Egypt Fintech Retreat 2020 Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more... Wamda • 25 February, 2020
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... Dunya Hassanein • 24 February, 2020 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... Wamda • 17 February, 2020 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... Alicia Buller • 17 February, 2020 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... Dunya Hassanein • 12 February, 2020 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... News • 11 February, 2020 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... Shaimaa El Nazer • 10 February, 2020 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... Dunya Hassanein • 04 February, 2020 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... News • 03 February, 2020 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... Wamda • 30 January, 2020
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)... Triska Hamid • 30 January, 2020
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... Wamda • 27 January, 2020
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... Yasmeen Nabil • 26 January, 2020 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... Yasmeen Nabil • 23 January, 2020 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... News • 22 January, 2020 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... News • 22 January, 2020 Investment Series A Financial
U.A.E Fodel raises seven-figure investment Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based last-mile delivery startup Fodel (which stands for Forward Delivery) has raised an investment from Dubai... News • 20 January, 2020 Last mile delivery Investment
U.A.E Lorryz raises $1.4 million in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based online freight marketplace Lorryz has raised $1.4 million in a seed round, it... News • 20 January, 2020 seed Funding freight
U.A.E Shorooq Partners leads seed round for QuickBus UAE-based Shorooq Partners has led the seed funding round for Kenya-based online marketplace ticketing system QuickBus. Shrooq... Yasmeen Nabil • 16 January, 2020 bus Booking application
U.A.E Wamda X second cohort launches with 13 promising startups Wamda, the region's leading ecosystem enabler, has announced the list of fellows and startups joining the second cohort of its... Wamda • 16 January, 2020 wamda x wamda
U.A.E Dubai Council launches Dubai Future District and $272 million fund Source: Mubasher Dubai is set to launch a new stock market and a AED 1 billion ($272,265,200) fund to support new-economy companies,... News • 16 January, 2020 Dubai future district
U.A.E Group 42 acquires Bayanat Source: Emirates News Agency Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company, announced today that it... News • 14 January, 2020 uae Data Acquistion
U.A.E Abu Dhabi invests in fintech blockchain start-up Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has invested in Securrency, a US-based developer of blockchain-based financial and... News • 14 January, 2020 Fintech Blockchain Investment
U.A.E Could EDGE boost R&D in the UAE? Abu Dhabi is restructuring the UAE’s blossoming defence industry, placing many state-run companies within a single organisation and... Matt Smith • 13 January, 2020 Research R&D