Saudi Arabia

Badir-incubated Saudi tech startups raised almost $13M in 2017

The technology startups incubated by Badir Program, one of the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology’s main initiatives,...

Staff writer • 17 January, 2018

Badir ksa Investment

Saudi Arabia

Saudi needs to show more support for early stage startups #MixNMentor

The second out of a series of four Mix N’ Mentor events Wamda is organizing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took place yesterday at...

Maya Rahal • 19 November, 2017

Mix N' Mentor KSU Badir program for Technology Incubators

Saudi Arabia

A ‘quattro’ of Mix N’ Mentors coming to Saudi Arabia

Wamda is organizing four rounds of its flagship event, Mix N’ Mentor, in Saudi during the last two months of the year. The...

Wamda • 26 October, 2017

Mix N' Mentor riyadh Badir

Saudi Arabia

Home cleaning marketplace Matic raises $3 million

Matic, an online marketplace for cleaning services in the GCC, incubated by Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, has...

Staff writer • 17 October, 2017

Matic MEVP Cleaning services

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...

Staff writer • 10 October, 2017

news watch Badir

Saudi Arabia

How Badir is accelerating entrepreneurship in the KSA

Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has come a long way. One of the main players in nurturing and...

Maya Rahal • 06 August, 2017

Badir ksa

Saudi Arabia

Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion]

“We do not have enough venture capital investors in Saudi”, is a common theme heard from entrepreneurs across the kingdom....

Abdullah Altamami • 12 February, 2017

Venture Capital VC Tadawul

Saudi Arabia

Startup Weekend Taif carries on the Kingdom’s vision 2030

Startup Weekend in Sooq Okadh in Taif ended on August 13 after three days of hard work on entrepreneurial projects. The event falls under...

Reine Farhat • 23 August, 2016

Startup Weekend Startup Weekend Taif Badir

Saudi woman entrepreneur rethinks how we make Arabic coffee

Making Arabic coffee is a complicated and delicate process. The coffee beans must be properly roasted, ground, brewed, then boiled before...

Ahmed Gabr • 28 May, 2013

Coffeehouses Badir Saudi Arabia

Meet the Winners of Startup Weekend Jeddah

At the first Startup Weekend to grace Jeddah over a week ago, a wedding arrangement site won the day, led by two women. Hoping to serve...

Nina Curley • 08 April, 2013

Badir Saudi Arabia Startup Communities