U.A.E Lorryz raises $1.4 million in seed funding Source: MenaBytes Dubai-based online freight marketplace Lorryz has raised $1.4 million in a seed round, it... News • 20 January, 2020 seed Funding freight
U.A.E Shorooq Partners leads seed round for QuickBus UAE-based Shorooq Partners has led the seed funding round for Kenya-based online marketplace ticketing system QuickBus. Shrooq... Yasmeen Nabil • 16 January, 2020 bus Booking application
U.A.E Wamda X second cohort launches with 13 promising startups Wamda, the region's leading ecosystem enabler, has announced the list of fellows and startups joining the second cohort of its... Wamda • 16 January, 2020 wamda x wamda
U.A.E Dubai Council launches Dubai Future District and $272 million fund Source: Mubasher Dubai is set to launch a new stock market and a AED 1 billion ($272,265,200) fund to support new-economy companies,... News • 16 January, 2020 Dubai future district
U.A.E Group 42 acquires Bayanat Source: Emirates News Agency Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company, announced today that it... News • 14 January, 2020 uae Data Acquistion
U.A.E Abu Dhabi invests in fintech blockchain start-up Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has invested in Securrency, a US-based developer of blockchain-based financial and... News • 14 January, 2020 Fintech Blockchain Investment
U.A.E Could EDGE boost R&D in the UAE? Abu Dhabi is restructuring the UAE’s blossoming defence industry, placing many state-run companies within a single organisation and... Matt Smith • 13 January, 2020 Research R&D
Regional STEP Conference 2020 STEP Conference, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, has launched its 9th edition under the theme of “the World... Wamda • 12 January, 2020
U.A.E The Hub: The Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Environmentalism GEMS World Academy Dubai (GWA), one of the leading IB+ schools, has been selected as the Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship... Wamda • 09 January, 2020
U.A.E StudioRepublik’s Big Weekend A 2-day Festival to celebrate the opening of StudioRepublik is happening on January 10-11, 2020 from 9:00 AM - 5:00... Wamda • 09 January, 2020
U.A.E SpiderSilk raises $500,000 Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk has raised $500,000 seed in a round led by Global Ventures, and joined by... News • 08 January, 2020 cyber security cybersecurity
U.A.E noon cosies up to China There are a few areas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where self-driving vehicles branded with the noon logo, slowly drive along a pre-determined... Wamda • 07 January, 2020 china E-commerce self-driving car
U.A.E Mubadala leads investment in Glovo Source: CNBC Spanish food delivery app Glovo has raised 150 million euros ($167 million) in a fresh round of funding to ramp up... News • 22 December, 2019 Mubadala Investment Company
U.A.E JumpAdvisor raises seed investment UAE-based JumpAdvisor recently raised a seed investment round from an angel investor, valuing the company at $400,000. JumpAdvisor is an... News • 22 December, 2019 seed investment
U.A.E Adasat.com raises $350,000 in funding Source: Laffaz Adasat.com is a new e-commerce platform based in Dubai that has recently raised $350,000 with the help of local... News • 17 December, 2019 contact lenses eye glasses sun glasses
Saudi Arabia Wamda co-leads $3M Series A round in online floral marketplace Floranow Wamda, the Middle East region's leading startup ecosystem enabler, has co-led a $3 million Series A round with Global Ventures in... Wamda • 15 December, 2019 Series A Floranow
U.A.E VentureSouq invests in $45 million Series B of US-based Vouch Source: MenaBytes VentureSouq, a Dubai-based investment platform focused on investing in early-stage startups around the world, has... News • 14 December, 2019 Business Insurance US
U.A.E The UAE is the perfect launchpad for edtech solutions Katia Al-Kaisi is the founder and chief executive officer of Education House Finland which focuses on introducing Finnish education... Thought Leadership • 12 December, 2019 Education EdTech
U.A.E Telr secures funding from existing investors UAE-based Telr, an online payment gateway startup, has closed an undisclosed institutional round of funding led by its three largest... News • 11 December, 2019 payment gateway Telr iMENA
U.A.E Abu Dhabi's Group 42 invests in Chinese 3D printing firm Source: 3D Printing Industry Chinese 3D printer provider and service bureau HeyGears Technology has reported the raising of... News • 11 December, 2019 abu dhabi 3d printing
U.A.E Wamda invests in UAE-based fintech startup FlexxPay Wamda has invested in UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup FlexxPay (flexxpay.com). The social impact company provides... Wamda • 08 December, 2019 Fintech Wamda Capital
U.A.E In conversation with Rita Huangzhen of iMile When Rita Huangzhen left China in 2008 to work for Huawei in Dubai, she had no idea that the emirate would become the place she would get... Triska Hamid • 05 December, 2019 Logistics Last mile delivery china
U.A.E Fetchr raises $10 million in emergency funding Source: Bloomberg Courier app Fetchr, once one of the Middle East’s largest startups, raised as much as $10 million in... News • 04 December, 2019 Dubai emergency Funding
U.A.E Mubadala leads $32 million funding in London-based Cazoo Source: EU-startups Cazoo, a new platform transforming the purchase of used cars, today launches with a triple announcement. In addition... News • 04 December, 2019 Used cars Investment