Wamda

Lebanon

LIFE calls on Lebanese entrepreneurs to apply for Dubai pitch night

Calling Lebanese Entrepreneurs in the MENA Region! LIFE Pitch Night is coming to Dubai on 15 May 2025, connecting Lebanese founders with...

life LIFE Pitch Night

Kuwait

OSN+ completes acquisition of majority stake in Anghami

UAE-based online streaming platform OSN+ and Lebanon-founded music streaming app Anghami Inc. have officially merged into one media...

anghami OSN+

Lebanon

Lebanon's Garbaliser secures $436,000 investment

Lebanon-based agritech Garbaliser has secured a $436,000 investment from Shark Tank Dubai for a 12 per cent stake in the...

Garbaliser agritech

Lebanon

MBC Group acquires 14% stake in Anghami

Saudi Arabian media conglomerate MBC Group, through its MBC Ventures arm, has purchased 4,074,533 ordinary shares in music streaming...

anghami MBC

Lebanon

Women-led VC firm Globivest completes first close of first fund

Lebanon-based venture capital (VC) firm Globivest has achieved its first closing for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2016 by Jasmine...

Globivest Venture Capital

Lebanon

Jedo acquires Jump-in App to penetrate Saudi market

Lebanon-founded and Netherlands-based travel app Jedo has acquired the Saudi app Jump-in for an unknown amount. Founded in 2022 by...

Jedo Jump-in App Tourism

Lebanon

Lebanese agritech Dooda Solutions wins $100,000 grant from PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator

Lebanon-based agritech Dooda Solutions is set to receive a $100,000 grant after being named the winner of this year’s PepsiCo...

Dooda Solutions

Lebanon

Pitch competition for Lebanese founders

LIFE, in partnership with MEVP, e& Capital, Wamda Capital, Access Bridge Ventures, Saudi Angel...

lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon’s IM Ventures launches second fund

Lebanon-based VC firm IM Ventures has launched a $12 million fund under the USAID Lebanon Investment Initiative (LII) to support...

IM Ventures Insure and Match Ventures USAID

Lebanon

eFlow: The Lebanese startup teaching courses on messenger

Online learning became a necessity during the lockdowns, and while many tools became readily available, the vast majority catered to those...

EdTech eFlow

Iraq

Lebanese delivery app toters raises $18 million Series B round

Lebanon-based super app toters, has raised $18 million in a Series B round from International Finance Corporation (IFC), March...

toters ifc

Egypt

LooliaCloset, SohatiCare expand to Egypt

Lebanon-based beauty e-commerce marketplaces SohatiCare and LooliaCloset announced the expansion of their services to the Egyptian...

LooliaCloset SohatiCare

Lebanon

JumpCloud acquires Lebanon-born MYKI

US-based cloud management platform JumpCloud has acquired the Lebanon-born cyber security company MYKI for an undisclosed...

JumpCloud MyKi

Lebanon

FabricAID raises $1.6 million with participation from Wamda

FabricAID, a Lebanon-based social enterpris,e has raised a $1.6 million Seed round from Wamda and Alfanar. Founded in 2017 by Omar...

circular economy Fabricaid

Lebanon

BY Venture Partners closes $50 million BY Fund II

Abu Dhabi and Beirut-based VC BY Venture Partners has closed its second fund, BY Fund II, valued at $50 million to be invested in...

BY Venture Partners BY Fund II VC

Iraq

Founder Institute launches accelerator programme for the Levant

US-based accelerator Founder Institute is launching its pre-seed startup accelerator in the Levant region, targeting entrepreneurs in...

Founder Institute Levant accelerator

Lebanon

BASMA raises $3 million Series A round to scale operations in Mena and GCC

Lebanon-founded direct-to-consumer (D2C) digital dental startup BASMA, has raised a $3 million Series A funding round, led by...

Basma digital healthcare Series A

Lebanon

Inspired acquires Ostaz, formerly known as Synkers

Global private school provider Inspired Education Group, has acquired Ostaz, formerly known as Synkers, an online tutoring platform founded...

EdTech Synkers Ostaz

Lebanon

Podeo raises Seed investment led by Razor Capital

Lebanon-based podcast platform, Podeo, has raised an undisclosed Seed investment round, led by Razor Capital with co-investments from...

Podeo podcast

Lebanon

Can Lebanon become the next global outsourcing hub?

This article was written by the team at B.O.T - Bridge. Outsource. Transform All eyes have been on Lebanon over the past year, but...

Outsourcing

Lebanon

Anghami raises investment from SHUAA Capital

Lebanon-based music streaming platform Anghami, has raised a fresh investment from UAE-based investment firm SHUAA Capital alongside other...

anghami Music streaming Shuaa Capital

Lebanon

Online education in Lebanon: Cementing existing inequalities

Laura Jardine Paterson is the head of communications at Codi in Lebanon The challenges faced by Lebanon in the past year have been...

Codi EdTech remote working

Lebanon

JGroup invests $15 million in Dubai-based FoxPush

Source: Khaleej times JGroup, a Lebanon-based holding company with a vast portfolio of subsidiaries across the Middle East, Europe,...

FoxPush JGroup Advertising

Lebanon

Synkers raises $1.8 million in pre-Series A

Lebanon-based educational technology (edtech) platform Synkers, has secured a $1.8 million pre-Series A funding round, led by Lama and...

EdTech tutoring Dubai Angel Investors

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