Wamda

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund II closes first round at $15 million

Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund has announced the first closing of its second fund Ibtikar Fund II CV at $15 million out of a target fund...

Ibtikar Fund

Palestine

Fintech: A force for financial inclusion in Palestine

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. This year has...

Fintech financial inclusion

Palestine

Family businesses need to support startups in Palestine

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In recent...

family businesses

Palestine

What does the future generation of Palestinian startups look like?

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. Last month,...

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Palestine

Does Palestine have investment-ready startups?

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. So far this...

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Palestine

EIB backs Palestinian startups with a $50 million grant to Bank of Palestine

The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced a $50 million grant to the Bank of Palestine to support the Palestinian private...

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Palestine

Rising from the rubble: Entrepreneurs in Gaza look to rebuild

Rafat Abushaban is an author, speaker, and advocate for startups in fragile environments. He is the founder of Riable- an online platform...

Gaza

Palestine

Struggles multiply for Palestine's startup ecosystem

Since escalations unfolded in Palestine this month, Gaza-based tech hub and accelerator Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG), has been closely monitoring...

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Palestine

The case for hiring Palestinian talent

Anam Raheem is talent matching manager at Gaza Sky Geeks. Imagine a business opportunity that accelerates innovation and profit for a...

gaza sky geeks brain drain

Palestine

Kenz closes pre-Series A funding round

Palestine-based lingerie e-commerce startup Kenz has closed a six-figure pre-Series A funding round led by Ibtikar Fund with...

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Jordan

360Moms raises fresh funds

Jordan-based online parenting platform 360Moms, has raised investment from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and Jordan-based ISSF (Innovative...

360Moms online parenting ISSF

Palestine

World Bank approves $15 million grant to support Palestinian IT sector

Source: DevDiscourse The World Bank has approved a US$15 million grant to improve sustainable economic opportunities for much...

IT sector world bank

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in Tawazon

Ibtikar Fund has announced a seed investment in the Palestine-based meditation app Tawazon. Tawazon, or “balance” in Arabic,...

Ibtikar Fund Meditation Tawazon

Palestine

Liquid assets: Conserving Palestine’s water supplies

In the Palestinian territories, severe water shortages have become an unfortunate norm – while Israelis living in nearby Jewish...

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Palestine

Receet secures pre-series A investment

Ramallah-based Receet, has secured a six-figure pre-series A investment round, led by Ibtikar Fund, with participation from Paltel...

Fintech Ibtikar Fund

Palestine

Gamiphy raises six figure investment in pre-Series A

Palestine-based user engagement and retention platform Gamiphy has raised its pre-Series A investment round led by Ibtikar Fund with...

Gamification engagment retention

Palestine

Overcoming barriers of women-led entrepreneurship in Palestine

Ghassan Amayra is the co-founder of Palestine-based MENACatalyst and Leila Farraj is the digital content strategist at...

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Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in Inggez

Ibtikar Fund has announced its investment in Palestine-based Inggez, a mobile app offering on-demand access to gyms and fitness classes,...

fitness Health

Palestine

THE FINTECH BOOTCAMP 2019

Arab Bank is launching the first Fintech Bootcamp for Palestinian entrepreneurs with ideas within the Fintech industry. The bootcamp...

Jordan

Mecal raises funding

Amman-based Mecal, an e-commerce platform focused on men’s accessories has raised funding from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and...

Investment men's accessories

Palestine

In conversation with Ahmed Hashlamon of Mashvisor

Mashvisor was founded by Peter Abualzolof and Mohammed Jebrini in 2014 with the aim of providing real estate investment data analysis to...

Mashvisor palestine

Palestine

Is the Palestinian diaspora key to enabling local startups?

Diyala Abdlrasul and Ghassan Taha Amayra are the co-founders of MENACatalyst The Palestinian plight is not a foreign...

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Palestine

In conversation with Christina Ganim of Kenz

Christina Ganim founded Kenz with her colleague and friend Nicola Cuoco. The e-commerce website, founded in Palestine, sells underwear to...

Entrepreneur startup Women Entrepreneur

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in Receet

Palestine’s Ibtikar Fund announced its investment in Receet, a mobile application that provides digital receipts in business...

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