Wamda

U.A.E

UAE finance ministry launches accelerator

The UAE’s Ministry of Finance has launched a new accelerator to drive innovation in the country. The Mohammed Bin Rashid...

accelerator Accelerators

U.A.E

Souq.com opens Dubai centre that will create 600 jobs

Source: The National Souq.com, the e-commerce platform Amazon bought for $580 million (Dh2.13 billion) last year, has opened a centre in...

souq Souq.com Amazon

Saudi Arabia

Careem Launches Careem NOW in Dubai and Jeddah

Careem has launched an online delivery market service for food and other goods in Dubai and Jeddah. Called Careem NOW, the company plans to...

#Careem #News #Jeddah #Dubai #FoodDelivery

U.A.E

Step Conference 2019

For its seventh year in a row, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, STEP Conference, is Coming Home to Dubai Internet...

U.A.E

Mix N' Mentor

Mix N’ Mentor brings together promising entrepreneurs with top regional and global mentors. The event includes mentorship...

U.A.E

Smart farming for food security

The UAE consumes more than 80 per cent of its freshwater resources to produce less than 15 per cent of its food supply according to...

farming hydroponics sensors

U.A.E

Fintech Hive to partner with Hong Kong's Cyberport

Dubai’s Fintech Hive is set to partner with Hong Kong’s technology hub, Cyberport, to enable financial technology (fintech)...

Fintech Hong Kong Fintech Hive

U.A.E

CE-Ventures acquires stake in Transcorp

CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of UAE-based Crescent Enterprises, announced on Monday that it has acquired a...

investement Logistics

U.A.E

Property Finder raises $120 million

Source: Reuters Private equity firm General Atlantic has led a $120 million investment and acquired a minority stake in Middle East real...

propertyfinder real esate private equity

U.A.E

Majid Al Futtaim acquires mobile wallet app Beam

Source: Gulf Business Dubai-based mall operator Majid Al Futtaim has acquired Beam Portal, the owner of UAE mobile wallet app, Beam, it...

Fintech mobile payment Dubai

U.A.E

HolidayMe raises $16 million Series C

Source: MENAbytes Dubai-based HolidayMe has raised $16 million Series C in a round led by China’s Gobi Partners and joined by...

Series C ecommerce

U.A.E

Shorooq invests in India's Impact Guru

Source: MENAbytes Indian healthcare crowdfunding platform Impact Guru has raised an investment from Shorooq Investments, the Abu-Dhabi...

Crowdfunding abu dhabi India

U.A.E

From rubbish to robot

When Abdus Samad was a child, he would prise open electrical items at home to see the components inside and then put them back together. It...

robots robotics DIY

U.A.E

The Big 5 2018

The Big 5, the largest and most influential construction event in the Middle East, is coming back under the theme “Shaping the...

U.A.E

WakeCap secures $1.6 million

WakeCap, the UAE-based construction technology startup has closed $1.6 million in seed investment from a group of global investors...

Construction IoT Hardware

Saudi Arabia

Google Policy Fellowship Programme

Call for applications - Google Policy Fellowship Programme Wamda has partnered with Google to host two candidates for...

U.A.E

WeInvest sets sights on UAE

Source: Finextra WeInvest, a Singapore-based digital wealth services and robo-advisory firm, announced today its expansion will be into...

Fintech Hive DIFC

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange to create infrastructure for cryptocurrency assets

Source: Bitcoin.com The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has released a paper aimed at creating the infrastructure necessary to accommodate...

abu dhabi Fintech cryptocurrency

Kuwait

DWS Group acquires stake in GCC FinTech startup Neo Technologies

Source: The National DWS Group, a European asset manager in which Germany’s Deutsche Bank has a majority stake, agreed to...

Fintech

U.A.E

Careem closes $200m in latest round

Ride-hailing app Careem has secured $200 million from existing investors including Al Tayyar Group, Kingdom Holding and Rakuten in the...

careem investment round

U.A.E

Alternative Investment Management Summit

Launched in 2015, AIM Summit is The Leading Regional Alternative Investment Management Summit gathering and...

U.A.E

Navigating through a smart city

As the number of people living in cities grows around the world, the need for effective transportation becomes paramount. This year’s...

Smart Cities Transport automation

U.A.E

Free calls to nowhere, how Skype ban hurts startups in the UAE

Launching a startup isn’t for the anxious or easily deterred. There are myriad worries, from finding investors and customers to...

Skype startup

U.A.E

Mumzworld closes $20m Series B round

Mumzworld, the Dubai-based e-commerce shopping platform for mothers across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has closed its...

Mumzworld ecommerce

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