Wamda

Global

Australia's Zip acquires Spotii

ZIP a publically listed Australia-based buy now pay later (BNPL) company has fully acquired Dubai-based BNPL provider Spotii for...

Spotii Zip BNPL

Global

UAE's Calega, Oman-based investors invest in India-based ClassMonitor

UAE-based Calega family office investor group, Oman-based group of investors (Sarvann), along with PATH India, have led a...

ClassMomitor

Global

Startup advice: Should you humanise your brand?

Islam Gouda is a marketing professional who is currently working at the federal government in Abu Dhabi Brands are living beings;...

Branding

Global

Can remote working survive?

Marilyn Zakhour is the founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs, a flexible work consultancy As higher...

remote work

Global

What is data democratisation and why is it necessary?

Jadd Elliot Dib is the founder and CEO of UAE-based Pangaea X, an online network and talent acquisition platform for data analysts It is...

data democratisation

Global

UAE's Vy Capital participates in India-based Urban Company's $188 million funding round

Source: VCCircle On-demand home services marketplace Urban Company has raised $188 million (Rs 1,410 crore) in a growth funding...

Urban Company Vy Capital

Global

Advice for startups: Key accounting KPIs to monitor

Rayhan Aleem is the founder and managing partner at Alpha Pro Partners Running a small business means juggling many different things on...

accounting

Global

Alpha Wave invests $100 million in India-based Stanza Living

Source: BW Disrupt Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), a VC fund managed by Falcon Edge, has been investing at a steady pace. It has now...

Alpha Wave Stanza living Series D

Global

BECO Capital and Global Ventures participate in US-based Tribal Credit's $34.3 million Series A round

Source: Pymnts Silicon Valley FinTech startup Tribal Credit closed a $34.3 million Series A funding round led by QED Investors...

Tribal credit Fintech BECO Capital

Global

Tradeling partners with China e-commerce platform JD.com

UAE-based business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce marketplace Tradeling, has teamed up with Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com, seeking to...

Tradeling B2B ecommerce

Global

Doha venture Capital participates in Cityneon’s $235 million round

Qatar-based Doha Venture Capital has participated in a $235 million funding round for Singapore-based exhibition entertainment...

Cityneon Doha Venture Capital

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $10 million Series A round in Jakarta-based CoLearn

Source: VCCircle Indonesian edtech startup CoLearn has secured $10 million of Series A funding co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) and...

CoLearn EdTech Alpha Wave

Global

Can a startup’s social capital affect investment?

Rami Deeb is an executive at Talkwalker, a "conversational intelligence" company that delivers social media insights to help...

Social Media

Global

How to optimise the value of data management

Cenker Ozhelvaci is vice president of emerging markets, managing director of Iron Mountain UAE and Turkey The outbreak of the Covid-19...

data management

Global

The power and risks of alternative data

To some, it may seem like you need psychic powers to predict whether an investment will be profitable or not. These days however, you...

alt-data alternative data GameStop

Global

SIP debuts fund for US startups looking to scale across Mena

US and Tokyo-based venture capital firm SIP Global Partners recently announced the first close of $75 million for its debut fund, targeting...

Venture Capital

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $400 million funding round in India's Dream Sports

Source: The Economic Times Dream Sports, the Indian sports technology company, which owns the leading fantasy sports platform...

Alpha Capital DreamSports Dream11

Global

UAE's ALFAHIM Group invests in Berlin-based Blacklane

Source: TechCrunch Blacklane — the Berlin startup that provides on-demand black-car chauffeur services in Berlin, London,...

AlFahim Group automotive sustainable mobility

Global

UAE's TCN International invests $10 million in India-based Zaara Biotech

Source: Business Line Zaara Biotech, a student biotech startup fostered under the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development...

Zaara Biotech TCN International foodtech

Global

Is a university education crucial for founders?

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg stand out as remarkably successful entrepreneurs who all dropped out of university. To them,...

Education

Global

TechWadi ‘21: the virtual tech conference bridging Silicon Valley & the MENA region

TechWadi, the leading non-profit organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the MENA region to support the growth and...

Global

Predicting the future with analytics

Professor Mohamed Salem is the president of the University of Wollongong in Dubai Analytics is one of the most critical tools in...

data analytics

Global

Anghami goes public on NASDAQ via SPAC

Music streaming platform Anghami is listing on the New York NASDAQ exchange via a merger with special purpose acquisition company...

anghami lebanon SPAC

Global

Anghami's story is one to celebrate and emulate

Anghami is now the first home grown company to go public on Nasdaq since Aramex 24 years ago. This is a fantastic story that should be...

anghami Fadi Ghandour

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