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Endeavor Scale Up 2018

Scale-Up UAE is Endeavor UAE’s annual, scale-up focused conference, where some of the most promising entrepreneurs from the UAE and...

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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signs first commercial hyperloop system in the UAE

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) revealed the signing of an agreement with Aldar Properties, one of the leading real...

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The Plug and Play ADGM program will kick off in Q3 2018

Plug and Play (PNP), one of the world’s largest global innovation platforms, and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International...

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ArabNet Digital Summit 2018

The region’s key stakeholders will gather for the sixth edition of the ArabNet Digital Summit - the exclusive digital conference on...

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Jamalon to launch express personalized photo albums service in the Middle East in partnership with Taopix

Jamalon, the Middle East region’s largest online book store with a catalogue of over 10 million titles, announced a strategic...

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AWS Summit Dubai 2018

Whether you are new to AWS, or an experienced user, AWS Summit Dubai will give you the inspiration and technical knowledge you need to get...

AWS Amazon Web Services AWS Summit

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Register to attend a Fireside chat with Tony Bates in Dubai

On Tuesday April 24, Wamda will be hosting Tony Bates, CEO of Social Capital’s new growth unit, for a casual fireside chat and...

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FUTURE PROOFED - Ellevate Dubai 2018 Forum

If you're worried about how technology is going to disrupt your workplace or industry and want to find out what skills you need to...

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Astrolabs launches its second Dubai tech hub

Dubai’s tech startup hub AstroLabs, officially opened its second coworking space in the Emirate yesterday, more than doubling its...

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Abu Dhabi's Fikra Labs accelerator selects 12 finalists, embraces hospitality innovation

Weeks after announcing Fikra Labs, an acceleration programme for the travel and tourism industries in Abu Dhabi, 32 startups out of 200...

Fikra Labs bootcamp startups

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du Emirati Startup Challenge

du launched its first Emirati Startup Challenge, in partnership with Zayed University. The nationwide challenge will give Emirati...

du Zayed Zayed University

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How to increase your exit chances, widen your audience and keep it simple: Insights from #STEP2018

Entrepreneurs don’t need to refine their pitches or have everything figured out when approaching investors, because great products...

Step Conference 2018 startups

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MAGNiTT raised a $1M Seed round

Dubai-based MAGNiTT.com, one of the largest investment data platforms for investors, entrepreneurs, and corporates in the Middle East,...

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STEP Start: Here’s what you should expect #STEP2018

Gathering over 6,000 people in Dubai, STEP Conference will host its fifth edition on March 28, 29 and will feature four main stages: STEP...

Step Conference 2018 STEP Start

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Mubadala Investment Company participates in $15M Series A investment round in US airspace awareness firm

Fortem Technologies, an innovator in airspace awareness and intelligence, announced closing $15 million Series A funding round led by DCVC...

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Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund to provide a $27M financial support during 2018

“The Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) plans to provide financial support aggregating AED 100 million (US $27.2 million)...

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Not a hardware, not a software, this startup looks to partner with CCC to improve construction efficiency

Hassan Albalawi, the cofounder of on-site data tracking helmet WakeCap Technology, would like to believe he can digitize the construction...

WakeCap Hardware sensors

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Goodness Cart, Dubai’s new healthy startup

Goodness Cart is a new ecommerce platform that launched today in Dubai to offer customers products across a range of categories including...

ecommerce

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DIFC and MEVP sign agreement to strengthen regional technology venture capital ecosystem

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the leading international financial hubs in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia...

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Dubai-based certified car marketplace raises another $1M

CarSwitch.com, the UAE’s first marketplace for certified cars, has secured an additional $1 million investment led by Dubai Angel...

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What free licensing could mean for Dubai startups?

A ‘free business license’ and other subsidized costs would be great to have for a startup, and it’s not as far-fetched as...

Hardware Startups Licensing Opinion

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When innovation complements an Emirate’s rich tourism offering

This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. The direct contribution of the travel and tourism sector to the UAE’s GDP was AED...

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Sheraa fosters entrepreneurship: Hosts first Mix N’ Mentor and showcases its Second Accelerator Cohort

“At Sheraa, we are committed to providing a platform to amplify entrepreneurial networking through events such as Wamda’s Mix...

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When business travel and leisure mix: A look at Abu Dhabi’s MICE sector

This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. In 2016, $1.2 trillion was spent on business travel around the world, nearly one quarter...

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