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The bakery that finds clients on Instagram

The food and beverage sector is incredibly competitive in the Middle East, something that Rami Badawi and Amber Haque know only too well....

Food & Beverage foodtech Social Media

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The case for accelerators in the UAE

Shahzad Bhatti is the founder and owner of the Co-Working PopUp, a community-driven coworking space and incubator for startups and small...

acceleration Accelerators

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VentureSouq invests in Hong Kong's QFPay

Source: E27 QFPay, a QR code-based payment technology company headquartered in Hong Kong, has received US$20 million in fresh funding...

Investment PAYMENT Technology

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Jollychic secures $65m from G42 Group

Source: Tech in Asia G42, which is behind several national strategic tech projects in the region, considered Jollychic’s potential...

E-commerce Investment startup

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Vy Capital invests in UrbanClap

Source: MenaBytes Indian home and beauty services marketplace UrbanClap has raised $75 million in a Series E round led by Tiger Global,...

Investment Beauty startups

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MidChains raises funding

Source: The National The venture capital arm of Mubadala Investment Company has taken a stake in MidChains, a company which recently...

Stake Funding crypto

Regional

EmTech MENA 2019

EmTech MENA conference is happening on 04-05 November 2019 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai. The...

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Industry session: Is technology the solution for sustainability in fashion?

Wamda is hosting ''Industry session: Is technology the solution for sustainability in fashion?'', a panel...

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China's Didi to set up joint venture in Abu Dhabi

Source: Arabian Business Didi Chuxing, a Beijing-based mobile transportation platform with 550 million users, on Monday signed an...

Expansion Transport venture

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In conversation with Savitar Jagtiani of Twinning

Savitar Jagtiani has a lot of experience taking a traditional brick and mortar business online. The Landmark Group, one of the largest...

startup Retail E-commerce

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The Intelak Incubator

Led by the Emirates Group, GE, and Dubai Tourism, Intelak supports the most promising startups in the industry to launch, grow and...

U.A.E

In conversation with Sahiqa Bennett of Searchie

Searchie uses artificial intelligence (AI) to determine a candidate’s suitability for a job. The technology monitors 361,000 factors...

recruitment Artificial intelligence

Regional

2019 Futurism Programme

The Futurism Programme, a 6-week, zero equity, accelerator programme in Dubai for the travel and tourism industry, aims to...

Regional

CLIX 2020

CLIX – the Climate Innovations Exchange, launched in 2018, supports the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and...

U.A.E

In conversation with Kunal Kapoor of The Luxury Closet

The Luxury Closet (TLC) is an online store that sells pre-owned fashion items founded in Dubai in 2012 by Kunal Kapoor. The company...

E-commerce The Luxury Closet Entrepreneur

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Sprii closes $8.5 million in Series A

UAE-based e-commerce platform Sprii.com has raised a further $8.5 million in its Series A funding that it will use to accelerate its...

Moms E-commerce Series A

U.A.E

Hopi raises six-figure seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Hopi, a yet-to-be-launched Dubai-based direct-to-consumer subscription contact lens startup has raised seed funding...

contact lenses seed

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Shopping for groceries with El Grocer

The Middle East is no stranger to online food delivery. Apps like Zomato, Deliveroo and Talabat are found on almost every smartphone in the...

el grocer e-grocery Dubai

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Morocco-based Mubawab acquires Jumia House

Source: MenaBytes Mubawab, the leading real estate portal of Morocco that was acquired by Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group...

reak estate portal

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Dubai-based Urent raises seed funding

Source: Arabian Business Dubai royal, Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has invested in Urent, a new online platform that aims to...

cars Rental Investment

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London-headquartered GuestReady raises $6 million in series A

Source: MenaBytes GuestReady, a London-headquartered short-term rental management startup has raised $6 million in its Series A led by...

Expansion Investment Rental

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UAE-based Zbooni raises 1.1 million

UAE-based Zbooni has closed its latest funding round of $1.1 million led by the Chalhoub Group and B&Y Venture Partners. It will use...

Investment Chat Technology

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The Dreamers 2019 Summer Camp | Technology, Space, and Entrepreneurship

Dreamers platform designed to build the workforce of the future and the next wave of entrepreneurs. STEP Group,...

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Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group leads $1 million Pre-Series A in India’s Arzooo

Source: MenaBytes Jabbar Internet Group, one of the leading Dubai-based tech investors founded by the co-founders of Souq and Maktoob...

tech store India

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