup Bayzat has raised $16 million in a Series B round from Mubadala’s newly...

news Dubai Investment

Regional

Mubadala announces $250 million fund for Mena startups

Source: CNBC Abu Dhabi is doubling down on its push into the technology sector with a $250 million investment to support start-ups from...

fund MENA AbuDhabi

U.A.E

BulkWhiz raises multi-million Series A

Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based e-commerce grocery platform BulkWhiz has closed its Series A, the startup announced today in a...

E-commerce Series A Investment

Regional

Start-up City at The Big 5

The construction industry’s needs are rapidly evolving. The market is hungry for new ideas and solutions to address these...

Regional

C3 Social Impact Accelerator

The C3 Social Impact Accelerator program addresses key milestones in the journey of a social entrepreneur and focuses...

Oman

Omani Society for Education Technology acquires Nadrus.com

Omani Society for Education Technology (OSET) has officially acquired Dubai-based online Arabic courses marketplace Nadrus.com for an...

Acquistion online courses

U.A.E

Almentor raises $4.5 million in series A funding

Source: Startup MGZN Dubai-based e-learning platform almentor.net has announced that it closed a $4.5 million Series A investment round...

E-Learning Funding Series A

U.A.E

Dubai launches e-commerce strategy

Source: Gulf News Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council,...

E-commerce Government Dubai

U.A.E

BECO Capital closes second fund

Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has closed its second fund at $100 million. The VC will continue investing in early...

Venture Capital venture capital fund BECO Capital

U.A.E

Dubai rolls out virtual business licences for global investors

Source: The National Dubai rolled out on Monday virtual commercial licences that allow investors from across the globe to establish...

news license Business

U.A.E

Melltoo raises pre-Series A from China’s Gobi Partners

Dubai-based online marketplace Melltoo has announced an undisclosed pre-series A funding round co-led by China-based venture capital...

E-commerce Funding ksa

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