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Marketplace builder behind joigifts closes $1.5 M Seed Round

Dubai-based Enhance, a holding company that builds online marketplaces for the Middle East and Africa, has raised a Seed Round of $1.5...

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Abu Dhabi is getting ready for an innovation-loaded takeoff

This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. If it wasn’t for all the great aviation innovations that the world...

abu dhabi Travel Tourism

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Karaoke app Ghinwa closes a US $3 million funding round

Ghinwa, an in5-incubated Arabic karaoke and selfcast app, announced the close of a US$3 million funding round, which included 500...

Ghinwa Investment

U.A.E

How is Abu Dhabi getting ready to become a world-class tourist destination

This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. In 2016, the number of hotel guests in Abu Dhabi reached 4.4 million, signaling...

Miral Yas Island Tourism

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Mumzworld secures its largest funding round to date

Mumzworld, one of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) leading ecommerce players dedicated to mothers, babies and children, today announced...

uae Mumzworld Wamda Capital

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Dubai Tourism & Commerce Marketing joins the Emirates Group and GE as a principal partner of Intelak

Intelak, one of the first industry and technology-focused incubators in the MENA region, announced that Dubai Tourism & Commerce...

uae Intelak incubation

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Fikra Labs is open for application and here’s why you should apply

As part of their mission to turn Abu Dhabi into a world class tourist destination and global innovation hub, four leading...

Innovation Fikra Labs abu dhabi

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Announcing Fikra Labs, entrepreneurs’ ticket for innovation in world-class travel and tourism

Innovation is often the ultimate differentiator between leaders and followers. Today’s world is quickly adapting to whatever...

Fikra Labs abu dhabi uae

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Ecommerce eyewear platform is betting on growing niche markets

The global eyewear market was valued at $109 billion in 2016 and is projected to exceed $170 billion by 2022. In the Middle East, a...

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BitOasis update on the rise of digital assets and blockchain adoption in the UAE and GCC region

As adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology is on the rise worldwide, we at BitOasis are seeing an exponential increase in...

BitOasis Bitcoin Blockchain

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International Blockchain Capital invests in Acumen Advertising

Dubai-based fintech group International Blockchain Capital (IBC) Group Limited bought into homegrown media brand Acumen Advertising as part...

Acumen International Blockchain Capital Fintech

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Unified Inbox is one of three startups selected by Marriott Hotels TestBed Middle East & Africa [Video]

With a huge viariety of hotels to choose from, travelers and guests are often provided with many options to choose from. Hotels that are...

Marriott TestBed

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Floral marketplace Floranow closes its first funding round

Floranow, the region’s online B2B floral marketplace, successfully raised its first round of financing from Jabbar Internet Group,...

Floranow Wamda Capital Jabbar Internet Group

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Majid Al Futtaim and Image Nation Abu Dhabi participated in financing an LA-based VR startup

Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based VR startup backed by some of Hollywood's biggest players, announced closing a $30M Series B...

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TruKKer raises $1.4M seed round led by Raed ventures

TruKKer, an on-demand truck aggregator startup, is preparing for large-scale expansion after witnessing 2000% growth in its first year of...

Trukker Investment

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Innovation takes flight as Intelak startups innovate the aviation and travel sectors

The Intelak Aviation and Travel Incubator has recently celebrated the graduation of its second cohort from the three-month accelerator...

Intelak aviation

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One Click Delivery raises an undisclosed round led by MEVP

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) has made an undisclosed investment in Dubai-based One Click Delivery, a last-mile delivery startup...

OneClick MEVP

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Digital grocery coupon platform raises $500K in second round of funding

Clip the Deal, a Dubai-based digital grocery coupon platform, raised $500,000 in their second round of funding, led by Dubai-based investor...

Clip the Deal Neelesh Bhatnagar NB Ventures

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Marriott Hotels TestBED bootcamp: Startups are on their marks to start real-life testing

The Marriott TestBED bootcamp which took place at Marriott Al Jaddaf, Dubai, came to end November 29. Throughout the three-day workshops,...

Marriott TestBED MEA bootcamp startups

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Mix N’ Mentor Dubai: our last stop for the year

Wamda is organising its 8th Mix N’ Mentor event of the year in Dubai on December 14th, at the Youth Hub X, Emirates...

Mix N' Mentor Mix N' Mentor 2017 Dubai

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Unlock Blockchain Forum

Attend the first MENA-Asia UNLOCK Blockchain Forum on January 14-15, 2018 at the Ritz-Carlton in Dubai DIFC. The forum will discuss how...

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Finalists announced for Marriott Hotels’ TestBED programme in Middle East & Africa

Marriott Hotels announced yesterday the three finalists for its TestBED programme, which launched in the Middle East and Africa region for...

Marriott Marriott TestBED MEA finalists

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WGES 2017: Can PPPs cut the red tape on the green economy?

This is the first of two articles about the future of global and regional green economies. In December 2015, Italy’s Law No. 221...

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DIFC launches $100M fund to boost fintech

HE Essa Kazim, governor of The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced today during the inaugural of the Global Financial...

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