Wamda

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Wamda Capital leads a $5M investment round in Kharabeesh

Wamda Capital announced leading a $5 million investment round in Kharabeesh, alongside Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Dash...

Kharabeesh Wamda Capital Investment

U.A.E

Revealing the tracks of the MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

Community Jameel and Wamda are hosting an MIT Media Lab multi-day workshop, bringing together different cultures, skills and expertise all...

Workshop community jameel Redefining Cities

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Abu Dhabi, MENA’s fintech oasis?

Fintech has been the subject of significant interest from entrepreneurs and investors alike in the past few years, and this interest shows...

abu dhabi global market fintech factory 1864 accelerator

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Turn8 announces new $60M VC fund

UAE-based accelerator and investor Turn8 launched a $60 million venture capital fund on Sunday for technology innovation. This new fund...

turn8-accelerator-fund-announcement

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Glassqube aims to be new piece in UAE startup puzzle

While there are far greater hardships in the world compared to starting your own business in the UAE it’s fair to say that the...

abu dhabi uae glassqube

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Dubai dedicates a $275M fund for seven global challenges

The Dubai government and Dubai Holding have announced a one billion dirham fund (US$275 million) to address seven global challenges. The...

Dubai Government Dubai Holding MEMakers

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From shop to your shelf, El Grocer grows

Delivery services are a part of Dubai’s residential lifestyle, and some residents are even spoilt for choice with stores at the...

el grocer Delivery Logistics

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MENA’s Airbnb of the workspace?

Thanks to a growing line up of coworking spaces, incubators, hot desks, and shared office space, the workspace revolution has...

fluidmeet workspace

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Saving Dubai’s energy one sky rise at a time

“It’s like the wild west, codes are lax, and no public records.” These are the comments of engineer Charles Blaschke when...

Taka Solutions MIT Media Lab community jameel

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Careem to use driverless ‘pods’

Careem has announced that they’ve partnered with a company that builds driverless, battery-powered ‘pods’. Furthering...

careem public transport MEMakersGE

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Careem to invest $100M in R&D

Careem has announced a new strategy, plus their plans for global expansion. According to a statement released today they plan, over...

careem ride hailing Investment

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Dubai’s medical tourism prospects

More often than not, planning a visit to a foreign country is an ambitious undertaking. Adding a stopover for a medical treatment during...

MEMakersGE Medical Tourism Medigo

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In5 Media Hub, latest incubator with industry approach

Dubai-based incubator In5 is finally putting the finishing touches to its media-focused hub. First announced in November 2015 they...

in5 In5 media hub Payfort

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500 Startups invests in UAE gifting marketplace

UAE-based gift-giving platform Joi has recieved investment from 500 Startups. With this first round founders Ritesh Tilani and...

500 startups joi gifts Investment

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Dubai: a city built on data [Wamda TV]

Cities are not built on a whim, but today a new kind of data is used to sculpt modern metropoli from the bare bones of steel and...

cellular data Dubai du

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Startups, compete at your own risk

Be it money, equity, consultation, incubation or simply a platform to fine-tune the elevator pitch, startup competitions have manufactured...

Arab Start Up competition Startup MENA GCC Pitch Challenge Dubai+Acumen Business Plan Competition

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From buyouts to partnerships

This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. More than half of all corporate-startup initiatives in MENA were...

Collaborative Entrepreneurship Dubai Expo 2020 GE

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Fare share: Uber and Careem set pace and purpose for MENA’s sharing economy

Innovation and regulation can often have a paradoxical relationship. Modern tech history has consistently highlighted the tug of war...

RTA Regulations careem

U.A.E

Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai workshop #MLDubai

Cities are rising at a fast pace. The MENA region has seen this with Dubai, and shortly after, Masdar City. In the meantime,...

Redefining Cities MIT Media Lab MIT

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Balancing act: the UAE treads the line between regulation and innovation

In a 2013 article, internet industry analyst Larry Downes made a strong statement: innovation and regulation simply don’t...

Block Chain Council regulation MEMakersGE

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PK on the core mission of The Assembly [Wamda TV]

Prashant Gulati, more known as ‘PK’, calls himself a “technology innovator, angel investor, mentor, idea accelerator and...

Prashant Gulati PK MEMakersGE

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Family offices a new addition to investment landscape

Family offices are the new breed of investor in the MENA tech sector, according to Beco Capital. The UAE-based investment firm, has...

Periodic table investors BECO Capital

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Doctoruna: making healthcare accessible in MENA

Since they launched in 2013, healthcare appointment website and mobile app Doctoruna has been on a mission to minimize the all too...

DoctorUna MEMakersGE Bayt

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IT platform Geeks raises $600K seed round

And 6500 happy customers. (Image via Geeks) Geeks.ae, an on-demand tech services platform that helps connect consumers and business...

Geeks investments Wamda Capital

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