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Ecommerce eyewear platform is betting on growing niche markets

The global eyewear market was valued at $109 billion in 2016 and is projected to exceed $170 billion by 2022. In the Middle East, a...

uae ksa eyewa

U.A.E

BitOasis update on the rise of digital assets and blockchain adoption in the UAE and GCC region

As adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology is on the rise worldwide, we at BitOasis are seeing an exponential increase in...

BitOasis Bitcoin Blockchain

U.A.E

International Blockchain Capital invests in Acumen Advertising

Dubai-based fintech group International Blockchain Capital (IBC) Group Limited bought into homegrown media brand Acumen Advertising as part...

Acumen International Blockchain Capital Fintech

U.A.E

Unified Inbox is one of three startups selected by Marriott Hotels TestBed Middle East & Africa [Video]

With a huge viariety of hotels to choose from, travelers and guests are often provided with many options to choose from. Hotels that are...

Marriott TestBed

U.A.E

Floral marketplace Floranow closes its first funding round

Floranow, the region’s online B2B floral marketplace, successfully raised its first round of financing from Jabbar Internet Group,...

Floranow Wamda Capital Jabbar Internet Group

U.A.E

Majid Al Futtaim and Image Nation Abu Dhabi participated in financing an LA-based VR startup

Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based VR startup backed by some of Hollywood's biggest players, announced closing a $30M Series B...

uae US VR

U.A.E

TruKKer raises $1.4M seed round led by Raed ventures

TruKKer, an on-demand truck aggregator startup, is preparing for large-scale expansion after witnessing 2000% growth in its first year of...

Trukker Investment

U.A.E

Innovation takes flight as Intelak startups innovate the aviation and travel sectors

The Intelak Aviation and Travel Incubator has recently celebrated the graduation of its second cohort from the three-month accelerator...

Intelak aviation

U.A.E

One Click Delivery raises an undisclosed round led by MEVP

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) has made an undisclosed investment in Dubai-based One Click Delivery, a last-mile delivery startup...

OneClick MEVP

U.A.E

Digital grocery coupon platform raises $500K in second round of funding

Clip the Deal, a Dubai-based digital grocery coupon platform, raised $500,000 in their second round of funding, led by Dubai-based investor...

Clip the Deal Neelesh Bhatnagar NB Ventures

U.A.E

Marriott Hotels TestBED bootcamp: Startups are on their marks to start real-life testing

The Marriott TestBED bootcamp which took place at Marriott Al Jaddaf, Dubai, came to end November 29. Throughout the three-day workshops,...

Marriott TestBED MEA bootcamp startups

U.A.E

Mix N’ Mentor Dubai: our last stop for the year

Wamda is organising its 8th Mix N’ Mentor event of the year in Dubai on December 14th, at the Youth Hub X, Emirates...

Mix N' Mentor Mix N' Mentor 2017 Dubai

U.A.E

Unlock Blockchain Forum

Attend the first MENA-Asia UNLOCK Blockchain Forum on January 14-15, 2018 at the Ritz-Carlton in Dubai DIFC. The forum will discuss how...

uae Blockchain forum

U.A.E

Finalists announced for Marriott Hotels’ TestBED programme in Middle East & Africa

Marriott Hotels announced yesterday the three finalists for its TestBED programme, which launched in the Middle East and Africa region for...

Marriott Marriott TestBED MEA finalists

U.A.E

WGES 2017: Can PPPs cut the red tape on the green economy?

This is the first of two articles about the future of global and regional green economies. In December 2015, Italy’s Law No. 221...

uae WGES Cleanth

U.A.E

DIFC launches $100M fund to boost fintech

HE Essa Kazim, governor of The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced today during the inaugural of the Global Financial...

uae Fintech fund

U.A.E

Team of payments veterans launch a cryptocurrency startup based on Ethereum

A team of payments veterans announced today the launch of a new cryptocurrency startup based on Ethereum: Verify, planning and ICO in...

Payfort Verify Bitcoin

U.A.E

Curiositas Masterclass Abu Dhabi

For the first time in the region, a comprehensive financial, legal and technical analysis of the disruptive impact of blockchain on...

uae Entrepreneur Blockchain

U.A.E

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival will bring together the some of the best and brightest of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, to...

sharjah entrepreneurship Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival

U.A.E

DAFZA launches first regional ecommerce free zone Dubai CommerCity

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), launched 'Dubai CommerCity,' an...

DAFZA Dubai CommerCity uae

U.A.E

Marriott Hotels announces shortlist for TestBED programme in Middle East and Africa

After launching its TestBED programme in partnership with Wamda in the Middle East and Africa region for the first time in September this...

Marriott TestBED MEA Travel sector

U.A.E

The Cybersecurity Leaders Forum

Recharge your professional relationships at The Cybersecurity Leaders Forum: the premium gathering for senior ICT executives in the...

cybersecurity forum uae

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Global Market announces fintech innovation center and partnership with Plug and Play

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, announced two initiatives at the FinTech Abu Dhabi...

ADGM Fintech Plug and Play

U.A.E

Your iPhone 7 can feed 200 refugees

Melltoo, a no-meetup classifieds startup based in the UAE, launched this month “Impacter by Melltoo", an initiative to...

classified social enterprise melltoo

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