Wamda

U.A.E

Emirates Angels Investors Association launched

Source: Trade Arabia To boost the UAE economy’s competitiveness, a group of young investors has launched the...

Emirates Angels Investors Association entrepreneurship UAE's economy

U.A.E

Restaurant chain to cloud kitchen: Man'oushe Street's evolution to kaykroo

Cloud kitchen and virtual brands operator kaykroo has launched today with 15 locations in the UAE following a $4 million pre-Series A...

cloud kitchen kaykroo

Global

Hub71, Bpifrance set to unlock funding opportunities for startups

Source: WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem powered by Mubadala Investment Company, has forged a strategic partnership...

Hub71 Bpifrance Funding

U.A.E

Sweetheart Kitchen CEO leads its €15 million Series C round

Dubai-based cloud kitchen operator Sweetheart Kitchen, today announced the raise of €15 million ($17.7 million) in Series C funding, a...

cloud kitchen Series C

U.A.E

The state of subscription-based businesses in Mena [Survey]

Wamda's Research Lab and Microsoft for Startups have partnered with Subsbase, a subscribers lifecycle management and...

Global

Emirex Exchange raises investment from Alpha Sigma

UAE-based Emirex Exchange has raised an undisclosed amount from US-based blockchain and crypto fund Alpha Sigma Capital (ASC). Founded...

cryptocurrency Blockchain Alpha Sigma

U.A.E

Adopting a blended learning approach for the future

Jamal Al Jassmi is the general manager at Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) As the world resets to...

EdTech

U.A.E

Mango Sciences secures investment from Spartech Ventures

UAE-based Mango Sciences, a data science company focused on emerging markets, has secured investment from Spartech Ventures, a Dubai-based...

U.A.E

meekd.com raises seed investment

Source: Entrepreneur Dubai-based global online search company meekd.com has raised its first round of seed funding for an...

meekd Google Online search engines

Global

UAE's Danube invests in India-based Financepeer

Source: Your Story Google-incubated education fintech startup Financepeer announced the closure of a fresh funding round of $3 million,...

Danube Group Education fintech startups

U.A.E

Ma’an launches its first digital funding platform

Ma’an, a Ghadan21 accelerator programme initiative, has launched its first digital funding platform, Ma’an Contribution...

social enterprise Community

Lebanon

Synkers raises $1.8 million in pre-Series A

Lebanon-based educational technology (edtech) platform Synkers, has secured a $1.8 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Lama and...

EdTech tutoring Dubai Angel Investors

U.A.E

STEP Match

Step Match is a series of online networking events brought to you by Step, the organizers of Step Conference,...

Global

THE LIST raises bridge round investment

Dubai-based luxury fashion and lifestyle platform THE LIST, has raised a bridge investment round from the ventures arm of media publishing...

The List Online shopping ecommerce

Regional

GCC-based entities join forces to launch region's first conscious investor fellowship

Source: Arab News King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has partnered with the investment platform VentureSouq,...

KAUST impact entrepreneurship Venture Souq

Global

Group 42 invests in US-based Beyond Limits

Source: Crunchbase Artificial intelligence company Beyond Limits has landed $133 million in its Series C round. The...

Beyond Limits AI Group 42

Global

UAE's Alpha Wave invests in India-based ClassPlus

Source: VCCircle Education-technology platform Classplus has raised a little over Rs 75 crore (around $10.2 million) at current exchange...

Alpha Waves EdTech ClassPLus

Global

UAE's VentureSouq invests in UK-based Dendra systems

Source: DroneDJ Environmental company Dendra Systems has announced it has raised $10 million to rehabilitate and restore biodiverse...

VentureSouq Dendra Systems

Regional

Wiz Holding raises seed funding

UAE-based e-commerce enterprise Wiz holding, has raised $2 million in seed funding from undisclosed international investors from the US,...

ecommerce Wiz Holding

Global

Endeavor closes third fund with Careem and Property Finder founders among LPs

Source: Endeavor Endeavor Catalyst announced the final closing of Fund III, a $134M venture capital fund through which it...

Endeavor Catalyst Fund careem Property finder

Global

UAE's Alpha Wave invests in India-based EkAnek Networks

Source: Yourstory Delhi-based EkAnek Networks announced on Monday it has raised Rs 40 crore in its Series A1 investment round. The...

Alpha Wave

U.A.E

Spartech Ventures invests in UK-based Bibliu

UAE-based venture capital (VC) investor Spartech Ventures, has participated in UK-based educational technology (edtech) platform...

Spartech Ventures EdTech Bibliu

U.A.E

Open banking: DAPI's open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council

An open letter on open banking, a framework for responsible innovation for banks and the fintech community in the UAE Members of the...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

U.A.E

Navigating Dubai’s next chapter of growth

Majed Al Suwaidi is the managing director of Dubai Media City and lead of in5 Startups have always played a crucial role in the social...

in5 Dubai

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