Kuwaiti startup Fishfishme secures $200K from angel investors to expand globally Fishfishme, the online platform to book fishing charter boats, has announced a seed funding round of US $200,000 from several angel... Nina Curley • 06 January, 2014 FishFishMe
ElSherka.com moves business management to the cloud Rarely do entrepreneurs have all of the necessary skills to run all aspects of their own startups; often they excel in some... Hanan Solayman • 06 January, 2014 business management management elsherka
What Uber’s leaked financials say about its surge pricing model Uber’s revenues were leaked on ValleyWag this month, revealing that the car service company is potentially making far more than i... Nina Curley • 06 January, 2014 Uber
8 tech conferences in the Middle East to attend in 2014 Tech conferences in the Middle East have contributed to the success of several startups Wamda has covered over the past few months,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 06 January, 2014 Conferences
Sohati wants to break the taboo of online medicine Many entrepreneurs in are now trying to find solutions to make healthcare more accessible throughout the Middle East, a region facing... Aline Mayard • 05 January, 2014 Media Health Medical
HAXLR8R co-founder on what hardware trends to expect in 2014 HAXLR8R, the hardware-focused startup accelerator based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China, hosted its third demo day... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 05 January, 2014 cyril ebersweiler shenzhen haxlr8r
El Mashrou3, Egypt's first competitive reality show for entrepreneurs It seems that entrepreneurship has not only impacted the Middle East economically, but in pop culture as well. Egypt recently celebrated... Eman Mostafa • 05 January, 2014 Egypt
Nakhweh opens its social initiative to the crowd If 2013 was the year of crowdfunding, 2014 shows no signs of slowing when it comes to startups leveraging the power of... Nina Curley • 05 January, 2014 Nakhweh
Weekly Wrap-Up: December 30 - January 02 Wamda's favorite stories of 2013 Looking back at our stories from 2013, we can’t help but feel a sense of pride in what the Arab startup ec... Wamda • 02 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Meet the custom ringtone service from Gaza that's serving the Gulf [Wamda TV] Gaza’s Sadaf Technology Development has launched Ringak (which means 'your ringtone' in English), a service that offers customized r... Mariam Hamed • 02 January, 2014
Instabeat raises Series A round from Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet Group, and angel investors Instabeat, the heart rate monitor for swimmers, has secured a Series A round of investment from Wamda Capital, Jabbar Internet Group, and... Wamda • 02 January, 2014 Instabeat Series A
Office supplies platform Stationery.ae launches in Dubai to beat brick-and-mortar stores Stationery.ae, a new graduate of the i360 accelerator in Dubai, launched yesterday to provide stationery and office supplies to the UAE... Nina Curley • 02 January, 2014 i360 Accelerators
8 New Year's Resolutions for entrepreneurs December is always an important time for reflection, tying up loose ends, and planning the chapters we hope to write. While some of us... Leena AlOlaimy • 01 January, 2014 resolution new year
Wamda's favorite stories of 2013 As we look back at 2013, it's been a pivotal year for entrepreneurship in the Middle East. We've seen several software and hardware... Wamda • 31 December, 2013
Can rewards platforms save daily deals? A look at AdvanTag's expansion It seems that the last thing that startups in customer loyalty want these days is to be called a loyalty program. Echoing UrbanBuz, a... Nina Curley • 30 December, 2013 Loyalty Programs
Innovative business model hopes to spark artistic creativity in Palestine “If you live as a victim you stay as a victim,” says Rami Khader, a founding member and manager of Bethlehem’s Diyar Dance Theatre. “The h... Eric Reidy • 30 December, 2013 arts culture dance