Wamda

U.A.E

EMPG reaches unicorn status and announces merger with OLX

Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG) that runs property portals in different emerging markets across the...

OLX EMPG Invesmtment

U.A.E

Faith Capital invests in YouGotAGift’s share offering

Kuwait-based venture capital firm Faith Capital announced its participation in the secondary share offering in Dubai-based online gifting...

yougotagift Faith capital E-gifting

U.A.E

Axeed labs announces $272,000 launchpad for startups, SMEs

Source: Trade Arabia Axeed labs, the UAE-based mobile application and software development firm, has launched its Dh1 million ($272,000)...

smes Launchpad Covid19

U.A.E

Anghami pledges $3 million to SMEs

Source: ITP Leading Middle East music platform Anghami has revealed a $3 million budget to help small businesses survive during the...

anghami covid-19

U.A.E

Hubpay raises seed investment

UAE-based Hubpay, a digital wallet for remittances has announced its seed round led by US venture capital firm, Signal Peak Ventures,...

Fintech financial inclusion hubpay

U.A.E

360VUZ raises $5.8 million in Series A

UAE-based virtual reality (VR) mobile app 360VUZ, has secured $5.8 million in a Series A investment round led by Shorooq Partners with...

virtual reality 360vuz covid-19

Global

Falcon Eye Drones raises investment from Aerodyne Group

Falcon Eye Drones Services (FEDS) Group Holdings, announced a “major strategic investment” from global drone-based management...

Drones Aerodyne Group Falcon Eye Drones

Regional

Eventtus secures investment to launch a virtual events platform

UAE-based Eventtus, has secured an investment round to launch a new digital events platform in response to the Covid-19 impact on the...

events Investment coronavirus

Global

Mubadala Capital invests in US-based Wellpay

Source: IBSintellegence California-based Wellpay, a FinTech platform provider for the healthcare industry, has also announced that...

Mubadala Capital Wellpay Fintech

U.A.E

HDC raises $350,000 in seed funding

UAE-based startup Hotel Data Cloud (HDC), has raised $350K in seed funding from both local and international investors, to help hotels...

HDC online booking covid-19

U.A.E

ADIO allocates $100 million to four agritech companies

Source: The National Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio) invested $100 million (Dh367m) to bring four agriculture technology companies to...

agritech Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio)

U.A.E

Mamo Pay raises $1.5 million

UAE-based Mamo Pay, a peer-to-peer payments app has raised $1.5 million in a round led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) with participation...

mamo pay Fintech

U.A.E

Sheraa awards Little Thinking Minds $100,000 grant

Source: Khaleej Times The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), has awarded its first Access Sharjah winner, 'Little...

Sheraa little thinking minds

U.A.E

Pure Harvest secures $100 million multi-stage commitment from Wafra

UAE-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms, an agriculture tech (agritech) startup, has raised $20.6 million in its Series A round, led by...

kuwait Pure Harvest Smart Farms Series A

U.A.E

The Modist ceases operations

Source: The National The Dubai-based luxury e-commerce platform announced the news on social media on April 2, citing the...

etailer TheModist covid-19

U.A.E

Cartlow closes first round of funding

Source:AMEinfo Cartlow, an e-commerce startup that is pushing the "re-commerce" sector in the country, has secured an...

Recommerce Cartlow

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...

Thought Leadership

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