Wamda

U.A.E

Global Grad Show: Open Call For University Students And Professors to mitigate COVID-19's collateral issues

Global Grad Show has launched an Open Call for solutions to the collateral issues of COVID-19. University students and professor, from...

U.A.E

Rise raises investment from MEVP

Dubai-based financial technology (fintech) startup Rise, has raised an investment round led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) in...

Rise MEVP Fintech

U.A.E

Spartech Ventures invests in UK-based Intrro

Source: tech.eu Intrro, a London and Tbilisi-based HRtech startup, has raised $500,000 in financing led by 500 startups, a Silicon...

Investment HR

U.A.E

Mubadala invests in Waymo

The source: The National Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company joined a consortium that will invest $2.25 billion...

Mubadala Capital

U.A.E

TPConnects lands investment

Flight Center Travel Group(FCTG) is boosting its tech platform with the acquistion of a 22.47% stake in TPConnects...

TPConnects SAAS

U.A.E

iMile raises $10 million in pre-series A

Source: Tha National iMile, a Dubai-based last mile delivery company, plans to open a new research and development center in the region...

iMile Last mile delivery

Regional

Arab Startup Competition 2020

MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006....

U.A.E

Techstars Startup Weekend Ras Al Khaimah

Techstars Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical...

Egypt

Fintech Retreat 2020

Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more...

U.A.E

Addenda closes bridge funding round

UAE-based insurtech platform Addenda, has closed a six figure bridge round by participating Arab Bank-powered AB Accelerator, funded...

Insurtech Blockchain Addenda

U.A.E

Wamda boosts investment in automotive platform Seez

Wamda, the Middle East region’s leading startup ecosystem enabler, has boosted its investment in UAE-based startup Seez, which raised...

Seez AI

U.A.E

NOW Money offers banking alternatives for Mena's unbanked

According to the World Bank, in the Arab world stretching from Muscat to Casablanca, only eight per cent of adults belonged to the...

Fintech

U.A.E

Okadoc closes $10 million Series A

UAE-based doctor booking platform Okadoc has closed a $10 million Series A round, following a $2.3 million seed round in 2018. The...

Okadoc healthtech

Egypt

Vezeeta raises $40 million in Series D

Source: Techcrunch Vezeeta, a healthcare platform operating in the Middle East and Africa, has raised a $40 Million Series D funding...

Vezeeta Helthtech

U.A.E

Enabling innovation in the UAE

For the UAE government, innovation is indispensable to keep pace with technological advancements and to address the most pressing societal...

Innovation Dubai Dubai Future Accelerators

Egypt

elmenus raises $8 million in Series B

Egypt-based elmenus, has raised $8 million in its Series B funding round, led by UAE-based venture capital fund, Global Ventures and...

foodtech elmenues Global Ventures

U.A.E

Kitopi raises $60 million to close Series B

UAE-based cloud kitchen platform Kitopi, has raised $60 million, closing its Series B round of funding. The round was led by Knollwood and...

Food delivery

Egypt

Crowd Analyzer acquires brand activation platform TaskSpotting

Wamda partner company Crowd Analyzer, a Dubai-based data intelligence provider and Arabic-focused social media monitoring platform has...

U.A.E

Venture creation, the new VC

Investment across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is becoming more sophisticated. The growth in the number of venture capital (VC)...

U.A.E

TIP Summit 2020

Technology Innovation Pioneers (TIP) is an initiative launched by The UAE Ministry of Economy and The Department of Economic...

U.A.E

Falcon Network and Tahseen Consulting invest in Bangladesh-based Jatri

Dubai-based Falcon Network and Tahseen Consulting have invested in the seed round for Bangladesh-based public transportation...

Mobile Apps public transport digital tracking

U.A.E

KBW Ventures invests in US-based Memphis Meats

UAE-based KBW Ventures, the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, son of Saudi Arabia billionaire Prince...

Meat food series B

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Investment Office invests $16.3 million in several startups

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) today announced AED 60 million of investment in the latest batch of startups and...

startups investments Innovation

U.A.E

Sarwa raises $8.4 million in Series A

Source: The National Sarwa, a Dubai-based low-cost robo-advisory platform, will open a second office in Abu Dhabi as part of a wider GCC...

Investment Series A Financial

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