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Coding and conservatism: Saudi women learn online

Saudi Arabia’s conservative expectations of women have been a boon for the online education sector in the country. While recent...

Coding Women Women empowerment

Saudi Arabia

Taqadam announces six winners

Saudi Arabia’s startup accelerator Taqadam has picked six winners after an intensive eight-month acceleration programme, awarding...

KAUST Taqadam

Saudi Arabia

Saudi accounting solution startup Qoyod closes a Seed round from Arzan VC

Qoyod, an accounting cloud solution for small and medium businesses in Saudi Arabia, has recently raised an undisclosed Seed round from...

Qoyod Saudi Arabia Arzan VC

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s new partnership and what it means for startups

On Wednesday, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have announced a strategic partnership in 44 projects called The Strategy of Revolve. The...

SME Authority Strategy of Resolve

Saudi Arabia

Badir-incubated Biotech startups raised $2.6M in 2017

The Saudi biotech startups incubated by Badir Biotechnology Incubator, under King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology...

Saudi Arabia VC funding Badir Biotechnology Incubator

Saudi Arabia

Insurance startup Aqeed raises $18 million, launches officially

Having raised a USD $18 million from its corporate shareholders in a landmark Series A round of funding, Aqeed.com, an insurance aggregator...

Aqeed Series A

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-based startup Syarah raises $2 million from BECO Capital, Raed Ventures and Vision Ventures

Riyadh-based startup Syarah closed a new round of USD $2 million in investment in Series A. The round was led by BECO Capital, as...

Investment Series A

Saudi Arabia

The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg partner to boost the Saudi knowledge economy

The Misk Foundation and Bloomberg L.P., the global business and financial information leader, announced a partnership to enhance the...

Saudi Arabia Misk Foundation Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia

Saudi DokkanAfkar.com launches new ‘Designer Program’

DokkanAfkar.com, one of the first ecommerce websites in Saudi Arabia for creative products, announced the launch of its ‘Designer...

Saudi Arabia DokkanAfkar ecommerce

Saudi Arabia

Niche e-grocery stores are gaining momentum and this Saudi startup is taking note

A research led by Think with Google, found that millennials are very much concerned about their health. If they’re going to live...

Saudi Arabia ecommerce f&b

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Digital Machines’ second hackathon is coming to the KSA

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Obekan Digital Solutions, and GE, are bringing the second edition of Saudi...

Saudi Arabia Predix GE

Saudi Arabia

Beauty ecommerce platform Golden Scent to expand following Series A funding round

Golden Scent, one of the leading Saudi beauty ecommerce platforms, plans on further growing the business after receiving a Series A funding...

ksa Golden Scent ecommerce

Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia

Badir-incubated Saudi tech startups raised almost $13M in 2017

The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology’s main initiatives,...

Badir ksa Investment

Saudi Arabia

ArabNet Riyadh 2017: Vast opportunities arise after Vision 2030

ArabNet Riyadh 2017 wrapped up its sixth edition on December 13. Held under the patronage of the Ministry of Communications and Information...

Arabnet Riyadh Omar christidis Fadi Ghandour

Saudi Arabia

The launch of four initiatives supporting the Saudi SME sector

Saudi Arabia’s Small and Medium Enterprises Authority announced today the launch of four initiatives to support and sustain the...

vision 2030 SMEA Funding

Saudi Arabia

Sakrobe announces including female mobile phone maintenance workers

Sakrobe, one of the first online services that connects maintenance service seekers and providers with a unique, easy to use interface...

Sakrobe

Saudi Arabia

Arabnet Riyadh 2017

For the sixth year in a row, ArabNet Riyadh will be gathering Saudi Arabia’s government, largest corporations and 1600...

Arabnet riyadh vision 2030

Saudi Arabia

Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) is the first private institute of higher education in Saudi...

MBSC RiseUp 2017

Saudi Arabia

Beauty ecommerce GlamBox gets acquired by a Saudi consortium of investors

Dubai-based GlamBox, a beauty online subscription platform, has recently been acquired by a Saudi consortium of investors. Neither the...

GlamBox acquisition Success Stories

Saudi Arabia

The role of education and women in the Saudi economy at #MiskGlobalForum

During the Misk Global Forum organised last week for the second year in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, discussions around education and the...

Misk Foundation Misk Global Forum Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi needs to show more support for early stage startups #MixNMentor

The second out of a series of four Mix N’ Mentor events Wamda is organizing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took place yesterday at...

Mix N' Mentor KSU Badir program for Technology Incubators

Saudi Arabia

MITEF Saudi Startup Competition

The MITEF Saudi Startup Competition focuses on attracting high potential business projects across the following three tracks: idea,...

Saudi Arabia competition MITEF

Saudi Arabia

#MixNMentor unveils entrepreneurs biggest challenges in KAUST

For the first time, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST Innovation and Monsha’at, a Small and Medium Enterprises...

Mix N Mentor Riyadh Mix n Mentor KAUST

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