Wamda

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...

Speed@BDD Demo Day tech

Lebanon

4 lessons from a rising Lebanese VC

When it comes to VCs on the Lebanese scene, Phoenician Funds is the new kid on the block. One year old now, it was cofounded by Jad...

Phoenician Funds Circular 331 lebanon

Lebanon

$3.2M for the UK Lebanon Tech Hub and 6 finalists for their new program The Nucleus

The Central Bank of Lebanon will fund the UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) with $3.2 million, matching the funding pledged by the UK Embassy,...

UK Lebanon Tech Hub Central Bank Lebanon Dox

Lebanon

Region’s first shared electric scooter service launched in Lebanon

In a country where public transport has always been a hassle, and where traffic jams are a daily companion, an innovative approach to...

Loop SAL LoopShare Anwar Sukkarie

Lebanon

Lebanese Car wash app Blink My Car raises $1.2 million

The brainchild of two Beirut natives, Blink My Car received $1.2 million in a seed round last week. The investment round was led by...

Lebanon

Branding & Customer Experience Workshops

‘Branding Workshop: let's dive deep & uncover what's your brand all about’ will be taking place on Thursday June 8...

lebanon Workshop Branding

Lebanon

Lebanese automotive marketplace receives $1.8M seed fund

Lebanese automotive marketplace Seez have received $1.8 million in seed funding from B&Y, Phoenician Funds, and Wamda Capital. Seez...

Seez seed fund B&Y

Lebanon

Lebnet Ignite#4 graduates 8 startups

Lebnet Ignite#4, a program designed to immerse Lebanese startup founders in the Silicon Valley culture, graduated this year eight startups....

LebNet Lebnet Ignite

Lebanon

How the IFC wants to support MENA scaleups [Wamda TV]

Shortly before the World Economic Forum MENA Davos event at the Dead Sea in Jordan, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) visited...

ifc Fadi Ghandour Philippe Le Houerou

Lebanon

The Transforming Power of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: Lessons Learned

Cleveland State University and the Asher Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ACIE) at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)...

entrepreneurship startup Ecosystem

Lebanon

AUB and UKLTH to fund diabetes solution

UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) announced today that it will fund the research and development of Ediamond (electromagnetic diabetes monitoring...

news watch UK Lebanon Tech Hub aub

Lebanon

The UK Lebanon Tech Hub accentuates R&D financing in Lebanon [Wamda TV]

Despite its vast intellectual and academic capital, Lebanon still falls behind developed countries in terms of research. Its gross...

UK Lebanon Tech Hub Nadim Zaazaa Elie Akhras

Lebanon

Darwazah Contest Awards proves everyone's a winner

Eight startup ideas were selected to take part in the Darwazah Contest Awards, which took place at the American University of Beirut (AUB)...

Darwazah aub

Lebanon

Lebanon’s digital industry: the battle of BDL circulars

This article is an extension of Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry piece, published here yesterday. On...

BDL Leap Ventures Bookwitty

Lebanon

Lebanon’s Circular 331: The birth of an industry

In August 2014, Banque du Liban (the Central Bank of Lebanon, abbreviated as BDL) issued Circular 331 with the aim of injecting 400 million...

BDL Circular 331 bookwitt

Lebanon

2017 Darwazah Student Innovation Contest

The 2017 Darwazah Student Innovation Contest innovation gathering and awards ceremony ceremony will be taking place on May 22 at...

aub OSB Networking

Lebanon

Over 400 students in Girls Got IT in Tripoli

The third edition of ‘Girls Got IT’ was held in Tripoli, Lebanon on May 13, 2017. It is a joint Initiative between five...

STEM

Lebanon

IM Capital invests in Bokja Design

Bokja Design Studio recently got funded by IM Capital and an angel investor (who preferred to stay anonymous). The [undisclosed] amount...

Bokja Design im capital investement

Lebanon

Lebanon's Jaleesa awarded $40K by World Bank

Jaleesa, the Lebanon-based tech startup that connects families with a trusted babysitter, has secured a $40,000 equity-free contribution...

lebanon Jaleesa world bank

Lebanon

#BeirutInnovationWeek - Fintech

During Beirut Innovation Week, Resolve and UK Lebanon Tech Hub are inviting local startups to participate in a full day of discussions and...

beirut Fintech Antwork

Lebanon

First annual Beirut Innovation Week kicks off in May

On May 9th and 11th, the UK Lebanon Tech Hub UKLTH and the new London-based, specialist accelerator Resolve, will offer...

Beirut Innovation Week UK Lebanon Tech Hub

Lebanon

Arab women designers: not just fashion

The recent boom in Muslim modest fashion has brought Arab women designers onto the spotlight. The fashion field, however, is only the...

Design designers women founders

Lebanon

Syrian entrepreneurs raise their voices at Jusoor

“War is always louder, but we want to raise the voices of youth and entrepreneurship”. This is how Ahmad Bayram, managing...

jusoor syria Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Lebanon

How can data science and analytics improve education? [Wamda TV]

The Arab region still lags behind when it comes to mining big data for decision making, especially in the education sector. While...

data science Women in Data Science AUBWIDS

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