Wamda

Regional

Rise of angels: More money or more inexperienced investors?

Angels are coming forth in the Middle East, more ready than ever to start investing in startups. Over the past year, several new angel...

Angel Investment

Regional

Wamda and Tarjama launch translation tool to serve the regional ecosystem

Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has launched an English-Arabic business terminology translation...

wamda Tarjama Arabic digital content

Regional

Mena startups raised $65.5m in December, pushing 2020 total to $654m

Last year was meant to be the year that startups in the Middle East and North Africa broke the billion-dollar investment mark, but the...

Investment

Regional

Trends to expect in 2021

Last year we outlined several trends we expected would take place in 2020 – rise in foodtech, growth of e-commerce and the year that...

coronavirus Trends

Regional

Our top stories from 2020

The coronavirus pandemic usurped every aspect of our lives. In its devastation, it dictated our movement, altered our habits and...

entrepreneurship

Regional

What 2020 has taught us about digital transformation

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and South Africa at GoDaddy The year 2020 has...

digital transformation

Regional

How will life change after the vaccine?

When the pandemic first began to take hold, the development of a vaccination against the coronavirus wasn’t just a way to prevent its...

Dubai Future Foundation

Regional

From pearl trade to e-wallets: The rise of digital payments in the GCC

Dalal Buhejji is the director of business development, financial services at the Bahrain Economic Development Board At the turn of...

banking digital wallet

Regional

What is driving the growth of buy now pay later?

Before the emergence of online shopping, there were shopping catalogues, published and distributed by retailers who offered everything from...

BNPL Tabby

Regional

TruKKer raises $10 million venture debt from US-based Partners for Growth

UAE-based on-demand truck aggregator TruKKer, has raised a $10 million strategic venture debt from San Francisco-based specialty lending...

Trukker freight Logistics

Regional

A look at the subscriptions-based economy in the Middle East

Digitisation has become the mainstay of the coronavirus pandemic, shifting both consumer and business behaviour. Amid this trend, the...

subscription SubsBase

Regional

Mena startups raised $37 million in November

When Yahaal announced its Series A round, we expected investments to exceed $60 million in November, but a correction from the company...

Investment

Regional

Startup Istanbul launches $10 million fund to invest in Mena-based startups

Istanbul-based event organiser and seed investor Startup Istanbul is raising a $10 million VC fund, targeting startups in the Middle East...

startup istanbul Seed funding MENA

Regional

GELLIFY to launch €20 million Mena fund

Italy’s GELLIFY, a B2B software startup focused accelerator and investor is launching a fund for the Middle East region in...

GELLIFY b2b

Regional

Clara launches Mena Series A Term Sheet to streamline funding rounds

Clara, the legaltech startup founded in the UAE and part of Wamda’s portfolio of partner companies has launched the Mena Series A...

Clara term sheet term sheets

Bahrain

Malaeb joins Vooora sportstech accelerator

Source: Laffaz Powered by Kooora.com, Vooora Ventures, the first sportstech accelerator in MENA, earlier this week announced that...

Malaeb Vooora ventures Sportstech

Regional

Where will the next wave of innovation come from?

Dr Vikas Nand Kumar Batheja is the co-founder and director of Capital College in Dubai The global pandemic has created panic,...

Innovation

Pakistan

Former Souq executive invests in Pakistan's Clicky

Source: Daily times Lahore-based fashion e-commerce startup, Clicky, closed USD 700,000 in a Pre-Series A round of funding. Former...

Clicky fashion ecommerce souq

Regional

The regional tussle for startups: Is Dubai at risk of being overtaken? [part two]

As outlined in the first part of this feature, startups have become a fundamental pillar of the economy, a means not only for innovation,...

Ecosystem Dubai abu dhabi

Regional

RiseUp Summit 2020 : RESET

RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurial gatherings in the Middle East. This year, the RiseUp Summit 2020 is going virtual,...

Regional

Why Ireland is taking an interest in the UAE's cleantech sector

The UAE government is determined to become a regional hub for clean energy development and production, encouraging the adoption and...

Cleantech Ireland

Regional

A glimpse into the Careem Mafia

When Uber acquired Careem in March 2019 for $3.1 billion, the exit was significant not only for the size of the deal, but for its ripple...

Careeem Careem Mafia

Regional

Fenix launches in the UAE after $3.8 million seed round

Fenix, the latest UAE-based micro mobility startup has raised $3.8 million in seed funding. Founded by the former Careem executive...

micromobility Fenix e-scooter

Regional

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2020

The 4th Sharjah Entrepreneaurship Festival will be held on December 6-10 2020. The event will be virtually and...

Thought Leadership

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