Wamda

U.A.E

Tarjama raises $5 million in Series A

UAE-based language service provider Tarjama has raised $5 million in a Series A round. The investment was led by Saudi Arabia-based Anova...

Series A investement

U.A.E

Mindsalike's Networking event

Mindsalike's exclusive networking event for entrepreneurs, investors and CEOs is launching for the first time in...

U.A.E

Dubai-based VentureSouq invests in Hello Verify

Source: VC Circle Worker screening platform Hello Verify India Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from multiple...

Investment VentureSouq

U.A.E

DIFC launches $10 million fintech fund

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has launched a $10 million Fintech Fund and has appointed both Wamda Capital and Middle East...

Fintech DIFC Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Namshi’s CEO Hosam Arab steps down after company’s full acquisition

Source: Menabytes Hosam Arab, the co-founder and CEO of Dubai-based fashion ecommerce platform Namshi has stepped down from his role...

E-commerce acquisition ceo

U.A.E

Zomato sells UAE business to Delivery Hero

Source: Economic Times Zomato Media, which owns and operates the eponymous online food delivery and restaurant discovery...

India zomato Delivery Hero

U.A.E

Dubai-based Beehive raises $4 million

Source: Menabytes Dubai-based peer to peer lending platform Beehive has raised $4 million as part of its Series B round from Riyad...

Fintech Funding Investment

Regional

Emaar fully acquires Namshi

Dubai’s Emaar Malls has fully acquired e-commerce retailer Namshi. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global...

ecommerce Retail Fashion

U.A.E

Seamless Middle East 2019

Seamless Middle East 2019 is one of the largest payments and commerce technology conference and exhibition. The event has separate...

Saudi Arabia

Mad'a invests in Family Souk Ventures

Source: Saudi Gazette Mad’a Investment Company, a private equity & venture capital firm headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...

Investment E-commerce

U.A.E

Dubai-based Mile raises seed funding

Source: Menabytes Dubai-based delivery and logistics management platform Mile has raised seed funding in a round led by Saudi VC Riyad...

Seed funding Delivery Logistics

U.A.E

4th Global Mentoring Walk

Organized by outstanding local leaders who are key members of the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network, the annual Mentoring Walks bring...

U.A.E

In conversation with Nizar Fakih of the UAE's Step

As the first of the Step conferences kicks off in Dubai this week, the “experiential tech festival” will aim to bring together...

Step Conference founder series

U.A.E

Startup Weekend Umm Al Quwain

Startup Weekend Umm Al Quwain is happening on February 14-16, 2019 and is organized by Sheikh Rashid Bin Saud Al Mualla...

U.A.E

The UAE's startup ecosystem: challenges and opportunities

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has found success in diversifying its economy away from oil and becoming the leading business hub for...

entreprenership Google startup

Saudi Arabia

The benefits of the Saudi-UAE joint initiatives

In January, the UAE and Saudi Arabia announced the launch of seven strategic initiatives to further integrate the countries’ two...

Saudi Arabia uae government cryptocurrency

Regional

Dubai-founded Pixelbug gets acquired by American Besomebody

Source: Menabytes Cincinnati-based learning platform Besomebody that specializes in job placement and employer services has...

ar Acquistion news

U.A.E

Dubai-based MEVP closes additional $65m in commitments

Source: Menabytes Dubai-based Middle East Venture Partners has closed additional $65 million in commitments for its latest...

news Investment funds

U.A.E

Global video ads marketplace Teads acquires Dubai-based Buzzeff

Source: Menabytes Teads, a New York-headquartered global video ads marketplace has acquired Dubai-based video ads...

Videoads Dubai acquisition

U.A.E

Dubai South to invest $545m in new e-commerce zone

Source: The National State-developer Dubai South said on Monday it aimed to spend Dh2 billion ($545 million) to build an e-commerce free...

E-commerce uae Free Trade

U.A.E

In conversation with Fodhil Benturquia of the UAE's Okadoc

Okadoc is an online medical booking system launched in 2018 by Fodhil Benturquia. It aims to simplify the process of booking an appointment...

Health health tech medical solutions

U.A.E

Innovations in Health Hackathon

The “Innovations in Health” hackathon is an initiative that is part of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP)...

U.A.E

Medicus AI closes first tranche of Series A

Source: Arabnet Medicus AI announced the completion of the first tranche of its Series A funding round at €2.75M (just over...

Artificial intelligence Health healthtech

U.A.E

AIM Startup 2019

AIM Startup, an initiative of the UAE Ministry of Economy, aims to connect promising startups with investors and business partners from all...

Thought Leadership

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