Wamda

U.A.E

Workers’ safety and tracking device WakeCap raised $300K

WakeCap, raised $300,000 from CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company), a construction group with projects across Middle East, Asia and...

uae WakeCap Investment

Egypt

Egyptian software company raised $300K from Saudi investors

Entlaqa, a software company, raised a $300,000 funding from Salem ben Saleh Ba Wazier and Mohamed ben Saleh Ba Wazier, two KSA-based...

Egypt ksa SAAS

U.A.E

The StartUp Studio, a new partnership venture bringing corporate business and startups together

Media agency Mindshare MENA, and STEP Group announced this week The StartUp Studio, a new program which will facilitate partnerships...

STEP Group Mindshare Startup studio

Lebanon

Three students teams awarded by Theemar Tripoli Investment Fund

Theemar Business Idea Competition’s (TBIC) final event was held on Saturday May 12 at AZM Educational Campus. TBIC is a...

lebanon Theemar Tripoli startups

Saudi Arabia

Insurance startup Aqeed raises $18 million, launches officially

Having raised a USD $18 million from its corporate shareholders in a landmark Series A round of funding, Aqeed.com, an insurance aggregator...

Aqeed Series A

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi-based Krypto Labs Announces the Winner of the Drone Innovation Start-Up Contest 2018

Krypto Labs, the global incubator for startups, announced that Voliro, from Switzerland - a startup focusing on omnidirectional drones for...

Krypto Labs

Lebanon

Meet the winner of Beirut Editors Lab

On April 27 and 28 April, the Global Editors Network, in partnership with the International Center for...

competition

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-based startup Syarah raises $2 million from BECO Capital, Raed Ventures and Vision Ventures

Riyadh-based startup Syarah closed a new round of USD $2 million in investment in Series A. The round was led by BECO Capital, as...

Investment Series A

Egypt

Seedstars announces the opening of their first hub in Egypt

Seedstars, a swiss-based company that brings together key stakeholders focused on driving technological change in emerging markets, opend...

seedstars cairo

U.A.E

Apps to locate missing refugees and tackle counterfeit medicine win NYU Abu Dhabi’s International Hackathon

Dawa, an application designed to tackle counterfeit medicine in the region using blockchain based pharmaceutical distribution, and Boosala,...

NYU Abu Dhabi

Syria

Three teams won in Startup Weekend Homs

Over three days, and starting April 20, 2018, Startup Weekend Homs team held a Techstars Startup Weekend event at Jouri Hall in Al-Malaab...

syria Startup Weekend techstars

U.A.E

Four startups from the travel and tourism industry won Intelak’s third cohort

Four Dubai-based startups aiming at transforming the aviation, travel, and tourism industries graduated on April 30 from the...

uae Intelak GE

Lebanon

Fabric Aid won the first edition of the ‘Get in the Ring Beirut’ competition

Fabric Aid, a startup which enables underprivileged people to get decent clothing at affordable prices, won the first edition of the...

lebanon SmartEx Get in the Ring Beirut

Egypt

Egyptian online fashion rental platform raises $1M from Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups

La Reina, an Egyptian online platform for rental couture, announced receiving $1 million in a Series A funding round led by Egypt’s...

Egypt La Reina Algebra Ventures

U.A.E

Hospitality veteran invests $4M in Dubai-based virtual hotel startup to drive its expansion plan

MaisonPrive, a ‘virtual hotel’ operator that offers luxury apartments and villas to business and leisure visitors to Dubai,...

uae Funding MaisonPrive

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala acquires minority stake in NY-based Phoenician Capital

Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company acquired a minority stake in the general partner of Phoenician Capital, a New York-based...

uae Mubadala Investment Company acquisition

Regional

10 winning teams from 7 Arab countries at MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab’s 11th edition of the Arab Startup Competition

The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) of the Pan Arab Region announced the winners of the 11th edition of the Arab Startup Competition. This...

MITEF Arab Startup Competition Oman

U.A.E

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signs first commercial hyperloop system in the UAE

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) revealed the signing of an agreement with Aldar Properties, one of the leading real...

uae Hyperloop Transportation

Global

Voicera acquires Wrappup, launches new AI virtual assistant app

Voicera, a pioneer in the artificial intelligence and productivity space, acquired Wrappup, the company behind one of the most popular apps...

Voicera Wrappup AI

U.A.E

The Plug and Play ADGM program will kick off in Q3 2018

Plug and Play (PNP), one of the world’s largest global innovation platforms, and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International...

uae ADGM Plug and Play

Regional

Google launches online skill-building program for the MENA region

Google announced today the launch of ‘Maharat min Google’, a free digital skills-building program in Arabic, in an effort...

Google Skills

Lebanon

areeba debuts contactless biometric payment cards in the Middle East

Gemalto, one of the world leaders in digital security, is supplying its Visa biometric contactless bank card to areeba, a Lebanese...

lebanon areeba biometric contactless bank cards

Jordan

Jamalon to launch express personalized photo albums service in the Middle East in partnership with Taopix

Jamalon, the Middle East region’s largest online book store with a catalogue of over 10 million titles, announced a strategic...

Jordan uae Jamalon

Regional

Saudi Arabia calls for innovative startups to solve pressing social issues

The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MICT), Small Medium Enterprise Authority (SMEA), GE Digital, and Obeikan...

hackathon GE

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