Wamda

U.A.E

Revent raises $900,000 pre-Seed to bolster KSA expansion plans

UAE-based electronics marketplace Revent has raised $900,000 in a pre-Seed round, provided by Techstars and a group of angel...

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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...

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Regional

More family businesses to engage with tech and innovation: Techstars’ Jag Singh

Last month, Wamda had the chance to catch up with Jag Singh, managing director of Techstars’ METRO Accelerator for Retail, ahead of...

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Syria

Startup Weekend Homs

Techstars Startup Weekend Homs is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of...

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Regional

Techstars and GINCO launch an accelerator program in Dubai

Techstars in partnership with GINCO has announced the launch of a new accelerator program in Dubai. Applications will open in July of 2017...

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Iraq

Startup Weekend Erbil 2016

Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide entrepreneurs with a crash course on the basics and know-hows of starting your own...

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Lebanon

Don't hide your ideas, Andrew Hyde of Techstars [Q&A]

Andrew Hyde, Startup Week director at Techstars, is a globe-trotter with a mission: bridging the gap between community, technology and...

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Lebanon

Launch Summit experts advise entrepreneurs to begin with solving local problems

“Right now is a good time to be an entrepreneur… Ten years ago, if you said you’re an entrepreneur people thought you...

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Regional

The evolution of tech startups in MENA [Opinion]

Watching an ecosystem grow. (Image via Miami Herald) In much of the world, being a technology startup is a very ‘cool’ pursuit. The sto...

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Global

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

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Egypt

RiseUp Summit meets expectations, beats them

A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel...

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Regional

What I know about angel investing: Ed Roberto

Ed Roberto at the Great Wall of China. (Image via Techstars) With more than 30 years of experience as a startup founder, cofounder, angel...

Ed Roberto What I Know techstars

Lebanon

What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s...

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Lebanon

Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent...

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Kuwait

'Fail first, then succeed,' Techstars' Mark Solon tells StartupQ8

Kuwait’s startup ecosystem, which is showing more signs of vibrancy than ever before, hosted “by far” its highest profile guest last week, a...

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Kuwait

Kuwait startup ecosystem builds momentum and welcomes new partners

Kuwait’s nascent startup ecosystem may be getting a serious boost this week, when Mark Solon, the managing partner of global accelerator n...

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U.A.E

Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi Fireside Chat with Techstars' Eamonn Carey

Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi is organising a fireside chat with Eamonn Carey, entrepreneur-in-residence at Techstars London. The event will take...

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