U.A.E Sellanycar’s Saygin Yalcin: from student to business celebrity If his YouTube channel is anything to go by, Saygin Yalcin, founder of used car marketplace Sellanycar.com, is not exactly a shy... Vanessa Khalil • 16 November, 2016 sellanycar Saygin Yalcin uae
Regional Your checklist for investing - and pitching - right [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost with Nuwait. Arzan VC partner Hassan Zainal’s famous checklist is one document he doesn’t... Reine Farhat • 16 November, 2016 Nuwait kuwait Arzan VC
Regional Lebanon's Sevag Babikian defies rules of 3D printing on Stars of Science Lebanese mechanics and robotics instructor Sevag Babikian is one of four Stars of Science finalists vying to win the largest... Maysaa Ajjan • 15 November, 2016 Stars of Science Sevag Babikian 3d printing
Regional $1B for a new ecommerce site out of Saudi With an initial investment of $1 billion, regionally-based real estate company Emaar is launching an ecommerce platform from Riyadh.... Abdulghani Kataya • 15 November, 2016 Alabbar Noon aramex
U.A.E Growth for service provider Mr Usta as they get more funding Mr Usta secured a pre-Series A round of 2.75 million Emirati dirhams (US$750,000) this week. Investors include regional investors... Lucy Knight • 14 November, 2016 mrusta precinct partners millennial partners & co
Jordan Health tech in MENA: How do you say measles, mumps and rubella in Arabic? “Now is the era of systems that learn. It’s like [sending] a child to school. You teach them to read and digest information.... Dana Ballout • 14 November, 2016 ICT MENA Forum Watson big data
Lebanon App aiding facial paralysis wins 10K at BDL Accelerate hackathon An app that aids patients with facial paralysis won the $10,000 prize at Lebanon’s BDL Accelerate conference health hackathon on... Maysaa Ajjan • 14 November, 2016 healthtech Health hackathon BDL Accelerate
Global What I know about airtech: Paul Papadimitriou Paul Papadimitriou is a self-described technologist but we weren’t interested in that, we wanted his thoughts on flying... Rachel Williamson • 14 November, 2016 aviation MEMakersGE airtech
Global How silliness is disrupting media We think of Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb as companies that have forever changed society as we know it, but major disruption can sometimes be... Omar Al Fil • 14 November, 2016 Ben Huh Giphy Cheezburger Network
U.A.E Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO... Archana Menon • 13 November, 2016 Bayzat BECO Capital Series A
Jordan Communication key to soothing rocky VC-startup romance Part of a maturing ecosystem are the growing pains that go along with it. As startups continue to pop up, so do VC funds, but like any... Dana Ballout • 13 November, 2016 Funding Investment VC
Regional Fadi Ghandour's roadmap to boosting MENA’s startup ecosystem [Opinion] This article was crossposted from Zenith magazine. Progressive policies can help unlock the economic and job-creating potential of... Fadi Ghandour • 10 November, 2016 Funding Opinion Regulations
Global Startup Watch: the tech-media-sports nexus, and Egypt, well done. The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 10 November, 2016 Egypt lebanon Startup Watch
Morocco Morocco’s Beekast raises $3M for meeting app Beekast, a Moroccan mobile and web meeting and events app, has raised 2.7 million euro ($3 million) led by Isource, a VC with a 200 million... Yassine Bakir • 09 November, 2016
Regional Scaling up? Show me the money Scaling up from scrappy startup to SME is a whole new game. Cash is oxygen and managers are critical. “There is research that... Rachel Williamson • 09 November, 2016 scale-ups BDL Accelerate Nathealth
Kuwait Arzan VC's humble beginnings [Know your VC] This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwait’s first venture capital fund Arzan VC is not keen on missing opportunities... Reine Farhat • 08 November, 2016 Nuwait Arzan VC Lunch:On
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