Saudi Arabia Sanar raises Seed funding from Impact46 Saudi Arabia-based healthtech app Sanar, has raised an undisclosed Seed round led by Impact46. Launched in 2019, the online healthcare... News • 09 March, 2021 Saudi Arabia app Health
Regional Localized closes $1.2 million funding round US-based Localized, a talent technology platform that connects university students and alumni with employers and industry experts in... Yasmeen Nabil • 11 September, 2019 Investment talent tech
Bahrain Lamar Holding invests $1 million in Nigeria's TechAdvance Source: VentureBurn Lagos-based payments infrastructure firm TechAdvance has secured $1-million in funding from... News • 14 August, 2019 Investment tech PAYMENT
Lebanon BSynchro raises $1 million Lebanon-based BSynchro Holding, an insurance technology company, has raised $1 million from its current shareholders Berytech Fund II and... Yasmeen Nabil • 23 June, 2019 tech Insurance Software
U.A.E Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group leads $1 million Pre-Series A in India’s Arzooo Source: MenaBytes Jabbar Internet Group, one of the leading Dubai-based tech investors founded by the co-founders of Souq and Maktoob... News • 16 June, 2019 tech store India
U.A.E Dubai-based Jump The Q secures a Pre-seed funding round Source: Magniit Jump the Q, a Dubai based tech startup has successfully secured a pre-seed funding round of an undisclosed amount from... News • 28 April, 2019 pre-Seed Funding tech
U.A.E UAE’s Bayut acquires real estate portal Lamudi Source: The National UAE property listings and research company Bayut acquired Lamudi, a rival portal owned by Middle East Internet... News • 10 April, 2019 acquisition Real-estate tech
Regional Seedstars announces $100m fund to invest in African tech startups Source: Ventureburn Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars yesterday announced it would launch a $100-million... News • 07 April, 2019 fund Investment africa
U.A.E UAE’s Masdar City launches new hub for tech startups Source: Tahawultech Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban community, has launched Tech Park, a new destination for... News • 24 March, 2019 tech abu dhabi hub
Lebanon Speed raises new funding to improve future acceleration for startups Source: Arabnet Speed, the Lebanese tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District (BDD), has announced that it has raised... News • 26 February, 2019 accelerator Funding tech
U.A.E VR in airports: Driving sales, beyond entertainment In early 2015, the Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways, in partnership with Samsung, brought Virtual Reality (VR) to its first-class... Rana Freifer • 31 May, 2018 uae Entertainment tech
Egypt RiseUp Summit 2017 RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurship and innovation events in MENA, and it will be taking place on December 1-3 in... Wamda • 27 October, 2017 Egypt startup RiseUp
Pakistan 021 Disrupt Conference 021 Disrupt conference will bring together innovators and entrepreneurs from the regional ecosystem to Karachi, in order understand and... Wamda • 10 October, 2017 pakistan conference startup
Regional Arabnet Kuwait 2017 ArabNet is flying to Kuwait on October 17-18 for the second time on a row. The 2-day conference particularly focusing on the Kuwaiti and... Wamda • 07 September, 2017 kuwait Arabnet tech
Lebanon Facebook Partner Developer Workshop Beirut Digital District in collaboration with Facebook, invite you, your teams and your extended network of startups and entrepreneurs to... Wamda • 05 September, 2017 lebanon Facebook bdd
Regional GITEX Future Stars Competitions In case you haven’t heard yet, we have recently announced our partnership with GITEX Future Stars to create an all-encompassing... Wamda • 10 August, 2017 GITEX GitexFutureStars Innovation
Turkey Startup Istanbul On October 20, 100 selected startups will meet world class mentors, investors, corporates and media in a 4 day event in... Wamda • 09 August, 2017 startup tech Innovation
Egypt Building Communities in Virtual Reality Alexandria Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality Meetup is a meetup for virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality... Wamda • 18 July, 2017 VR ar Meetup
Regional To gig or not to gig that is the question for the MENA It was Jazz performers who originally coined the term ‘gig’ in 1920’s America, as an abbreviation for the word... Dina Alnabulsi • 16 July, 2017 Gigs Freelancers jobs
Lebanon Endeavorize Lebanon Endeavorize Lebanon will be gathering some of the region’s innovative leaders to share their journey disrupting industries, highlight... Wamda • 13 July, 2017 lebanon Endeavor Endeavorize
Regional SafirLab - The Laboratory for Change The MENA region is facing some deep changes on the social, ecological, and economic levels. These sudden advancements have paved the... Wamda • 23 June, 2017 MENA Social Entrepreneurship startup
Lebanon Speed@BDD Demo Day IV Join Speed@BDD for Demo Day IV at the Four Seasons Hotel, Beirut on July 6, 2017. A number of local tech startups will be showcasing the... Wamda • 14 June, 2017 Speed@BDD Demo Day tech
Jordan In Jordan, technology is serving refugees Rana Kelani is an Iraqi refugee who arrived in Jordan four years ago. In the last year, she has learned how to code, found work and started... Aline Mayard • 12 June, 2017 refugees app WATER
Bahrain Seedstars GCC Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1... Wamda • 09 August, 2017 GCC Gulf seedstars