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Gaza startup Vidmass raises pre-Seed from Ibtikar and Vision VC

Vidmass, a Gaza-based startup specialising in online video creation, has raised a pre-seed round of investment from early-stage funds...

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Palestine

This is how Dawsat is reinventing the Middle Eastern diet

Mas Watad graduated from Al-Quds University as a nutrition specialist in 2003 and decided that, rather than simply raising people’s...

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Palestine

Palestinian startups carving their ways around barriers to success

Running a startup in Palestine is no easy task. In addition to the fact that over 90 percent of startups anywhere fail, with financial...

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Palestine

Connect Gaza looks to bring Palestinian startups into the regional ecosystem

Digital entrepreneurship and innovation are becoming key focuses of many governments across the Middle East as they seek to reform their...

PICTI startups investments

Palestine

Ibtikar receives a $2.5M investment, looks to help Palestinian entrepreneurs get funded

Ibtikar Fund, a Palestinian early stage venture capital firm has announced it has received a $2.5 million investment from the International...

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Palestine

Alwaleed injects $62M in $500M Series E funding Careem

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include the new capital injection of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and the announcement...

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Palestine

Palestinian fintech startup simplifies online and mobile trading

The lack of online Arabic content has been a driving force for many startups in the Middle East. It happens to be one of the core reasons,...

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Palestine

Palestine gets their first equity crowdfunding platform

Crowdpal, the first online equity crowdfunding platform purpose-built to support Palestinian entrepreneurship, launched its website today....

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Palestine

10 Palestinian startups to watch

Despite tough circumstances, Palestinian startups have often managed to impress with their versatility, innovation, determination. And...

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Palestine

Appmahal hopes for Middle Eastern chat app hit

Palestinian startup Appmahal has launched a localized version of Whatsapp, and hopes this will provide the competitive edge it needs in a...

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Lebanon

Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition

Registration for Jusoor’s third annual Entrepreneurship Competition has opened to all Syrian entrepreneurs looking to develop...

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Lebanon

Crowdfunding products: pressure does not make perfect

One of the most painful examples of delayed promises of crowdfunding is Palestine-based Bold Knot, a great-looking bank-charger-cable on a...

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Egypt

WeMENA Resilient Future [call for applications]

Women Entrepreneurs for a Resilient Future in the Middle East and North Africa (WeMENA) is a business model challenge launched to...

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Palestine

Gaza’s Swift Braille helps the blind use smartphones

Swift Braille is a smartphone app that aims to help visually impaired and blind people communicate with others in writing. Worldwide...

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Palestine

Social Dice helps navigate rough waters of MENA hiring process

When you ask founder Saed Shela what the secret is to Social Dice’s success, he will say it is about making the hiring process smart...

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Palestine

Crowdfunding as a business model? Taita Leila in Palestine says yes

The idea of crowdfunding a fashion line is a familiar concept to Western fashion brands but few use the technique as the only sales method...

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Palestine

Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’

With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for...

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Palestine

Mashvisor becomes first Palestinian startup accepted to Silicon Valley's 500 Startups

Real estate analytics platform Mashvisor has been chosen for the 19th round of acceleration at Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups, making...

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Palestine

Gaza game maker Baskalet eyes Saudi success

Facing tough economic conditions and unsatisfying day jobs in Gaza, Baskalet founders Mohammed Madhoun and Osayd Madi took the leap to do...

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Palestine

Hackathon seeks to boost tourism in Bethlehem

Nearly 100 people gathered for Palestine’s first tourism industry-led hackathon in Bethlehem on September 22. The three day event...

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Palestine

Borders may lock Gazan techies in, but they don’t lock support out

In a jam-packed hall at Box inc. in the heart of Silicon Valley, Gaza Sky Geeks hosted a startup event atypical of Bay Area...

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Palestine

Lady Problems Hackathon: Gaza

Lady Problems Hackathon Series are challenging developers (both men and women) to create solutions addressing issues female...

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Palestine

Summer startups: entrepreneurs nurture Gaza's next generation

With school summer vacations coming to an end, August witnessed a peak in the number of events targeting children in the Gaza...

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Palestine

Paypal: stop ignoring Palestinians now [Opinion]

Paypal, despite its own corporate values of inclusion and equality, is discriminating against Palestinians. A few months ago Paypal CEO...

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