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Jordan

Jordanian addressing startup raises $100K from GMS Ventures & Investments

NavCode is a Jordanian smart addressing app that contains user information such as name, phone number, building number and others. It...

NavCode Addressing VC

Kuwait

Fintech startup Ajar Online closes a second round of investment

Ajar Online, a Kuwait-based fintech startup that allows tenants to pay their rent online, via SMS and email, has recently closed...

Ajar Online Fintech Investment

Global

Badir launches new program to attract global startups to KSA

Badir Program for Technology Incubators, a Saudi national program under King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), launched a...

news watch Badir

Global

Six winners, including 2 international startups at MAD Mentorpreneurs

Ten startups competed for awards worth four million Emirati Dirhams (US$ 1 million) during MAD Mentorpreneurs pitching competition, which...

MAD Talks MAD Mentorpreneurs startups

Regional

Altibbi raises $6.5M through MEVP, DASH Ventures, and other investors

Altibbi Ltd., one of the Middle East’s largest digital health platforms, announced a new round of funding amounting to $6.5 million....

AlTibbi MEVP DASH Ventures

U.A.E

UAE dental app Udenz raised $200,000 in crowdinvesting

Udenz, a Dubai-based app that offers dental services for both users and dentists, has raised $203,000 with 33 investors from 10...

Udenz eureeca uae

Egypt

Egyptian home services platform Filkhedma closed second investment round

Filkhedma, an Egyptian home services marketplace, has just closed its second investment round led by Algebra Ventures and Glint...

FilKhedma Algebra Ventures Glint

U.A.E

First class of Ethereum blockchain developers to graduate from Dubai’s ConsenSys Academy

ConsenSys Academy has announced its first developer program class of 150+ blockchain developers, including 25 participants from the United...

Smart Dubai ethereum Blockchain

Regional

Alabbar and MEVP launch $250M MENA tech-focused VC fund

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) announced today the launch of its third MENA venture capital fund – the Middle East Venture Fund...

Alabbar MEVP Walid Hanna

Regional

Alshaya gets on board in Noon

Kuwait-based retail franchise operator MH Alshaya Co has acquired a strategic stake in Noon, the region’s new ecommerce platform,...

Alshaya Noon ecommerce

Jordan

Jordan’s POSRocket raises $650K from Jabbar Internet Group, Arzan VC, and Propeller Inc.

POSRocket, the Amman-based startup that sells cloud-based point-of-sale solutions to SMEs raised $650,000 as seed investment from Jabbar...

posrocket Point of sale Cloud Computing

Egypt

11 Egyptian startups to participate in Innoventures Egypt's third Startup Reactor stage

Innoventures, an innovation platform launched in 2011 to bring Egyptian ideas to market, announced the top 11 startups chosen to...

Innoventures Startup Reactor

U.A.E

MEVP invests in online travel company Wego

MEVP, a leading venture capital firm focusing on the MENA invested in Wego, one of the largest online travel marketplaces across the MENA...

MEVP Wego investement

Saudi Arabia

Saudi cloud-based POS startup Foodics closed a $4M funding round

Saudi Arabia's Foodics has closed a SAR 15 million ($4 million) investment round, led by Raed Ventures and Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF) with...

Foodics Saudi Arabia ksa

Tunisia

Tunisian online finance news platform raises $400K

The Tunisian startup Ilboursa.com, which a French online finance news platform, announced on Tuesday (September 12) the closing of its...

fundraising stock exchange finance

U.A.E

Mumzworld partners with Legoland Dubai

Two leading brands in the child industry team up to offer mothers and children (aged 2-12) a better experience when visiting the...

Mumzworld Legoland Dubai partnerships

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco licenses NOMADD to create waterless cleaning systems

Saudi Aramco entered into a technology licensing agreement with NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions, the Saudi-based startup that commercializes...

Aramco Solar panels NOMADD

Regional

Uber and Arabiaweather announced a strategic partnership

The ride hailing app Uber announced a strategic partnership with Arabiaweather, a platform that provides weather products, services and...

ksa Saudi Arabia Jordan

U.A.E

Now Money closes $1.46M bridge funding round

UAE-based fintech startup Now Money closed this week a bridge funding round with a total of $1.46 million. The round included $700,000...

bridge investment now money investments

Regional

Marriott Hotels launches TestBED in Middle East and Africa

Marriott Hotels launched today its TestBED programme for the first time in the Middle East and Africa, which will begin its roll-out in the...

Marriott TestBED MEA accelerator Marriott Hotels

U.A.E

Souq.com to acquire Wing.ae to enhance fast shipping options

Souq.com today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Wing.ae, a marketplace for merchants and couriers in the...

Souq.com Wing.ae ecommerce

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia hosts GE’s first Predix-powered hackathon in the region

General Electric (GE) hosted its first Industrial Internet of Things hackathon, powered by Predix, using big data to improve healthcare in...

MEMakersGE Predix hackathon

Regional

Tarjama accomplished its Coursera for Refugees Arabization mission

Tarjama, a UAE-based translation startup, finished its six-month project with Coursera to Arabize courses specifically targeted at...

Tarjama Coursera refugees

U.A.E

Fintech Hive at DIFC launched inaugural accelerator program

Fintech Hive at DIFC announced today the commencement its inaugural accelerator program. The program features 11...

uae Fintech Hive at DIFC Fintech

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