Saudi Arabia Beauty ecommerce GlamBox gets acquired by a Saudi consortium of investors Dubai-based GlamBox, a beauty online subscription platform, has recently been acquired by a Saudi consortium of investors. Neither the... Staff writer • 20 November, 2017 GlamBox acquisition Success Stories
Saudi Arabia The role of education and women in the Saudi economy at #MiskGlobalForum During the Misk Global Forum organised last week for the second year in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, discussions around education and the... Maya Rahal • 20 November, 2017 Misk Foundation Misk Global Forum Saudi Arabia
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 MITEF Saudi Startup Competition The MITEF Saudi Startup Competition focuses on attracting high potential business projects across the following three tracks: idea,... Wamda • 14 November, 2017 Saudi Arabia competition MITEF
Saudi Arabia #MixNMentor unveils entrepreneurs biggest challenges in KAUST For the first time, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST Innovation and Monsha’at, a Small and Medium Enterprises... Maya Rahal • 03 November, 2017 Mix N Mentor Riyadh Mix n Mentor KAUST
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 Startup Saudi Arabia Startup Saudi Arabia is a 3-day event that will include a conference, an exhibition, and seminars as well as short presentations for... Wamda • 24 October, 2017 saudi entrepreneurship startup
Saudi Arabia SRMG acquires 51 percent stake in Saudi financial news service Argaam for $10M The Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) has acquired a controlling stake (51 percent) in the Argaam Investment and Trading Company,... Staff writer • 18 October, 2017 Saudi Arabia Argam acquisition
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 A Saudi Arabian student succeeded in home-cooked food delivery orders This year, online food orders in Saudi Arabia reached $644 million so far, and are expected to exceed $1 billion by 2019. After noting... Maya Rahal • 08 October, 2017 Mathaqi مذاقي Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia BIBAN Forum 2017: Funding is available, seek mentorship Wamda organized its three-day Mix N’ Mentor event in Saudi Arabia, during the BIBAN Forum 2017, which ran from September 17 till 20,... Staff writer • 24 September, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Biban
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... Staff writer • 18 September, 2017 Foodics Saudi Arabia ksa
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... Staff writer • 13 September, 2017 Aramco Solar panels NOMADD
Saudi Arabia Saudi’s crowdshipping platform wants to be in everyone’s luggage Saudi Entrepreneur Khaled Sehly was a pharmacist before he quit his job to become an entrepreneur. In March 2017, Sehly launched... Maya Rahal • 11 September, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Airwaybill
Saudi Arabia What I know about ecommerce in Saudi Arabia: Mazen AlDarrab Saudi Arabia is one of the most promising ecommerce markets in the Arab region, despite the challenges that face the sector in the... Maya Rahal • 05 September, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa 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... Staff writer • 04 September, 2017 MEMakersGE Predix hackathon
Saudi Arabia This Saudi entrepreneur wants to bring you the Serviis you need According to data released in the WRL report, supporting organizations in the Kingdom, such as funds, coworking spaces, accelerators and... Maya Rahal • 30 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Serviis
Saudi Arabia The lifecycle of an app: From an idea to a successful business [slideshow] Daily app downloads have reached 50 million globally, out of which 95 percent get deleted within a month, according to the Digital... Maya Rahal • 27 August, 2017 Digital Leadership in Mobile Apps Innosoft Alsharqia Chamber
Saudi Arabia A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed... Maya Rahal • 22 August, 2017 ksa Saudi Arabia Noun
Saudi Arabia Endeavor Revive Sharqiya Endeavor Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with Global shaper community, will be running their monthly event ‘Revive’ on August 19... Wamda • 16 August, 2017 ksa Endeavor Endeavor Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile
Bahrain Seedstars GCC Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1... Wamda • 09 August, 2017 GCC Gulf seedstars
Saudi Arabia BIBAN 2017 SME Forum The BIBAN 2017 SME Forum is a 4 day conference which will provide practical insights and delve deeper into how SMEs in Saudi Arabia can... Wamda • 08 August, 2017 ksa sme startup
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